Staci Keanan (born June 6, 1975 as Anastasia Sagórski in Devon, Pennsylvania) is an American actress. "Staci" comes from the American pronunciation of her Russian first name.
Keanan is most noted for her role "Nicole Bradford" in the TV series My Two Dads from 1987 to 1990, and as the feminist teenage girl "Dana Foster" the TV series Step by Step from 1991 to 1998. Before appearing on Step by Step, she appeared on the short-lived ABC sitcom Going Places. She also is sometimes credited as Stacy Keenan or Staci Love.
She has appeared in a number of films, including Stolen Poem (2004), Nowhere (1997) (as Stacy Keenan), and Ski Hard (1995). She is credited as co-starring in Hidden Secrets (aka A Simple Twist of Faith) as Rachel Wilson. It is a comedy/drama and is listed on IMDB as being completed as of March 7, 2006.
Staci Keanan began her career at age four with fashion-show assignments and magazine work. At age eight she moved to New York with her mother and sister and balanced a modeling career with a budding theater career, in addition to keeping a high scholastic record. She won several prestigious scholastic awards, including a City of New York essay contest and the National Language Arts Olympiad. As for her acting career, she branched from modeling into commercials, voice-overs and jingles, and then got roles in several mini-series and TV specials. her first starring role was in the series "My Two Dads" (1987). She received both the Youth In Film Award and Sixteen Magazine's Top TV Newcomer Award for her work on the series. In 1989 Staci made it to the big screen in the feature film Lisa (1989), and then starred in the TV series "Step by Step" (1991).
