Megan Hensley was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa. She went to North High School and Grand View University. She was conceived in a trailer and baptized in a cow tank, and proud of it! She started her career by auditioning for plays in High School and driving all over the Midwest 2 other actresses and auditioning in surrounding states. Sometimes driving 10 hours just for a single audition. She booked her first big project in Iowa "The Crazies", with Timothy Olyphant. Since then she has been in LA & New Mexico for the past 10 years loving it!

She enjoys squirrel and bird watching, the outdoors, archery, horse riding, playing her acoustic, resonator and electric guitars, playing her uke, drinking fine wine, eating decadent chocolate and tortilla chips, watching classic and cutting edge TV and film. She dreams of opening her own tea room and wine bar someday!

She now studies with Lesly Kahn. She has been in several TV shows and quite a few movies too. Most recently, "Americana" (alongside Toby Huss), "End of the Rope" and "Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch". The latter two films she will be playing her guitar and singing as well. "
Americana" was accepted to SXSW which she attended!