Markey has edited several mainstream films including
The Perks of Being a Wallflower and
Mission: Impossible III. She has also worked as an editor on several television shows, such as three episodes of
Felicity,
Breaking News,
Skin, fourteen episodes of
Alias, and was also chief editor on
Lost. She worked with Abrams on three of his television shows (
Felicity,
Alias, and
Lost), and on almost all of his feature films as director with
Maryann Brandon, with
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker being the lone exception. Markey worked with Abrams on
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which was released in December 2015. Along with her co-editor Brandon, she received an
Academy Award nomination for
Best Film Editing for her work on the film. In her role editing Abrams'
Star Trek, she reported she did not realize that he intended to make extensive use of
lens flares and bright lighting, and contacted the film developers asking why the film seemed overexposed. ==Filmography==