In season three, she is encouraged to pursue public office by District Attorney Dan Russell. She and Megan are often at odds in the workplace, and now in their personal lives, as Kate briefly dated Megan's ex-husband, Todd Fleming. She is the first female Chief Medical Examiner in Philadelphia's history.

Delany said in an interview that she loves to play 'complicated characters' and her character in Body of Proof is 'complicated, smart, and definitely complex.' Kate Murphy Ĭhief Medical Examiner, forensic anthropologist and Megan's superior. Two weeks before filming the pilot episode, Delany's car was hit by a bus in Santa Monica she broke two fingers of her hand, and her car was destroyed. Coincidentally, the real-life Delany had an experience similar to her character. Megan is a very eloquent woman, appearing to be highly independent and insensitive to some degree, but gradually, particularly throughout season 1, she manages to gain more sensitivity and dependence on her colleagues. Her relationship with her daughter, Lacey, is distant and difficult, but vastly improves through the seasons. The car crash exposes weaknesses in her family life as well, since her relations with her husband and child had taken a 'backseat to her ambition', according to Time Magazine, and she has to work hard to get her personal life in order. Due to minor nerve damage sustained in the car accident, she can no longer use her hands to perform the fine manipulation which is required for the successful practice of surgery. Megan Hunt is a brilliant neurosurgeon until a life-changing car accident prevents her from continuing to work in the operating room. This is a list of the characters featured in the American medical drama Body of Proof created by Christopher Murphey starring Dana Delany.

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