Tracey Needham has an affinity for portraying strong female roles amidst traditionally male environments. She called on her own past experiences to play the strong but feminine LT.(j.g.) Meg Austin in the first season of JAG. As the female star of a military action-adventure series, Needham portrayed a Navy Judge Advocate General attorney who was also a computer-weapons expert. "Million occurs as brilliantly, hard woman constantly trying to prove herself around the largely male environment, " she says.