Reagan Dale Neis
{{short description|Canadian actress (born 1976)}}
{{update|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Reagan Dale Neis
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|9|24}}
| birth_place = Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
| occupation = Actress, film producer
| yearsactive = 1998–2012, 2016-present
}}
Reagan Dale Neis (born September 24, 1976) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her lead role in The WB sitcom Maybe It's Me and co-starring in the Fox sitcom A Minute with Stan Hooper. She has also guest-starred on Joey and Malcolm in the Middle and co-starred in the 2006 film Material Girls.
Biography
Born in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Neis grew up in Red Deer, Alberta.{{Cite journal|date=November 2001|title=Reagan Dale Neis|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mih&AN=5389354&site=ehost-live|journal=Cosmo Girl|volume=3|issue=9|pages=31|url-access=subscription|via=EBSCOhost}} Neis graduated from the Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School. Between high school and college, she took a year off, working as a waitress. She then went to Red Deer College, where she studied theatre.
Work
Neis's first acting role on film was in the movie Naked Frailties (1998), where she played the lead female role.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40082670/red_deer_advocate/|title=Young Stars Hope Movie Will Launch Their Careers|last=Caster|first=Penny|date=1998-06-06|work=Red Deer Advocate|access-date=2019-12-04|page=19|via=Newspapers.com}} Next, Neis played the main character, Molly Stage, in Maybe It's Me.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40082363/south_florida_sun_sentinel/|title=Maybe Babe: Young Actress Grateful to Join Freaky Family of WB's Maybe It's Me|last=Spelling|first=Ian|date=2001-11-06|work=South Florida Sun Sentinel|access-date=2019-12-04|page=56|via=Newspapers.com}}
Prior to playing Molly Stage, she had done small television roles, including appearing in Malcolm in the Middle as Malcolm's love interest Nikki. The New Zealand Herald wrote that "Canadian actress Reagan Dale Neis is extremely likeable as Molly Stage."{{Cite news|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=n5h&AN=HOB939313&site=ehost-live|title=Comedies of the Confused|last=Grant|first=Frances|date=February 15, 2002|work=New Zealand Herald|access-date=December 4, 2019|via=EBSCOhost|url-access=subscription}} Her last known acting credit was in 2016.
Filmography
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |
| 1998
|Naked Frailties | |
| rowspan="3" | 2001
|Staci |1 episode: "Go Four-Point Plan" |
| Maybe It's Me
|22 episodes (2001–2002) |
| Malcolm in the Middle
|Laura |1 episode: "Evacuation" |
| rowspan="2" | 2002
|Kitten |Video |
| rowspan="2" | Malcolm in the Middle
|rowspan="2" | Nikki |1 episode: "Forbidden Girlfriend" |
| rowspan="2" | 2003
|3 episodes: "Malcolm Holds His Tongue"; "Long Drive"; "Kicked Out" |
| A Minute with Stan Hooper
|Chelsea |13 episodes (2003–2004) |
| rowspan="2" | 2004
|Stolen Poem |Carol | |
| Joey
|Jane |1 episode: "Joey and the Book Club" |
| rowspan="2" | 2006
|Amelia | |
| Material Girls{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uxunSeshPngC&q=%22reagan%20dale%20neis%22&pg=PA216|title=Screen World 2007|last1=Willis|first1=John|last2=Monush|first2=Barry|publisher=Applause|year=2010|isbn=978-1-55783-729-5|location=New York|pages=216|language=en}}
|Jaden | |
| 2009
|Camera Obscura |Clara | |
Awards and nominations
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|+ |
| Year
! Award ! Category ! Title of work ! Result |
|---|
| 1999
| Best Lead Performance - Female | Naked Frailties |
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0624882}}
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Category:Canadian expatriate actresses in the United States
Category:Canadian film actresses
Category:Film producers from Manitoba
Category:Canadian television actresses
Category:People from Portage la Prairie
Category:Canadian women film producers
Category:Actresses from Manitoba
Category:People from Red Deer, Alberta
Category:Actresses from Alberta