Staci Keanan


Anastasia Love Sagorsky, known professionally as Staci Keanan, is an American former actress. She is best known for her television roles as Nicole Bradford on the NBC sitcom My Two Dads and Dana Foster on the ABC/CBS sitcom Step by Step. In 2013, she was admitted to the State Bar of California, where she currently practices law under her birth name.

Biography

1975–1987: Early life and work

Keanan was born in Devon, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Jacqueline and Irving Sagorsky, a car salesman. She has a sister, Pilar Sagorsky Stein.
At age five, she began modeling and appeared in print, radio, and television advertisements, including television commercials for My Little Pony, 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'.

1987–2010: Acting career

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. After the end of My Two Dads, Keanan starred on the short-lived ABC sitcom Going Places with Alan Ruck, Heather Locklear, and Hallie Todd. The following year, she was cast as Dana Foster in the TV series Step by Step. By 1997, Keanan had changed her name from Staci to Stacy.
Keanan had roles in the short Stolen Poem and the films Hidden Secrets, and Death and Cremation 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.

2010–present: Transition into law

Keanan attended Southwestern Law School and was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2013. Leaving Hollywood behind, she currently practices law under her birth name, Anastasia Sagorsky, in the Los Angeles area. In 2014, Keanan worked as a Deputy District Attorney in the Riverside County District Attorney's office prosecuting felony cases involving violent crime or death. Keanan joined the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office as a Deputy District Attorney in 2016. In January 2021, she became an adjunct associate professor of law at Southwestern Law School.

Personal life

In 2002, Keanan graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History and a minor in French from UCLA. Her academic honors include membership in the Golden Key International Honour Society and Phi Beta Kappa honor societies.
On February 11, 2017, Keanan married actor and producer Guy Birtwhistle.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987I'll Take ManhattanAngelica CiprianiTelevision miniseries
Credited as Staci Love
1987–1990My Two DadsNicole Bradford60 episodes
1990Casey's Gift: For Love of a ChildKathy StilwellTelevision movie
1990–1991Going PlacesLindsay Bowen22 episodes
1991–1998Step by StepDana Foster159 episodes
1996Boy Meets WorldDana FosterEpisode: "The Happiest Show on Earth"
1997Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanBecky SammsEpisode: "I've Got You Under My Skin"
1998CybillLacyEpisode: "Fine Is Not a Feeling"
1998Diagnosis: MurderCindy GarrettEpisode: "Till Death Do Us Part"

Stage

Musical theatre