- Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, TV, 1999-2011. Reiko and Samantha Mathis were among the three finalists for the role of Detective Olivia Benson. Hargitay, the daughter of Jayne Mansfield, made it her Emmy-winning own during a record 479 episodes by 2020. Benson and her partner, Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler, were named after the iconic producer Dick Wolf’s children. .
- Sarah Clarke, 24, TV, 2001-04 and 2002-3. The Dutch- Japanese-Welsh actress from Chicago auditioned for Nina Myer – thoroughly bad during 36 episodes. Reiko (say: Ray-co; it means: child of thankfulness) would try again…
- Sarah Wynter, 24, TV, 2002-3. Beaten to another role by another Sarah – what are the chances of that! Wynter became Kiefer Sutherland/Jack Bauer’s new (and very Washington) squeeze, Kate Warner for 25 hours. Reiko out-lasted both Sarahs when winning CTU intelligence agent Michelle Dessler (and fellow agent Carlos Bernard!) for 62 episodes during 2002-2006. until her car-bomb death in Day 5. Her favourite role – “a strong woman with a big heart… based on my mom.”
- Aisha Tyler, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, TV, 2004-05. She had won the recurring role of Mia Dickerson when offered another 24 season. The CSI role was taken over by Tyler, who had previously been in… 24.
- Heather Stevens, The Forgotten, TV, 2009-10. Heavyweight producer Jerry Bruckheimer dropped her (and the BBC’s MI-5 star Rupert Penry-Jones) after the pilot of his one-season show about The Forgotten Network of amateur detectives attempting to identify and explain anonymous corpses. She moved on to Damages and Stargate: Universe.
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