Margo Harshman is an American actress who is most likely best known for her role of Tawny Dean on the Disney Channel series Even Stevens.

Harshman was born in San Diego, California. She has two older sisters and one older brother. She lived in La Costa, San Diego County, California and attended school there until she was 12, after which she moved to Orange County, California. There she finished the rest of her schooling, first at Hewes Middle School and then at Foothill High School (Santa Ana, California). She played softball for 8 years, but quit in favor of acting.

Harshman now lives in Los Angeles. She has a dog named Tofu, who appears in Margo's film Simon Says. She dated Even Stevens co-star Shia LaBeouf, with whom she attended one of her school dances at Foothill, for a 6 month period in 2001-2002. They are still friends.

At the age of 2, Harshman was entered into beauty pageants. At 3, she was involved in dance & gymnastics. At 5, she learned to play piano, and at 8, she began acting and met her first manager. She plays guitar, piano, and bass guitar.

Harshman starred on the short-lived shows Run of the House and Center of the Universe. She most recently landed a role in the movie Keith alongside Jesse McCartney. She has recently been in a lot of films that have not been released for unknown reasons. She is starring alongside fellow Disney Channel stars Raven-Symone and Brenda Songin the movie College Road Trip. Harshman appeared in an episode of Grey's Anatomy in which she played the daughter of two parents caught in an 'uncomfortable' situation.

In 2004 she was nominated for two Young Artist Awards at the Young Artist Awards, one for Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special by a Supporting Young Actress for The Even Stevens Movie (2003) (TV) and the other for Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) by a Supporting Young Actress for Even Stevens (2000).