Bridget Regan

Early life and education Born in Carlsbad, California, 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 University of North Carolina School of the Arts, graduating with a BFA in drama in 2004. After college, she moved to New York City to pursue a professional acting career. 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 La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club.

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 USA Network crime drama White Collar 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 Jane the Virgin, 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 John Wick, as Addy.

In 2016, Regan was added to the cast of the TNT 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 Poison Ivy in the third season of The CW drama series Batwoman.

In 2025, she appeared in the film Things Like This, directed by Max Talisman. The same year, she played Moira Blake on ABC's 9-1-1, where her actions led to the death of original cast member Captain Robert (Bobby) Wade Nash.

Personal life Regan is married to Eamon O'Sullivan,

From 2009 to 2013, Regan was selected by comic book fans and critics as their ideal choice to portray Wonder Woman.

In 2025, Regan was briefly hospitalised in Prague for food poisoning while filming for a season 8 episode of The Rookie.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theater

Year Title Role Theatre October 12 – November 14, 1999 Sweet Bird of Youth La Jolla Playhouse March 21, 2005 Children and Art Broadway September 20 – October 23, 2005 Eden La Jolla Playhouse December 9, 2007 – March 9, 2008 Is He Dead? Cecile Leroux Broadway January 21, 2008 Geneva Begonia Brown The Players January 21 – February 6, 2011 Camp Wanatachi (co-producer) La MaMa Experimental Theater Club July 30 – August 1, 2017 Camp Wanatachi (co-producer) The Green Room 42 April 18–20, 2024 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Maggie Stella Adler Theatre February 20-22, 2026 A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche KAPA Repertory Theatre