Reign Edwards

Reign Edwards
Born (1996-12-01) December 1, 1996 (age 28)
Harford County, Maryland, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present

Reign Edwards (born December 1, 1996) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Rachel Reid in The Wilds and as Nicole Avant on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful,[1] for which she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Biography

Born December 1, 1996, in Harford County, Maryland, Edwards made her acting debut in the 2008 romantic drama Explicit Ills, written and directed by Mark Weber. In 2011, Edwards playing the younger version of the protagonist portrayed by Nicole Ari Parker, in the romantic comedy film 35 and Ticking written and directed by Russ Parr.[2]

In 2015, she was cast in the CBS drama series The Bold and the Beautiful in the role of Nicole Avant.[3] In 2017, she took the recurring role of a secret agent in the series MacGyver.[4] On the same year, Edwards is currently playing the role of Melody Wright, in the FX crime drama series Snowfall. In 2018, she appeared in the horror film Hell Fest.[5][6]

Edwards was cast in the drama streaming series The Wilds as Rachel Reid, created by Sarah Streicher for Amazon Prime Video.[7][8]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Explicit Ills Rally Participant Uncredited
2010 Thicker Than Water Leah Short film
2011 35 and Ticking Young Zenobia
2018 Hell Fest Brooke
2019 "Pilgrim" Cody Main Role
2021 Love You Anyway Mackenzie Main role
2023 Old Dads Britney

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2015 The Thundermans Winnie Lee Recurring role; 3 episodes
2015 K.C. Undercover Kitten Episode: "Debutante Baller"
2015–2018 The Bold and the Beautiful Nicole Avant Regular role[9]
2017–2021 Snowfall Melody Main role; 20 episodes
2016–2020 MacGyver Leanna Martin Recurring role; 13 episodes
2019 Into the Dark Cody Episode: "Pilgrim"
2020–2022 The Wilds Rachel Reid Main role

Awards

List of acting awards
Year Award Category Title Result Ref.
2016 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series The Bold and the Beautiful Nominated [10]
2017 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series The Bold and the Beautiful Nominated [11]
2017 Soap Awards France Best New Character The Bold and the Beautiful Nominated [12]
2018 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series The Bold and the Beautiful Nominated [13]

References

  1. ^ "Reign Edwards tells us what it's like to be Bold and Beautiful". The Citizen. January 8, 2017.
  2. ^ "Reign Edwards as Young Zenobia - 35 and Ticking". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  3. ^ "Reign Edwards (Nicole)". PressReader. August 28, 2017.
  4. ^ "Reign Edwards To Guest-Star On MACGYVER". Soap Opera Digest. American Media, Inc. November 10, 2017.
  5. ^ "CBS Films Sets 'Hellfest' Heroines: Amy Forsyth, Reign Edwards, Bex Taylor-Klaus". Deadline Hollywood. February 14, 2018.
  6. ^ "B&B's Reign Edwards Books New Gig". Soap Opera Digest. American Media, Inc. February 14, 2018.
  7. ^ "Reign Edwards Details Her Journey From 'The Bold and the Beautiful' to 'The Wilds'". Collider. 2022-05-13. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  8. ^ ""The Wilds": An Interview with Reign Edwards". thecherrypicks.com. 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  9. ^ "Comings and Goings". Soap Opera Digest. 43 (21). American Media, Inc.: 12. May 21, 2018.
  10. ^ "The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations" (PDF). New York City: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. March 24, 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 17, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
  11. ^ "The 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations" (PDF). New York City: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. March 22, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  12. ^ "Soap Awards France 2017 : Hélène Rollès, Les Mystères de l'amour, Ambroise Michel, Terre de passions, Eric Braeden... le palmarès complet". France: toutelatele.com and Médiamétrie. June 1, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  13. ^ "The 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Nominations" (PDF). New York: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 22, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.