History Characters / MadMenSterlingCooperDraperPryce

** In "The Strategy", it's implied that the reason he's always been so friendly with Joan -- though he genuinely does like her as a person -- is because he was setting her up to eventually become TheBeard for him. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, she immediately sees through this when he tries to propose, and becomes extremely pissed off when it turns out that the reason he made his move when he did was to help him secure an exec's job at General Motors.]]

->'''Played By''': Allan Havey

->'''Played By''': Stephanie Drake

->'''Played By''': Alexandra Ella

->'''Played By''': Sola Bamis

->'''Played By''': Sadie Alexandru

* AmbiguousDisorder: Something's undeniably wrong with him, given his excessive paranoia and neurotic behavior which culminated in him being carted off. But it's never explicitly mentioned what's wrong.

* ShesGotLegs: And she isn't shy to showcase them.

[[folder:Megan Calvet Draper]]
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->'''Played By''': Creator/JessicaPare;

Don's latest secretary, to whom he takes a shine quite suddenly. He cheats on Faye with her, he asks her to accompany him to California to help watch his kids... and then ''he proposes to her''. She later joins the SCDP Creative team as a copywriter... only to leave to pursue her dream of becoming an actress.

* SixtiesHair: She starts the series with a set flip. After she gets married, her hair gets more elaborate (or sometimes she wears it in a comparatively simple looking pageboy). She also grows her hair out which can be worn straight and down or up in a bouffant of elaborate curls.
* SeventiesHair: Her hair is looser and longer by the end of the series, she is even compared to Creator/BrigitteBardot and [[Film/LoveStory Ali Mac Graw]].
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Her father is a Marxist university professor who disapproves of capitalism in general and the advertising industry in particular. Her ''Maman'' seems much nicer and more supportive, but [[spoiler:after overhearing her husband having a suspicious phone conversation with one of his students, she accuses him of cheating on her in front of Don and at the American Cancer Society reception, she cheats on him with Roger.]]
* AmbiguouslyBi: She's definitely attracted to men and it's been implied that she's attracted to women as well. When her female boss propositions her, Megan's only objection appears to be that she does not want to cheat on Don. [[spoiler:In Season 7, she has a threesome with Don and a female friend while high.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She has a tendency to turn into this when she's upset, which became very clear in "The Phantom:" After rudely dismissing her mother's advice, she pretends to help a friend and fellow actress get a part in a commercial by one of Don's clients but goes to him wanting the job for herself.
* BrainyBrunette: ''Don'' thinks so at least, as he said that she reminds him of Peggy, the resident Brainy Brunette in-chief. How true this is remains to be seen, although her idea for Heinz does seem to have worked out quite well.
* CanadaEh: She's French-Canadian from Montreal. Her nationality is alluded to/joked about a few times, though language lessons have hidden her accent.
* CharacterShilling: People constantly remark how beautiful and talented Megan is.
* ChekhovsGunman: She's introduced early in season 4, and although she doesn't play any important role in the plot, she is repeatedly included in scenes and mentioned by name. Viewers may wonder why this is, right up to the point that Don falls in love with her and asks her to marry him.
* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: How ''will'' people who've heard [[Series/{{Degrassi}} Zig Novak's]] [[CringeComedy rendition]] [[HotForTeacher of]] Zou Bisou Bisou before hers react to her version...
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: She's French-Canadian, and we hear her speak it once or twice, plus she teaches the Draper kids a French song. In the opening of season 5, she throws a surprise party for Don and sings [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vFOzG3GYqo "Zou Bisou Bisou"]] to him.
* TheFashionista: Especially in later seasons, Megan is one of the most fashion-forward characters, always impeccably dressed and keeps up with the trends.
* FootDraggingDivorcee: She drags her feet regarding the divorce, until she gets a million dollars.
* FourthDateMarriage: And four is pushing it. The defining moment happens during a trip to California when Sally drops a milkshake and Megan is incredibly nice and cool about it, instead of being a DramaQueen as the Drapers had come to expect after being accustomed to Betty. Deconstructed in that it gradually becomes evident that she's not really compatible with Don, but then again, who is.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: She discusses this with Sylvia after she has a miscarriage, as they were both raised Catholic.
* MagicalNanny: She's really good with kids. Don even calls her [[Film/TheSoundOfMusic Maria Von Trapp]].
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Deconstructed. Reinvigorates Don for a while, but it doesn't last too long, as he only likes beginnings; it turns out that no matter how fun and sweet she is, that Don will always be an unhappy adulterer.
* MistakenForGay: Megan invites one of her (female) bosses over to her apartment for dinner while Don is away and discusses the problems she and Don are having with their marriage. Her boss takes this as a cue to kiss her on the lips. Megan takes it in stride after her boss assures her that turning her down won't get her fired.
* MsFanservice: She shows the most flesh of any of the female cast, frequently wearing miniskirt outfits to just about any occasion, including the workplace.
* {{Nepotism}}: Several of her coworkers are convinced that the only reason that she was made a copywriter was as a reward for marrying Don. She subverts this by actually being competent. In "The Phantom" [[spoiler:this is played straight, when Don uses his influence to get her cast in a commercial.]]
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:She exits the series after she finalizes her divorce with Don in "New Business".]]
* ThePollyanna: She doesn't seem to understand that she can't do everything she wants to do.
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:In between seasons, Don told her he's really Dick Whitman.]]
* SexySecretary: A coquettish form, one that is more youthful than say Joan, she did wear bright-colored, tight clothes that show off her legs; she loses the secretary part after marrying Don and becoming a copywriter.
* ShesGotLegs: Long slender legs that she shows off as hemlines start getting higher.
* SiblingYinYang: She's a modern, liberated aspiring actress, but her sister is a repressed, devout Catholic.
* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: Megan has a habit of doing this. (Though given the repression of the times and the unhappiness this leads to for so many characters, maybe that just makes her the smart one.)
** This also helps to differentiate her from Betty, who often bottled up her feelings when she was married to Don.
* TrophyWife: A borderline example. The age difference between her and Don, while referenced in the show, is only 14 years (slightly larger than the real nine year age gap between Jon Hamm and Jessica Pare), and Megan wants to work with Don in advertising rather than merely look pretty on his arm. When she decides she wants to go back to acting rather than continue as a copywriter, Don is upset — not just because he likes having his wife at work with him (though he does, and he also thinks that having her around all the time will help him keep his impulses under control), but because he thinks she has a better future in advertising than acting.
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:When she divorces Don, tells him off, walks away with a lot of money and then tells off her whiny sister for blaming her for the ending of their parents' dysfunctional marriage.]]
* WaitingForABreak: She gets one at the start of Season 6, being cast on a SoapOpera called "To Have and To Hold".
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[[folder:Michael Ginsberg]]
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->'''Played By''': Creator/BenFeldman

->'''Michael:''' ''"LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair!"''
->'''Stan:''' ''"Should read the rest of that poem, ya boob."''

A Jewish copywriter hired in Season 5. He's good at his job, but rather eccentric.

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* DeadpanSnarker
* [[HugeGuyTinyGirl Huge Guy]]: Portrayed by the 5'11" Ferguson, and as of "Person to Person" [[spoiler:gets together with the more petite Peggy]].

* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Becomes this when she works as Roger's second secretary and with Caroline, being the more composed and mature of the three.