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'Reagan' Star Amanda Righetti on Her Career Evolution, 'The O.C' and More


Amanda Righetti stars as Nelle Reagan in the upcoming film ‘Reagan’ opposite Dennis Quaid, Jon Voight and Penelope Ann Miller

Today, over 20 years after the cultural phenomenon made TV history, Righetti is part of another kind of historical event — starring alongside film legends Dennis Quaid,Jon Voight and Penelope Ann Miller in the highly-anticipated biopic Reagan as Nelle, the mother of the 40th president of the United States. The actress talks to Us Weekly about portraying the woman who influenced and inspired the actor turned politician and she opens up about the early 2000s cult hit that launched her acting career and where she would like to see Hailey Nichol today. AR: I think I would’ve loved to have seen them — Jimmy and Hailey — get together and then see the clashes that may have started to happen because of the age difference and the ideas about how to proceed with life and, you know, the kind of the dramas that could have come along with that storyline.

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