Background
McAtee was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Edinboro.
McAtee was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Edinboro.
She studied at Carnegie Mellon University where she trained in Suzuki and Viewpoints and she holds a Bachelor degree in Theater Arts from the University of Pittsburgh School of Arts and Sciences.
McAtee began her career appearing on stage productions, before making her television debut on the American Broadcasting Company daytime soap opera, One Life to Live in 2005. She later guest-starred on Ugly Betty, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Computer Society of India: Crime Scene Investigation and its spin-offs Computer Society of India: Miami and Computer Society of India: New York, and well as Castle, NCIS, Californication, and Revenge. In film, McAtee has appeared in The Killing Floor (2007) and Hell Ride (2008), before leading role in the independent drama Bloomington (2010).
In 2014, McAtee joined the cast of the Oprah Winfrey Network primetime soap opera, The Haves and the Have Nots.
She plays Maggie Day, campaign manager to Jim Cryer (John Schneider) and David Harrington (Peter Parros). She was promoted to regular cast member as of third season.