Reign Edwards

Reign Edwards
Born	(1996-12-01) December 1, 1996 (age 28) Harford County, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2008–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.

External links

• Reign Edwards at IMDb