Meredith Baxter

She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy award in 1993 for her work as a lesbian raising a young son in a CBS after-school special. Her big break came in 1992 with a guest-starring role on Law & Order and an appearance in That Night; several more films followed. However she is best known for her roles as Wade Welles on the television series Sliders and as Natalie Hurley on the television series Sports Night. In 1992, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special for her work in A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story, in which she plays a divorcée who kills her ex-husband and his young lover. Sabrina Lloyd (born November 20, 1970) is an American film and television actress. Since Family Ties has been canceled, Meredith has been directing and starring in TV movies. The second role she is well-known for is ex-flower child Elyse Keaton on the sitcom Family Ties, which aired from 1982 to 1989.

She received two Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, in 1977 and 1978. She first became popular in Hollywood playing the role of Nancy Lawrence Maitland on the television drama Family, from 1976 to 1980. She is best known for her work on two television shows. From that date until their divorce in 1989, she was credited as Meredith Baxter-Birney.

After the show was canceled, the couple became engaged and were married in 1974. She was married three times, most notably to actor David Birney, whom she met on the set of the sitcom Bridget Loves Bernie; she played his wife on the series. Her stepfather is sitcom writer Allan Manings. Her mother is actress and sitcom creator Whitney Blake, and her father is Tom Baxter, who worked in radio.

She was born in South Pasadena, California. Meredith Baxter (born June 21, 1947) is an American actress.