Life and career

Lawson was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of Judy, a homemaker, and Mike Lawson, a hotel manager. She attended Assumption High School, an All-Girls Catholic school. Early on, she co-hosted WDRB Fox 41 Kid's Club in Louisville. In 2000, she starred in Model Behavior, a Disney Channel movie featuring Justin Timberlake. She also made guest appearances on television series such as Smallville and Fear Itself. In 2011 she was the star of a play called Greedy, directed by James Roday, which played for a few weekends in Los Angeles.

She co-starred in the USA Network original series, Psych, as Detective Juliet O'Hara. Lawson dated fellow Psych co-star James Roday for 8 years.

In 2011, she did a short skit called "A Date with Diana" for Funny or Die. In it, she played Wonder Woman and went on a date with a fan.

On February 5, 2014, USA Network announced that Psych would finish its run on March 26 after 8 seasons.

Lawson starred in the ABC sitcom Back In The Game, which was picked up for the 2013 fall season. She played Terry Gannon, a single mother and former college softball player who reluctantly agrees to coach her son's little league team. On November 1, 2013, ABC canceled Back in the Game. The tenth episode was aired on December 11, 2013. ABC will not air the remaining three episodes of its original 13-episode order, but may do so at a later date.

Lawson was engaged to Back In The Game co-star Ben Koldyke on November 14, 2014. They were married on August 8, 2015 on their ranch in New Mexico.

In 2014, it was announced that Lawson will topline the CBS comedy pilot Save the Date.

In 2016, Lawson starred in the CBS fantasy sitcom Angel from Hell. She played Allison Fuller, a dermatologist who knows Amy, a mysterious woman who reveals herself to be an angel. On February 8, 2016, CBS canceled the series after the first five episodes had aired.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996-1997	Unhappily Ever After	Madelyn	4 episodes
1996	Hang Time	Kim	1 episode
1997	Step by Step	Alana Mills	1 episode
	Boy Meets World	Debbie	1 episode
	Meego	Brooke	1 episode
	Cybill	Jennifer	12 episodes
1998	Home Improvement	Samantha Hayes	1 episode
	Kelly Kelly	Ally	1 episode
	Pleasantville	Lisa Anne
	I've Been Waiting for You	Debbie Murdock
1999	Party of Five	Alexa	Recurring role
	Nice Guys Sleep Alone	Meghan
	ER	Shannon Mitchell	1 episode
	Family Rules	Hope Harrison	6 episodes
	Working	Julie	1 episode
	Felicity	Rebecca	1 episode
2000	Model Behavior	Alex Burroughs/Janine Adams	TV film
2001	Inside Schwartz	Eve	Series regular
2002	Nancy Drew	Nancy Drew	TV movie
	Cheats	Julie Merkel
	Heart of a Stranger	Amanda Maddox	TV movie
	Smallville	Chrissy/Missy Parker	1 episode
2003	Winter Break	Michelle Casper
2003-2004	It's All Relative	Liz Stoddard-Banks	Series regular
2004	Spellbound	a mortal woman	TV film
	Love Rules	Kelly	TV film
	Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman	Rachel	TV film
2005	Tru Calling	Megan Roberts	1 episode
2006	Crumbs	Andrea Malone	Series regular
2006-2014	Psych	Juliet O'Hara	Series regular
2007	Cleaner	Cherie
	Rules of Engagement	Jesse	1 episode
2008	Fear Itself	Samantha	1 episode
2009	Still Waiting...	Allison
	Killer Hair	Lacey Smithsonian	TV film
	Hostile Makeover	Lacey Smithsonian	TV film
	Gamer	Female News Host #1
2010	A Date with Diana	Diana	Shortfilm
2012	Justified	Layla	1 episode
2013	Back in the Game	Terry Gannon, Jr.	Series regular
2014-2015	Two and a Half Men	Ms. McMartin	12 episodes
2016	Angel from Hell	Allison	Series regular

[ Source: Wikipedia ]