Anastasia Love Sagorsky[1] (born June 6, 1975),[2] best known by her stage name Staci Keanan, is an American lawyer, law professor and former actress. She is best known for her television roles as Nicole Bradford on the NBC sitcom My Two Dads (1987–1990) and Dana Foster on the ABC/CBS sitcom Step by Step (1991–1998).
She has not performed as an actress since 2010, making a transition to working as a prosecutor and law school professor.
Biography
1975–1987: Early life and work
Keanan was born in Devon, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Jacqueline (née Love) (1934–2009) and Irving Sagorsky, a car salesman (died 2007). She has a sister, Pilar Sagorsky Stein.[3][4][5]
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.[6]
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 (1987–1990). After the end of My Two Dads, Keanan starred on the short-lived ABC sitcom Going Places (1990–1991) with Alan Ruck, Heather Locklear, and Hallie Todd. The following year, she was cast as Dana Foster in the TV series Step by Step (1991–1998). By 1997, Keanan had changed her name from Staci to Stacy.[7]
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.
2010–present: Transition into law
Keanan attended Southwestern Law School and was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2013.[8] She currently practices law under her birth name, Anastasia Sagorsky, in the Los Angeles area.[1] 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.[9] Keanan joined the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office as a Deputy District Attorney in 2016.[8][10] In January 2021, she became an adjunct associate professor of law at Southwestern Law School.[8] In 2022, she taught a course on how to properly prosecute and defend driving under the influence cases.[11]
