Beau Garrett

In 2017, she portrayed Jessica Preston on the ABC series The Good Doctor.[14] In 2026, she began the main role of Abigail Reese on the Paramount+ series The Madison.

• Name — Beau Garrett • Born — 28 December 1982 • Occupation — * Actress • model • Height — 5 ft • Eye Color — Green • Hair Color — Blond • Agency — Vision Models, Los Angeles • Children — 1 • Years Active — 1996–present

Garrett was born on December 28, 1982.[1] She was raised in Topanga, California, in the Santa Monica Mountains[2] where, as a child, she frequently rode horses. In her youth, Garrett became a competitive equestrian. She is the sister of Autumn Meisel (née Garrett) and the cousin of actor Kyle Chandler.[3] At age 13, Garrett was discovered by an agent from Elite Model Management while singing Christmas carols with her school's choir in a Los Angeles shopping mall.[4] Her parents agreed to allow her to model to earn money to pay for her horse's boarding fees. She participated at the 1997 Elite Model Look beauty contest. Garrett worked professionally as a model from ages 14 to 21.[5] Commenting on modeling at a young age, she said: "That was such a kind of strange and interesting time, those years, but it wasn’t sustainable for me."

She was first hired by Guess in the late 1990s. In 2008, she became a spokesmodel for Revlon cosmetics, along with Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Connelly and Jessica Alba,[6] and has also modeled for Double D Ranch and CosmoGirl. She is signed to Vision Model Management, Los Angeles.[7] Garrett was the female lead in a music video for the song "Cold" by the band Crossfade in 2004, before making her feature film debut in the horror film Turistas (2006), opposite Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, and Olivia Wilde.[8] Prior to appearing in film, Garret had made three appearances on television episodes including a pilot, as well as appearances on Entourage. In 2007, she was cast in a supporting role as Frankie Raye in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, the sequel to Fantastic Four. The following year, she had a minor role in the romantic comedy Made of Honor (2008).[10] In the spring of 2009, she filmed the 2010 film Tron: Legacy in Vancouver, British Columbia, opposite her Turistas co-star Olivia Wilde.[11] In 2010, she also starred in the season-six House episode "Remorse", again with Wilde, as well as the independent crime film Freelancers (2010), starring 50 Cent, Forest Whitaker, and Robert De Niro.[13] In 2017, Garrett performed the role of attorney Jessica Preston in the hit ABC series The Good Doctor. She left the show after season one,[15] but returned as a guest in season 4. In 2024, Garrett was added to the cast of The Madison, a spinoff series of Yellowstone, that premiered on March 14, 2026.[16][17]

Garrett has one child, a daughter born in January 2023.[18] In September 2025, she married Canadian Shane Richards, a hotel and resort manager, at a ceremony in Montana.[19]

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2004 — North Shore — Natalia — Episode: "Meteor Shower" • Entourage — Fiona — Episode: "The Script and the Sherpa" • 2005 — Head Cases — Fiona — Episode: "Pilot" • 2007 — Wildfire — Lynnet — Episode: "Moving On" • 2009 — Empire State — Annabelle Maddox — TV movie • Celebrities Anonymous — Taylor — Unsold pilot • 2010 — Warren the Ape — Fresca — Episode: "It Girl" • House — Valerie — Episode: "Remorse" • Criminal Minds — Gina LaSalle — Episode: "The Fight" • The — Bailey Saunders — Episode: "Bird in the Hand" • 2011 — Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior — Gina LaSalle — Main cast • Memphis Beat — Claire Ryan — Episode: "At the River" • CSI: NY — Ali Rand — 3 episodes • Chuck — Cult Leader — Episode: "Chuck Versus the Hack Off" • 2014 — Glee — Charlie Darling — Episode: "The Untitled Rachel Berry Project" • 2014–2018 — Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce — Phoebe Conte — Main cast • 2016 — Love by Chance — Claire Michaels — TV movie • Longmire — Shawna Crawford — 2 episodes • 2017–2018, 2020 — The Good Doctor — Jessica Preston — Main cast (season 1), guest episode (season 4) • 2019 — The Rookie — Denise — Episode: "Heartbreak" • 2019 — Capsized: Blood in the Water — Deborah "Deb" Scaling-Kiley — TV movie • 2021–2023 — Firefly Lane — Dorothy “Cloud” Hart — Main cast • 2026–present — The Madison — Abigail Reese — Main cast