Tristin Mays

Tristin Mays
Mays in 2014
Born (1990-06-10) June 10, 1990
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present

Tristin Mays (born June 10, 1990[1]) is an American actress. Mays portrayed Riley Davis in the reboot of the MacGyver series on CBS who works as a covert operative for the Phoenix Foundation.

Career

While best known for her role as Riley Davis on the 2016 CBS reboot of MacGyver, Mays has played in television series including as Shaina in the Nickelodeon series Gullah Gullah Island[2] and as Robin Dixon, the daughter of Marcus Dixon in Alias.

Her other television credits include Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, Everybody Hates Chris, True Jackson, VP, Zeke and Luther, Big Time Rush, Victorious and The Vampire Diaries as Sarah Salvatore.

As a seven years old, she joined the cast of Gullah Gullah Island in 1997, replacing Shaina M. Freeman as “Shaina”. In 1999, she was cast as Nala in The Lion King on Broadway.[2][3] She subsequently played Fan in Dickens' A Christmas Carol.[2] She also appeared in the TV show Impractical Jokers season 8 episode 5.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Hot Dog Water Julia Short film
2012 Thunderstruck Isabela Sanchez
She is Not My Sister Megan
2013 House Party: Tonight's the Night Autumn Rose Direct-to-video film
2015 The Wedding Ringer Cute bridesmaid
2020 The Christmas Sitters Nora Direct-to-TV film

Television

Mays on the show Victorious in 2011
Year Title Role Notes
1996 Harambee! Angel Television film
1997 Gullah Gullah Island Shaina Series regular
2001–2004 Alias Robin Dixon 3 episodes
2006 Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide Bernice Episode: "Substitute Teachers and the New Kid"
2008 Everybody Hates Chris Jenise Huckstable Episode: "Everybody Hates Homecoming"
2009 Private Taylor Bell Web series; series regular
2010 True Jackson, VP Hailey Episode: "My Boss Ate My Homework"
2010–2011 Zeke and Luther Monica Lopez 3 episodes
2010 Big Time Rush Stephanie King 2 episodes
Kelly Brook's Cameltoe Shows Herself Funny or Die skit
2011 Victorious Sherry Episode: "Prom Wrecker"
FAIL Alicia Web series; series regular
Kickin' It Vanessa / M.C. Episode: "All the Wrong Moves"
2012 The Newsroom Karaoke Girl Episode: "The 112th Congress"
2015–2016 The Vampire Diaries Sarah Nelson/Salvatore Recurring role (season 6), Guest (season 8) 7 episodes
2015 Supergirl Maxwell Lord's Assistant Episode: "Childish Things"
Night of the Wild Rosalyn Television film
2016–2018 T@gged Brie
2016–2021 MacGyver Riley Davis Main role
2017 Switched at Birth Ally 3 episodes
2019 Impractical Jokers Herself Season 8 Episode 5: "Full Mental Jacket"

References

  1. ↑ "Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 6–12". ABC News.
  2. 1 2 3 Laurie Lucas, "Former Moreno Valley resident stars in the rebooted ‘MacGyver’ TV show", The Press-Enterprise, January 5, 2017.
  3. ↑ Tristin Mays at the Internet Broadway Database
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