Meredith Patterson Net Worth: 2026 Estimate & Wealth Profile

Meredith Patterson's net worth is estimated at between $150,000 and $1,200,000, based on her verified Broadway principal and chorus credits, television and film appearances, soap opera work, and ancillary income from cast recordings and commercial activity. For related coverage of a different person with a similar name, see Meredith Hudkins net worth. No audited or publicly disclosed net-worth figure exists for her in any major financial registry, so this range is a transparent model built from publicly available pay-rate benchmarks and credit histories, not a confirmed number. The wide range reflects genuine data gaps around specific contract terms, residual performance, and private financial holdings.

Who is Meredith Patterson? A quick career snapshot

Meredith Ann Patterson was born on November 24, 1975, in Concord, California. She is a musical theatre and television actress who has been professionally active since approximately 2000. Her stage career is her primary financial engine: she holds dual union membership in Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) and Actors' Equity Association, which places her in the professional tier for both theatrical and recorded-media work.

Her most prominent Broadway credit is the role of Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street, a principal role that sits at or above Equity minimum weekly pay scales. Beyond Broadway, her screen work includes a 25-episode run on the daytime soap opera All My Children, a supporting appearance in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004), and a role in Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers (2005). She has also accumulated a record of regional theatre productions, guest television arcs, cast recordings, and commercial spots (including a Burger King spot noted in her Encyclopedia.com entry). More recently, local press profiles have flagged entrepreneurial activity including online courses, suggesting she has built income streams beyond traditional union work.

A note on disambiguation

Two public figures share the name Meredith Patterson, and it is worth being explicit about which one this article covers. Meredith L. Patterson is a separate individual: an independent researcher and writer in computational linguistics and computer security, whose publication record includes a peer-reviewed paper at the USENIX UPSEC 2008 symposium ('Freezing More Than Bits: Chilling Effects of the OLPC XO Security Model'). Her income profile is categorically different from the actress covered here, drawing from research consulting, technical writing, and potentially speaking engagements rather than entertainment union contracts. The Bureau of Labor Statistics median annual wage for computer and information research scientists was $140,910 as of May 2024, which provides a rough benchmark for Meredith L. Patterson's professional income tier, but she falls outside the scope of this entertainment-focused profile. This article covers only Meredith Ann Patterson, the actress. For the other performer, see Meredith Eaton net worth for that individual's financial profile. For information on the similarly named Meredith Hayden, see the separate profile covering Meredith Hayden net worth. Readers interested in other Merediths in entertainment may also find useful context in profiles of Meredith Baxter, Meredith Eaton, Meredith Hayden, and Meredith Hudkins, all of whom have separate wealth profiles on this site.

Where her money comes from

Broadway and theatrical income

Broadway is the highest-paying tier of theatrical work for Actors' Equity members. As of the 2024-2025 Equity agreements, weekly minimums for Broadway principals exceed $2,500 per week, with chorus and featured performers in the $1,800 to $2,200 range at minimums. Principal roles in long-running or touring productions frequently negotiate above scale. A single Broadway run of, say, six months at principal minimum would generate roughly $60,000 to $65,000 in gross wages before taxes and union dues. Patterson's IBDB record shows multiple Broadway and high-profile regional credits, so cumulative theatrical earnings over a two-decade career likely represent the single largest block of her income history, even if those earnings were spread over years rather than arriving as a lump sum.

Television, film, and soap opera residuals

Her 25-episode run on All My Children is a meaningful residual asset. SAG-AFTRA's agreements with AMPTP specify residual payments when covered programming is rebroadcast, sold to streaming services, or distributed in foreign markets. Daytime drama residuals from legacy catalog titles like All My Children (which has had continued digital distribution through platforms like YouTube and streaming archives) produce modest but ongoing income streams. Feature film appearances in The Princess Diaries 2, a Disney property with continued home-video and streaming life, and Broken Flowers, an art-house film with ongoing international distribution, also generate small periodic residual checks. These are not large numbers individually, but they accumulate over time and represent passive income that continues without additional work from Patterson.

Cast recordings and music royalties

Participation in Broadway or regional cast recordings generates royalties under union agreements whenever those recordings are sold or streamed. Cast recording royalties are typically split among many participants and are not substantial income on their own, but they represent a small, durable income line. Patterson's Encyclopedia.com entry confirms multiple cast recording credits, which would generate ongoing streaming micro-royalties via platforms like Spotify and Apple Music.

Commercials and endorsements

Commercial work can be disproportionately lucrative relative to screen time. A national SAG-AFTRA commercial produces an upfront session fee plus reuse payments every time it airs, and a campaign that runs heavily in primetime can generate tens of thousands of dollars. The Burger King commercial noted in her credits is one confirmed example, but the full commercial history and the associated residual flows are not publicly documented. This is a meaningful unknown in the net-worth model.

Digital products and online courses

A Voyage LA profile of Patterson references online courses and entrepreneurial activity in her more recent career phase. A Voyage LA profile, Rising Stars: Meet Meredith Patterson, Voyage LA (profile/interview), specifically notes her online courses and entrepreneurial activity Rising Stars: Meet Meredith Patterson — Voyage LA (profile/interview). Online course platforms can generate passive income ranging from a few hundred dollars a month to several thousand, depending on pricing, marketing, and audience size. Without disclosed revenue figures, this line item is flagged as unverified but potentially meaningful to her current income mix.

Income and assets at a glance

Known assets

No public property records, SEC filings, or business ownership registrations have been located for Meredith Ann Patterson in the course of this research. This absence of public record is common for working actors who do not own production companies, have not filed with securities regulators, and whose real estate transactions have not attracted press coverage. It does not mean she holds no assets; it means those assets are private and not verifiable through publicly accessible databases.

What can be stated with moderate confidence: as a vested member of both Actors' Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA with over two decades of credited work, she is likely enrolled in both union pension plans. The Equity pension plan and the SAG-AFTRA pension plan both require minimum earnings thresholds per year to earn credit, and a long career of active work would have accumulated meaningful pension credits. The actual balance or projected benefit is not publicly disclosed. These pension assets are real but unquantified in this profile.

Known liabilities and financial risks

No public court judgments, liens, bankruptcies, or disclosed mortgage liabilities have been found for Meredith Ann Patterson. This is another area where absence of public record is the honest finding rather than a confirmed clean balance sheet. The structural financial risks for a working actor of her profile are worth noting even without specific verified figures. Income volatility is the primary risk: theatrical and television work is episodic, and periods between contracts can involve extended income gaps. The transition away from peak Broadway activity toward regional work and digital products, visible in her career trajectory, suggests an adaptive response to that volatility but also a potential reduction in peak earning capacity. Union dues, agent commissions (typically 10-15% of gross bookings), and manager fees (if applicable, often another 10-15%) represent a consistent liability against gross income. A working actor earning at Equity minimums effectively nets considerably less than the stated weekly rate once those deductions are applied.

Net worth over time: a financial timeline

How we built this estimate

This profile follows the same methodology used across this site's wealth profiles: we gather verified credit histories from primary databases (IBDB, IMDb, Wikipedia, Encyclopedia.com), apply publicly available union pay scale data (Actors' Equity minimums from Backstage industry reporting, SAG-AFTRA rate cards), model residual income using the SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP memoranda of agreement frameworks, and flag every line where specific contract terms are unknown. We do not invent numbers to narrow a range artificially.

The $150,000 to $1,200,000 range is intentionally wide. The low end reflects a scenario where runs were short, residuals have diminished, and no significant private wealth has accumulated. The high end reflects a scenario of multiple above-scale Broadway contracts, strong residual performance from the Disney catalog, and sustained digital product income over recent years. Without access to tax records, property registries, or financial disclosures, we cannot responsibly compress that range further. Confidence level: Low to Moderate. Last updated: July 2026.

• Primary credit sources: IBDB, IMDb, Wikipedia (filmography), Encyclopedia.com (Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television)
• Pay scale benchmarks: Actors' Equity Association minimum rates as reported by Backstage (2024-2025 season)
• Residual framework: SAG-AFTRA / AMPTP Memorandum of Agreement (streaming and broadcast residual provisions)
• Labor market benchmark for Meredith L. Patterson (separate individual): BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, Computer and Information Research Scientists, median wage $140,910 (May 2024)
• No audited net-worth figure found on major financial trackers, business press lists, or public filings for either Meredith Ann Patterson or Meredith L. Patterson
• Dollar amounts in the timeline and income table are modeled estimates unless explicitly marked as verified