Background
Eaton was born on Long Island, New York, to a clinical psychiatrist mother and an administrative law judge father.
Eaton was born on Long Island, New York, to a clinical psychiatrist mother and an administrative law judge father.
She attended Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, where she was an active member of the Delta Phi Epsilon sorority. She graduated in 1996 with a degree in interdisciplinary studies, minoring in theater.
She is 4 feet (12 m) tall and refers to herself as a "short-stature actress". She is known for portraying the attorney Emily Resnick on the Columbia Broadcasting System television series Family Law (in which she was the first female dwarf to fill a regular role in an American prime time series), and for her recurring role as Bethany Horowitz on the American Broadcasting Company series Boston Legal. In June 2007, she was named by Hofstra University as their Alumnus of the Month.
She would later cr her training in psychology for giving her a better ability to understand character dynamics in preparing for acting roles.
Eaton"s acting career began in 1999 when she attended an open casting call for the comedy film Unconditional Love. Unconditional Love was not released until 2002.
Her performance was seen by Paul Haggis, who created the role of Emily Resnick for her on Family Law. Joining the cast in 2002, she continued with the series until its cancellation later that same year.
She later had significant guest appearances on New York City Police Department Blue, Dharma & Greg, Computer Society of India: Crime Scene Investigation, House and NCIS. She also appeared as herself in Standing Tall at Auschwitz, which was a History Channel documentary on the Ovitz family, and in Number Bigger Than a Minute, an independent documentary on dwarfism which aired on the Public Broadcasting Service program P.O.V.
In 2006, she joined the cast of Boston Legal as Bethany Horowitz, a love interest to William Shatner"s character Denny Crane.
The role was written specifically for her by David East. Kelley. In 2013 Meredith starred opposite Christopher Walken and Bill Nighy in David Hare"s Turks & Caicos.