Morgan Smith-Goodwin (born ) is an American actress. She has had recurring roles on the television series Veep and Messiah. She is best known as Red, the "Wendy's Girl" in TV commercial ads for Wendy's restaurants in 2012–16.
Career After graduating from college, she moved to New York City, where she had performed in concerts, readings, and benefits. She was an original cast member of the Off-Broadway production, Freckleface Strawberry.
Smith gained national attention when she was selected to be the face of Wendy's Restaurants' advertising campaign, titled Now That's Better. Television commercials carrying that theme began airing in April 2012. Naturally a dark blonde, her hair was dyed "orangey red" for the commercial role. Smith relocated to Los Angeles, CA after being cast as series regular Shelby Fox opposite Craig T. Nelson in NBC's reboot of Coach. After the show was not picked up, she went on to recur as Candi Caruso in Seasons 5 and 6 of Veep. She recurred as Agent Alison Rhymer in the Netflix series Messiah.
Personal life Smith is married to David Ridgway "Dave" Goodwin, manager of Gramercy Tavern in New York City.
Filmography
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2012Boardwalk EmpireEpisode: "The Milkmaid's Lot"2016–2017VeepCandi Caruso6 episodes2018Whitney and BritniWhitney Hicks2018Liza on DemandMarthaEpisode: "Simpler Times"2019Why Women KillBethanyEpisode: "I Found Out What the Secret to Murder Is: Friends. Best Friends."2020MessiahAgent Rhymer2 episodes20209-1-1KendallEpisode: "Pinned"2020Love in the Time of CoronaGigiEpisode: "#RelationshipGoals"2022-2023How I Met Your FatherAlice
Video games YearTitleRole2017Mass Effect: AndromedaAdditional voices2019Anthem
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