Bridget Catherine Regan ( ; born February 3, 1982) is an American actress best known for her lead roles as

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in the

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'' (2008–10) and Sasha Cooper in the last three seasons of the

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action drama series '' The Last Ship'' (2016–18), as well as her recurring roles as Rebecca Lowe / Rachel Turner in the

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police procedural drama series ''

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'' (2013–14), Rose Solano in

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romantic comedy drama series ''

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'' (2014–19),

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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), ''

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'' (2014), and '' Devil's Gate'' (2017).

Early life and education

Born in

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, 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

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, 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 ''

'', a television show based on

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's '' Sword of Truth'' series. She portrayed Mother Confessor

, which earned her a

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. 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

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. 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

crime drama ''

'' 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 ''

'', 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 ''

'', as Addy. In 2014, Regan was cast in the recurring role of

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 "

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." The show later recast the role with Abigail Spencer replacing Regan. In 2016, Regan was added to the cast of the

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

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in the third season of

drama series ''

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''. In 2024 she will be seen as Barb in "Things Like This", directed by Max Talisman. In 2025, she played Moira Blake on ABC’s 9-1-1 where her actions led to the “death” of beloved original cast member Captain Robert (Bobby) Wade Nash.

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

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Filmography

Film

Television

Theater

References

External links

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