Tristin Mays (born June 10, 1990) is an American actress. Mays portrayed Riley Davis in the reboot of the ''

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'' series on

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who works as a covert operative for the Phoenix Foundation.

Early life and education

Mays' parents, Viveca and Michael Mays, worked as an artist and in the military, respectively. She grew up in New York City until 2003 when her family moved to

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, where she graduated from Vista del Lago High School. Her older brother Jeryn is also an actor.Laurie Lucas
"Former Moreno Valley resident stars in the rebooted ‘MacGyver’ TV show"
''The Press-Enterprise'', January 5, 2017.

Career

While best known for her role as Riley Davis on the 2016 TV series ''

'', Mays has played in television series including as Shaina in the

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series ''

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'' and as Robin Dixon, the daughter of

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's character in ''

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''. Her other television credits include ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. As a seven-year-old in 1997, she joined the cast of ''

'', replacing Shaina M. Freeman as Shaina. That same year, she was cast as Nala in ''

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'' on

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. She subsequently played Fan in Dickens' ''

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''. In 2009, she was a series regular in the web series ''

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'' based on the novels of the same name. In 2011, she starred in the internet sitcom ''FAIL'' with fellow ''Gullah Gullah Island'' co-star

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. She also appeared in the TV show ''

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'' Season 8 Episode 4.

Filmography

References

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