Meg Tilly Biography

Fast Facts

• Took up ballet during her teens
• Moved to New York City after high school to pursue a career in dance, eventually joining the Connecticut Ballet Company
• She also danced with the Throne Dance Theatre
• Fractured her back when her partner in a dance class dropped her
• The injury ended her ballet dreams
• Convinced by her sister Jennifer to pursue an acting career
• Her first play in L
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• (The Girl on the Via Flamina) turned out to be costar Sean Penn's first, as well
• Left acting during her 30s to raise her three children
• Writes novels for adults and young adults
• Met her husband, fellow writer Don Calame, in a writing workshop