Megan Draper
Megan Draper (née Calvet) (Jessica Paré) (born 1940/41) begins as a member of SCDP's typing pool and rises from receptionist to Don Draper's secretary, ultimately becoming Don Draper's wife (at of the beginning of Season 5). Following Miss Blankenship's death, she is promoted from the reception desk to take over as Draper's secretary. She indicates to Don an interest in advertising, and one night, while discussing work, she initiates a sexual encounter with Don on his office couch. She comments that she would not run out crying if they slept together (presumably a reference to Don's previous secretary, Allison, who left SCDP in tears following Don's cold treatment of her after their one-night stand). In the Season 4 finale, Don takes Megan on a trip to California to take care of his kids when his planned childcare falls through at the last moment. Although his girlfriend Faye Miller (SCDP's marketing research consultant) has been with him for months, he proposes marriage to Megan while on vacation in California, and she accepts. She gets promoted to copywriter at some point after their wedding announcement at SCDP.
Megan is originally from Montreal, and she is bilingual in English and French. She originally wanted to be an actress, and in Season 5, she quits her copywriting job at SCDP to pursue acting and lands her first acting job with Don's intervention (a commercial for Butler shoes) in the Season 5 finale. She is 26 at the time of her marriage to Don, who turns 40 seven months after the wedding.
Between seasons, Don appears to have fully disclosed his secrets to Megan, as she is aware of his identity and knows who Anna is. By season 6, Megan is a recognizable actress (whose fans request her autograph), having landed a regular role in a daytime soap opera. She admits to Sylvia Rosen she had become pregnant while in Hawaii with Don and was relieved when she miscarried, as she had contemplated her options, as a pregnancy would have disrupted her emerging acting career. Megan later reveals to Don that she had been pregnant and miscarried.
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