Megan Calvet

Megan Calvet is a secretary at Sterling Cooper, French-Canadian, easygoing and warm in a way that stands out against the office's brittleness. She's smart, unpretentious, and good with Don's children in a way that seems to catch everyone off guard, including Don himself. She wants more than the typing pool, though she isn't loud about it.

Jessica Paré plays her without the guardedness that defines everyone around her, which is its own kind of revelation on this show — someone who might actually be uncomplicated turning up in a world built on repression. The writing keeps testing whether that's really true, and Paré makes you want to know the answer.