Tristin Mays

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|06|10}}

| birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

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| education = Vista del Lago High School

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1996–present

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Tristin Mays (born June 10, 1990{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/celebrity-birthdays-week-june-12-78016127|title=Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 6–12|website=ABC News}}) is an American actress. Mays portrayed Riley Davis in the reboot of the MacGyver series on CBS who works as a covert operative for the Phoenix Foundation.

Early life and education

Mays' parents, Viveca and Michael Mays, worked as an artist and in the military, respectively. She grew up in New York City until 2003 when her family moved to Moreno Valley, California, where she graduated from Vista del Lago High School. Her older brother Jeryn is also an actor.Laurie Lucas, [http://www.pe.com/2017/01/05/former-moreno-valley-resident-stars-in-the-rebooted-macgyver-tv-show/ "Former Moreno Valley resident stars in the rebooted ‘MacGyver’ TV show"], The Press-Enterprise, January 5, 2017.

Career

While best known for her role as Riley Davis on the 2016 TV series MacGyver, Mays has played in television series including as Shaina in the Nickelodeon series Gullah Gullah Island and as Robin Dixon, the daughter of Marcus Dixon, Carl Lumbly's character in Alias.

Her other television credits include Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, Everybody Hates Chris, True Jackson, VP, Zeke and Luther, Big Time Rush, Victorious and The Vampire Diaries.

As a seven-year-old in 1997, she joined the cast of Gullah Gullah Island, replacing Shaina M. Freeman as Shaina. That same year, she was cast as Nala in The Lion King on Broadway.{{IBDB name|407178}} She subsequently played Fan in Dickens' A Christmas Carol. In 2009, she was a series regular in the web series Private based on the novels of the same name.{{Cite web|url=http://www.alloyentertainment.com/|title=Alloy Entertainment|website=www.alloyentertainment.com}} In 2011, she starred in the internet sitcom FAIL with fellow Gullah Gullah Island co-star Vanessa Baden. She also appeared in the TV show Impractical Jokers season 8 episode 5.

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ Film roles
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2011 \| Hot Dog Water \| Julia \| Short film
rowspan="2" \| 2012 \| Thunderstruck \| Isabela Sanchez \|
She is Not My Sister \| Megan \|
2013 \| House Party: Tonight's the Night \| Autumn Rose \| Direct-to-video film
2015 \| The Wedding Ringer \| Cute bridesmaid \|
2020 \| The Christmas Sitters \| Nora \| Direct-to-TV film

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|+ Film roles

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2011

| Hot Dog Water

| Julia

| Short film

rowspan="2" | 2012

| Thunderstruck

| Isabela Sanchez

She is Not My Sister

| Megan

2013

| House Party: Tonight's the Night

| Autumn Rose

| Direct-to-video film

2015

| The Wedding Ringer

| Cute bridesmaid

2020

| The Christmas Sitters

| Nora

| Direct-to-TV film

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ Television roles
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1996 \| Harambee! \| Angel \| Television film
1997 \| Gullah Gullah Island \| Shaina \| Series regular
2001–2004 \| Alias \| Robin Dixon \| 3 episodes
2006 \| Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide \| Bernice \| Episode: "Substitute Teachers and the New Kid"
2008 \| Everybody Hates Chris \| Jenise Huckstable \| Episode: "Everybody Hates Homecoming"
2009 \| Private \| Taylor Bell \| Web series; series regular
2010 \| True Jackson, VP \| Hailey \| Episode: "My Boss Ate My Homework"
2010–2011 \| Zeke and Luther \| Monica Lopez \| 3 episodes
rowspan="2" \| 2010 \| Big Time Rush \| Stephanie King \| 2 episodes
Kelly Brook's Cameltoe Shows \| Herself \| Funny or Die skit
rowspan="3" \| 2011 \| Victorious \| Sherry \| Episode: "Prom Wrecker"
FAIL \| Alicia \| Web series; series regular
Kickin' It \| Vanessa / M.C. \| Episode: "All the Wrong Moves"
2012 \| The Newsroom \| Karaoke Girl \| Episode: "The 112th Congress"
2015–2016 \| The Vampire Diaries \| Sarah Nelson/Salvatore \| Recurring role (season 6), Guest (season 8) 7 episodes
rowspan="2" \| 2015 \| Supergirl \| Maxwell Lord's Assistant \| Episode: "Childish Things"
Night of the Wild \| Rosalyn \| Television film{{citation needed\|date=April 2020}}
2016–2018 \| T@gged \| Brie \|
2016–2021 \| MacGyver \| Riley Davis \| Main role
2017 \| Switched at Birth \| Ally \| 3 episodes
2019 \| Impractical Jokers \| Herself \| Season 8 Episode 5: "Full Mental Jacket"

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|+ Television roles

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1996

| Harambee!

| Angel

| Television film

1997

| Gullah Gullah Island