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Staci Keanan

Staci Keanan

American attorney and former actress


Anastasia Love Sagorsky,[1] also known as Staci Keanan, is an American lawyer, law professor and former actress. Keanan is best known for portraying the role of Nicole Bradford on the NBC sitcom My Two Dads, from 1987 to 1990, and as Dana Foster on the ABC/CBS sitcom Step by Step, from 1991 to 1998.

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Early life

Keanan was born in Devon, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Jacqueline (née Love) and Irv Sagorsky, a car salesman.[2][3] She has a sister, Pilar.[3]

In 2002, Keanan graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History and a minor in French from UCLA. Her academic honors include membership in the Golden Key International Honour Society and Phi Beta Kappa honor societies.[4]

Acting career

At age five, she began modeling and appeared in print, radio, and television advertisements, including television commercials for My Little Pony, Burger King and Hershey's Kisses. As a youth, Keanan moved with her mother and sister to New York City, where she changed her name to "Staci Love" and began appearing in summer stock. She made her credited television debut in the 1987 miniseries I'll Take Manhattan.[5]

At the age of 12, shortly after she moved with her family to Los Angeles, she was cast as Nicole Bradford in the TV series My Two Dads. The series ran from 1987 to 1990. During the 1990-91 season, she co-starred in the short-lived series Going Places with Alan Ruck, Heather Locklear, and Hallie Todd. The following year, Keanan was cast as Dana Foster in the TV series Step by Step which aired from 1991 to 1998. By 1997, Keanan had changed her name from Staci to Stacy.[6]

Keanan had roles in the short Stolen Poem (2004) and the films Hidden Secrets (2006), and Death and Cremation (2010) with Brad Dourif, Jeremy Sumpter, and Daniel Baldwin. In 2009, Keanan appeared in Holyman Undercover, and in 2010, she appeared in a cameo in You Again with Step by Step castmates Christine Lakin and Patrick Duffy. She also co-starred in the 2009 film Sarah's Choice.

Law career and teaching

Keanan attended Southwestern Law School and was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2013.[4] She currently practices law under her birth name, Anastasia Sagorsky, in the Los Angeles area.[1] In 2014, Keanan worked as a Deputy District Attorney in the Riverside County District Attorney's office prosecuting felony cases involving violent crime or death.[7] Keanan joined the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office as a Deputy District Attorney in 2016.[4][8] In January 2021, she became an adjunct associate professor of law at Southwestern Law School.[4] In 2022, she taught a course on how to properly prosecute and defend driving under the influence cases.[9]

Personal life

On February 11, 2017, Keanan married actor and producer Guy Birtwhistle.[10]

Filmography

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Stage

Musical theatre

Plays

  • Old Glories, two one-act plays by Elliot Shoenman, directed by Mark L. Taylor, Zephyr Theatre, Hollywood, California
    • Above the Fold (Diane), Zephyr Theatre, Hollywood, California
    • Red Flags (Janet), Zephyr Theatre, Hollywood, California
  • Moment in the Sun (Diane Bellini), by Elliot Shoenman, Matrix Theatre, Hollywood, California
  • Last Call at Moby Dick's (Caroline), by Ed Marill, directed by Mark L. Taylor, McCadden Place Theatre, Hollywood, California
  • Sunset Park (Young Evelyn) second run, by Marley Sims and Elliot Shoenman, directed by Mark L. Taylor, Zephyr Theatre, Hollywood, California

Awards

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References

  1. "The State Bar of California: Attorney Search". calbar.ca.gov. The State Bar of California. Archived from the original on June 25, 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  2. Kim, Jae-Ha (November 17, 1989). "Actress likes having '2 Dads'". Chicago Sun-Times via NewsBank.
  3. "Obituary for Jacqueline Love Sagorsky". Philadelphia Inquirer. July 30, 2009. Archived from the original on January 8, 2016 via NewsBank.
  4. "Anastasia Sagorsky". Southwestern Law School. Los Angeles. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  5. Blessing, Angela; Holmstrom, Rick (November 23, 1987). "For Staci Keanan of TV's My Two Dads, Hollywood Can Be a Two-Faced Town". People. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  6. Podcast: 'Keanan, Stacy. Interview with Brian Castro.'[permanent dead link] from [4:24"], IMDB listing misspelled. WTF? the Podcast. FX Show, Orlando. January 2008. Retrieved on October 24, 2010.
  7. "The Inland Empire–Southwestern Law School Connection" (PDF). Riverside Lawyer. May 2014. p. 14.
  8. Eakins, Paul (August 16, 2019). "Man Sentenced for Killing 77-Year-Old Woman in Hit-and-Run". Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
  9. Film clip: 'FILM "NOWHERE" CAST (1997)' onscreen credits [1.43"-1.47"] as "Stacy Keanan".
  10. Nowhere (1997) Cast and Crew at FLF.com (circa 1997 via Wayback Machine.) Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  11. Sarah’s Choice DVD cover DVD cover image Wikipedia.org. Retrieved October 24, 2010.

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