Staci Keanan

Stacy Keanan (born Anastasia Love Sagorsky on June 6, 1975) is an American deputy district attorney 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.

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

Acting

At age five, she began modeling and appeared in print, radio, and television advertisements, including the voice of My Little Pony and television commercials for 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.

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.

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

Keanan received her undergraduate degree from UCLA. She then attended Southwestern Law School and was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2013. She currently practices law under her given name, Anastasia Sagorsky, in the Los Angeles area. In 2014, Keanan worked as a prosecutor in the Riverside County District Attorney's Office who handles felony cases involving violent crime or death. By 2019, Keanan became a Deputy District Attorney in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office.

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

Musical theatre

• Miss Lulu Bett, Berkshire Theater Festival, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
• Annie, Theatre at Stagedoor Manor, Loch Sheldrake, New York
• Georgia Avenue, Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, Connecticut
• The King and I, Norma Terris Theatre, Chester, Connecticut
• Gypsy, Norma Terris Theatre, Chester, Connecticut

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