Bridget Regan
Encyclopedia
Bridget Catherine Regan (born February 3, 1982; San Diego County, California
) is an American
film, television and theater actress, best known for her portrayal of Kahlan Amnell in the television series Legend of the Seeker
.
, Blinders, Supreme Courtships, The Babysitters
and the Sex and the City movie. She also had guest appearances on the TV shows Love Monkey
, Law & Order: Criminal Intent
, American Experience
, Six Degrees
, The Black Donnellys
and New Amsterdam
.
In 2008, Regan began filming Legend of the Seeker
, a television show based on Terry Goodkind
's Sword of Truth
series. She portrays Mother Confessor Kahlan Amnell.
In 2009, Regan ventured into producing Camp Wanatachi, a musical that will be running in New York at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
in January 2011.
and Catholic
family. 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 her hometown of Carlsbad, California.
Graduated from University of North Carolina School of the Arts
. Her natural hair is red and curly. Dyed her hair dark brown and chemically straightened for Legend of the Seeker
.
Regan has become close friends with her Legend of the Seeker
cast-mate, Tabrett Bethell
.
On the 28th of December 2010 she announced via Twitter the birth of her first daughter. Stating: "I've been keeping a little secret of what I've been up to the past nine months.. I'm so proud and excited to announce the birth of our daughter, Frankie Jean. She's beautiful, happy, healthy and we're so in love. xo"
|+ Film, Television and Theatre
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2006
|
|Kate
|TV pilot
|-
|2006
|Love Monkey
|Woman
|Episode: "Pilot"
|-
|2006
|Blinders
|Vivian
|Short film
|-
|2006
|Law & Order: Criminal Intent
|ADA Claudia Shankly
|Episode: "Masquerade"
|-
|2007
|Law & Order: Criminal Intent
|ADA Claudia Shankly
|Episode: "Silencer"
|-
|2007
|Supreme Courtships
|Holly
|TV movie
|-
|2007
|American Experience
|Angelica Shippen
|Episode: "Alexander Hamilton"
|-
|2007
|Six Degrees
|Diana Foss
|Episode: "A Simple Twist of Fate"
|-
|2007
|
|Tina Tuchman
|
|-
|2007
|
|Trish Hughes
|4 episodes
|-
|2008
|New Amsterdam
|Daphne Tucker
|Episode: "Keep the Change"
|-
|2008
|Sex and the City
|Hostess
|
|-
|2008-2010
|Legend of the Seeker
|Kahlan Amnell
|44 episodes
|-
|2010
|
|Robin
|
|-
|2011
|NCIS: Los Angeles
|Elizabeth Smith
|Episode: "Cyber Threat"
|-
|2011
|Hide
|Annabelle
|TNT TV movie
|-
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Theatre
|-
|October 12 - November 14, 1999
|Sweet Bird of Youth
|
|La Jolla Playhouse
|-
|March 21, 2005
|Children and Art
|
|Broadway
|-
|September 20 - October 23, 2005
|
|Eden
|La Jolla Playhouse
|-
|December 9, 2007 - March 9, 2008
|Is He Dead?
|Cecile Leroux
|Broadway
|-
|January 21, 2008
|Geneva
|Begonia Brown
|The Players
|-
|January 21, 2011
|Camp Wanatachi
|(Co-producer)
|La MaMa Experimental Theater Club
|}
San Diego County, California
San Diego County is a large county located in the southwestern corner of the US state of California. Hence, San Diego County is also located in the southwestern corner of the 48 contiguous United States. Its county seat and largest city is San Diego. Its population was about 2,813,835 in the 2000...
) is an American
United States
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film, television and theater actress, best known for her portrayal of Kahlan Amnell in the television series Legend of the Seeker
Legend of the Seeker
Legend of the Seeker is a television series based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind. Distributed in U.S. by Disney-ABC Domestic Television, ABC Studios produced the series, which was its first foray into broadcast syndication, with Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, Joshua Donen, Ned Nalle and...
.
Career
Since 2006, she has appeared in several movies and television shows. Her filmography includes The Wedding AlbumThe Wedding Album (TV series)
The Wedding Album is an American television pilot ordered by the Fox Network for the 2006-2007 television season. It was picked up for series order as a midseason replacement during the 2006-2007 television season...
, Blinders, Supreme Courtships, The Babysitters
The Babysitters
The Babysitters is a 2007 independent film drama directed by David Ross. It stars John Leguizamo, Cynthia Nixon and Katherine Waterston. The story follows a teenager who turns her babysitting service into a call girl service for married men after fooling around with one of her customers.-Plot:The...
and the Sex and the City movie. She also had guest appearances on the TV shows Love Monkey
Love Monkey
Love Monkey is a television series created by Michael Rauch and based on a book of the same name, by Kyle Smith. It starred Tom Cavanagh as a 30-something, single, record executive who navigated the tumultuous and highly amusing waters of work and dating in New York City.Its first episode aired on...
, Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...
, American Experience
American Experience
American Experience is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service Public television stations in the United States. The program airs documentaries, many of which have won awards, about important or interesting events and people in American history...
, Six Degrees
Six Degrees
Six Degrees is an American dramatic television series about six residents of New York City and their respective relationships and connections with one another, based on the idea of six degrees of separation....
, The Black Donnellys
The Black Donnellys
The Black Donnellys is an American television drama that debuted on NBC on February 26, 2007 and last aired on April 2, 2007. Thereafter, NBC began releasing new episodes weekly on until the series was officially canceled. The Black Donnellys was created by Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco...
and New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam (TV series)
New Amsterdam is an American television drama, which premiered March 4, 2008 on Fox, and ended after its eighth episode.-Premise and plot:...
.
In 2008, Regan began filming Legend of the Seeker
Legend of the Seeker
Legend of the Seeker is a television series based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind. Distributed in U.S. by Disney-ABC Domestic Television, ABC Studios produced the series, which was its first foray into broadcast syndication, with Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, Joshua Donen, Ned Nalle and...
, a television show based on Terry Goodkind
Terry Goodkind
Terry Goodkind is an American writer and author of the epic fantasy The Sword of Truth series as well as the contemporary suspense novel The Law of Nines, which has ties to his fantasy series, and The Omen Machine, which is a direct sequel thereof. Before his success as an author Goodkind worked...
's Sword of Truth
Sword of Truth
The Sword of Truth is a series of thirteen epic fantasy novels written by Terry Goodkind. The books follow the protagonists Richard Cypher, Kahlan Amnell and Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander on their quest to defeat oppressors who seek to control the world and those who wish to unleash evil upon the world of...
series. She portrays Mother Confessor Kahlan Amnell.
In 2009, Regan ventured into producing Camp Wanatachi, a musical that will be running in New York at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club is an off-off Broadway theatre founded in 1961 by Ellen Stewart, and named in reference to her. Located on Manhattan's Lower East Side, the theatre grew out of Stewart's tiny basement boutique for her fashion designs; the boutique's space acted as a theatre for...
in January 2011.
Personal
Bridget Regan grew up in an Irish AmericanIrish American
Irish Americans are citizens of the United States who can trace their ancestry to Ireland. A total of 36,278,332 Americans—estimated at 11.9% of the total population—reported Irish ancestry in the 2008 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau...
and Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
family. 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 her hometown of Carlsbad, California.
Graduated from University of North Carolina School of the Arts
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts , formerly the North Carolina School of the Arts, is a public coeducational arts conservatory in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that grants high school, undergraduate and graduate degrees. It is one of the seventeen constituent campuses of the...
. Her natural hair is red and curly. Dyed her hair dark brown and chemically straightened for Legend of the Seeker
Legend of the Seeker
Legend of the Seeker is a television series based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind. Distributed in U.S. by Disney-ABC Domestic Television, ABC Studios produced the series, which was its first foray into broadcast syndication, with Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, Joshua Donen, Ned Nalle and...
.
Regan has become close friends with her Legend of the Seeker
Legend of the Seeker
Legend of the Seeker is a television series based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind. Distributed in U.S. by Disney-ABC Domestic Television, ABC Studios produced the series, which was its first foray into broadcast syndication, with Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, Joshua Donen, Ned Nalle and...
cast-mate, Tabrett Bethell
Tabrett Bethell
Tabrett Bethell is an Australian film, television and theater actress, best known for portraying the character Cara in the television series Legend of the Seeker...
.
On the 28th of December 2010 she announced via Twitter the birth of her first daughter. Stating: "I've been keeping a little secret of what I've been up to the past nine months.. I'm so proud and excited to announce the birth of our daughter, Frankie Jean. She's beautiful, happy, healthy and we're so in love. xo"
Works
{| class="wikitable sortable"|+ Film, Television and Theatre
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2006
|
|Kate
|TV pilot
|-
|2006
|Love Monkey
Love Monkey
Love Monkey is a television series created by Michael Rauch and based on a book of the same name, by Kyle Smith. It starred Tom Cavanagh as a 30-something, single, record executive who navigated the tumultuous and highly amusing waters of work and dating in New York City.Its first episode aired on...
|Woman
|Episode: "Pilot"
|-
|2006
|Blinders
|Vivian
|Short film
|-
|2006
|Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...
|ADA Claudia Shankly
|Episode: "Masquerade"
|-
|2007
|Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...
|ADA Claudia Shankly
|Episode: "Silencer"
|-
|2007
|Supreme Courtships
|Holly
|TV movie
|-
|2007
|American Experience
American Experience
American Experience is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service Public television stations in the United States. The program airs documentaries, many of which have won awards, about important or interesting events and people in American history...
|Angelica Shippen
|Episode: "Alexander Hamilton"
|-
|2007
|Six Degrees
Six Degrees
Six Degrees is an American dramatic television series about six residents of New York City and their respective relationships and connections with one another, based on the idea of six degrees of separation....
|Diana Foss
|Episode: "A Simple Twist of Fate"
|-
|2007
|
|Tina Tuchman
|
|-
|2007
|
|Trish Hughes
|4 episodes
|-
|2008
|New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam (TV series)
New Amsterdam is an American television drama, which premiered March 4, 2008 on Fox, and ended after its eighth episode.-Premise and plot:...
|Daphne Tucker
|Episode: "Keep the Change"
|-
|2008
|Sex and the City
|Hostess
|
|-
|2008-2010
|Legend of the Seeker
Legend of the Seeker
Legend of the Seeker is a television series based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind. Distributed in U.S. by Disney-ABC Domestic Television, ABC Studios produced the series, which was its first foray into broadcast syndication, with Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, Joshua Donen, Ned Nalle and...
|Kahlan Amnell
|44 episodes
|-
|2010
|
|Robin
|
|-
|2011
|NCIS: Los Angeles
|Elizabeth Smith
|Episode: "Cyber Threat"
|-
|2011
|Hide
Hide
Hide or hides may refer to:* Hiding, concealment* Hide , Japanese musician from the band X Japan* Hide , the cured skin of an animal* Hide, pseudonym of Yoshimi, guitarist of the band Funta...
|Annabelle
|TNT TV movie
|-
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Theatre
|-
|October 12 - November 14, 1999
|Sweet Bird of Youth
Sweet Bird of Youth
Sweet Bird of Youth is a 1959 play by Tennessee Williams which tells the story of a gigolo and drifter, Chance Wayne, who returns to his home town as the accompaniment of a faded movie star, Princess Kosmonopolis , whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies...
|
|La Jolla Playhouse
La Jolla Playhouse
La Jolla Playhouse is a not-for-profit, professional theatre-in-residence on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. -Background:...
|-
|March 21, 2005
|Children and Art
|
|Broadway
|-
|September 20 - October 23, 2005
|
|Eden
|La Jolla Playhouse
|-
|December 9, 2007 - March 9, 2008
|Is He Dead?
Is He Dead?
Is He Dead? is a play by Mark Twain. It was first published in print in 2003, after Mark Twain scholar Shelley Fisher Fishkin read the manuscript in the archives of the Mark Twain Papers at the University of California at Berkeley. The play was long known to scholars but never attracted much...
|Cecile Leroux
|Broadway
|-
|January 21, 2008
|Geneva
|Begonia Brown
|The Players
|-
|January 21, 2011
|Camp Wanatachi
|(Co-producer)
|La MaMa Experimental Theater Club
|}