Bridget Regan facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Bridget Regan
Regan at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Bridget Catherine Regan (1982-02-03) February 3, 1982 (age 42) Carlsbad, California, U.S.
Education	University of North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999–present
Spouse(s)	Eamon O'Sullivan
Children	2

Bridget Catherine Regan (born February 3, 1982) is an American actress best known for her lead roles as Kahlan Amnell in the ABC adventure romance series Legend of the Seeker (2008–10) and Sasha Cooper in the last three seasons of the TNT action drama series The Last Ship (2016–18), as well as her recurring roles as Rebecca Lowe / Rachel Turner in the USA Network police procedural drama series White Collar (2013–14), Rose Solano in The CW romantic comedy drama series Jane the Virgin (2014–19), Dottie Underwood in the ABC action adventure superhero series Agent Carter (2015–16), and as lawyer Monica Stevens in the ABC police series The Rookie (2018-present). Regan has also appeared in films such as The Babysitters (2007), John Wick (2014), and Devil's Gate (2017).

Early life and education

Born in Carlsbad, California, Bridget Catherine Regan grew up in a family of Irish and German descent and was raised Catholic. She began acting as a child in North County productions of The Wizard of Oz at the La Paloma Theatre and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in Carlsbad.

Regan attended University of North Carolina School of the Arts, graduating with a BFA in drama in 2004. After college, she moved to New York City to pursue a professional acting career.

Career

Since 2006, Regan has appeared in various television shows and in films. In 2008, she began filming Legend of the Seeker, a television show based on Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series. She portrayed Mother Confessor Kahlan Amnell, which earned her a cult following. A natural redhead, Regan dyed her hair brown for the role. In 2009, she ventured into producing with Camp Wanatachi, a musical that ran in New York at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club.

Regan was cast as a lead for the proposed television series The Frontier in 2012.

In 2013, she began a recurring role in the fifth season of the USA Network crime drama White Collar as Rebecca Lowe/Rachel Turner, a brief love interest of Neal Caffrey. That same year, she joined the series Beauty & the Beast for a multi-episode arc as Alex, the ex-fiancée of Vincent Keller (Jay Ryan).

In 2014, Regan was cast in a recurring role in Jane the Virgin, as Rose, a former lawyer, later criminal mastermind, who is involved in a complicated same-sex love affair. Also that year, she had a small role in John Wick, as Addy.

In 2014, Regan was cast in the recurring role of Dottie Underwood for 2015 in the comic book-based television series Agent Carter.

In 2016, Regan portrayed military surgeon Megan Hunt in episode 8, season 13 of "Grey's Anatomy." The show later recast the role with Abigail Spencer replacing Regan.

In 2016, Regan was added to the cast of the TNT drama series The Last Ship for the show's third season, playing the role of Sasha Cooper, a current diplomat in Asia and a former Navy Intelligence Officer.

In 2021, Regan was cast as Poison Ivy in the third season of The CW drama series Batwoman.

In 2024 she will be seen as Barb in "Things Like This", directed by Max Talisman.

Personal life

Regan is married to Eamon O'Sullivan, a writer she met in New Zealand while filming Legend of the Seeker. They have two children.

From 2009 to 2013, Regan was selected by comic book fans and critics as their ideal choice to portray Wonder Woman.

Filmography

Regan at the 2016 WonderCon

Film

Television

Theater

See also

In Spanish: Bridget Regan para niños