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Morgan Obenreder

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Morgan Obenreder
A brunette woman
Obenreder in 2013
Born
Morgan Obenreder

(1995-04-09) April 9, 1995 (age 29)[1]
OccupationActress
Years active2012–present

Morgan Obenreder (born April 9, 1995)[1] is an American actress.

Early life

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Morgan Obenreder was born in Yardley, Pennsylvania in 1995. Upon moving with her family to DuBois, she began acting at the local Reitz theater at the age of 7. She went on to perform in school plays during her teenage years.[2][3]

Career

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While in high school, Obenreder attended an acting camp in Los Angeles. She subsequently moved to California and signed with an agency.[2] In 2012, at the age of 16, she began appearing in minor parts in independent short films and television shows, including the Fox series Bones and Nickelodeon's See Dad Run.

In 2015, she played Charisma Carpenter's daughter in the erotic drama Bound. Though the film received a generally lukewarm response, Through The Shattered Lens praised Obenreder's performance, and her work was also spotlighted by Fandango Movieclips.[4][5][6]

She appeared in the science-fiction military thriller Rz-9, which follows a resistance effort in a dystopian America. For her work in the film, Obenreder was nominated for the Best Actress accolade at the 2015 Northeast Film Festival.[7][8]

In 2016, Obenreder guest-starred as a naval officer on the CBS drama NCIS.[9][10] Following this, she appeared in the lead role of the Lifetime dramatic film Double Mommy.[2][11][12] In the feature, she plays a teenager named Jess, who learns that she is pregnant with twins fathered by different boys, one of whom date-raped her. Jess gradually seeks to expose her rapist while building a life with her boyfriend.[2]

Throughout the rest of 2016, she appeared in the Netflix comedy film Mascots and the go90 show Mr. Student Body President, in which she played a snobby cheerleader.

In 2017, Obenreder was cast in CBS's long-running soap opera The Young and the Restless.[13] She portrayed Crystal Porter, a captive in a sex-trafficking ring who rebels and enters a witness-protection program, and received positive reviews by SoapHub.com.[14]

In 2018, she appeared in another Lifetime film, as the nanny in the drama Nanny Killer.[12]

In 2019, Obenreder played Kelsey Jackson in the film Taking Your Daughter. She briefly reprised the role of Crystal on The Young and the Restless in 2022.[15]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 Haven's Point Jess Short
2015 Bound Dara
2015 Rz-9 Samantha Endcott
2015 Mormon for a Month Beth Kenwood
2016 Double Mommy Jess Lead role
2016 Fortune Cookie Isabelle
2016 Mascots Nanny
2017 Destruction: Los Angeles Jessie
2018 Nanny Killer Kate Jordan Lead role
2019 Taking Your Daughter Kelsey Jackson

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2013 Buona Sera News Samantha Mancini
2013 The Ghost Speaks Tina
2013 Bones Amanda Watters
2014 See Dad Run 18-Year-Old Janie
2014 My Haunted House Samantha
2016 NCIS Mary Burk
2016 Mr. Student Body President Natalie Vrendenburgh
2017 The Young and the Restless Crystal Porter

Awards and nominations

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Award Year Film Category Result Ref.
Northeast Film Festival 2015 Rz-9 Best Actress Nominated [8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Morgan Obenreder". listal.com. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Foster, Allen (April 29, 2018). "Can Morgan Obenreder survive the Nanny Killer?". Entertaining Options. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  3. ^ Haskins, Elaine (July 26, 2017). "Obenreder lands role on The Young and The Restless". Courier Express. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  4. ^ "Bound (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  5. ^ Bowman, Lisa (February 15, 2015). "50 Shades of Obsession: The Boy Next Door and Bound". unobtainium13.com. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  6. ^ "Fandango Movieclips". Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  7. ^ "Rz-9 (2014)". horrorcultfilms.co.uk. May 18, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  8. ^ a b "2015 Award Winners". Northeast Film Festival. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  9. ^ "Photos: A look back at Michael Weatherly on NCIS". USA Today. January 6, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  10. ^ "DuBois native guest stars on NCIS". Courier Express. February 8, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  11. ^ Turano, Sammi (April 23, 2018). "Nanny Killer's Morgan Obenreder Interviewed". tvgrapevine.com. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  12. ^ a b Clifford, Kambra (April 25, 2018). "Y&R's Morgan Obenreder Dishes On Her Outrageously Soapy Screen Situations". soapcentral.com. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  13. ^ Porter, Rick (December 11, 2018). "TV Ratings: Young and the Restless Marks 30 Straight Years as No. 1 Daytime Soap". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  14. ^ "Y&R Spotlight: The Sensational Actress Behind GC's Sex Trafficking Victim Crystal!". soaphub.com. July 25, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  15. ^ Mistretta, Amy (May 6, 2022). "Young & Restless' Obenreder Returning for the Wedding of the Year". soaps.sheknows.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
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