Megan is an actress, singer, writer and director from and based in Edinburgh, and a graduate of LAMDA and the NFTS Scotland.
She starred in short film Kingdom Come directed by Sean Robert Dunn, which premiered at the 2019 Venice Film Festival and was nominated for a London Critics' Circle film award. Having spent five years gigging on the UK comedy circuit, Megan brought several stand-up shows to major UK festivals, and was a 2017 Scottish Variety Award Nominee and a 2018 Funny Women Grand Finalist.
She graduated from the NFTS Scotland with a Certificate in Screenwriting in 2021, was selected as a participant for Short Circuit's 2022 Convergence programme, and was one of the BBC's Scottish Voices 2022. She wrote Paddington Marmalade Messiness - an immersive theatre show that ran at Dalkeith Palace in the summer of 2023.
Megan performed in the role of Lizzie Stark in Peaky Blinders: The Rise - a joint venture between Steven Knight, Caryn Mandabach Productions and Immersive Everywhere at the Vanguard Theatre in London and later in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She has a strong and versatile alto/soprano singing voice.
Last year, Megan was selected for ALUNA LABS - a programme of workshops and pitch sessions organised by Oscar Nominee Vanessa Kirby’s production company Aluna Entertainment and The Mono Box, with the aim of helping female-identifying creatives move into film. She was also selected for the LiM Scotland Residency in association with Screen Scotland and Le Groupe Ouest and is part of the next cohort of the Rianne Pictures: Evolve programme beginning in February, where she will develop her next short film script with the help of a mentor. This year Megan was also shortlisted for the inaugural Sean Connery Talent Lab with NFTS Scotland, shadowed award winning director Simon Hynd on a new BBC comedy drama series, and performed in the Edinburgh Fringe at Paines Plough’s Roundabout in the sell out production of ‘Nation’ with award winning theatre company YESYESNONO.
Megan is developing several film and TV projects and her debut comedy short film SUCK IT UP is currently doing the film festival circuit. Its World Premiere took place at Uptilt Film Fest in Wilmington, NC in March, and the European Premiere in Germany at Internationales Filmfest Emden-Norderney (nominated for the Kurzfilmpreis der VGH). It won Best Comedy Short at the BIFA qualifying Wigan & Leigh Film Festival and Director’s Choice at Saturn Returns Film Festival in London.