Last week, I interviewed young entertainer Reagan To. Despite recently turning 13, Reagan was poised, articulate and engaging beyond her years.
Life didn’t start great for Reagan though. She was hospitalized with a lung collapse while only five. During that stay, Reagan developed her love of acting and decided to make a career of it. Now about eight years later, Reagan is building an impressive acting career, while also diving into other endeavors.
She landed a role on television’s Jane the Virgin and several appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live! In 2021 she supplied the English version voice of Seong Ga-Yeong in Netflix’s Squid Game, a role exposing her to 111 million viewers. That character was so popular, it was featured in a Saturday Night Live skit. To’s résumé keeps growing, as she also appeared in Young Sheldon and can currently be heard as Big Kid Ember in the hit Pixar film Elemental.
One interesting side note to her voice work on Squid Game is she hasn’t watched it yet. Her parents feel the show is a bit too violent for her to watch and Reagan is fine with that. She nows she’ll eventually see it and she is busy with other work.
Reagan states she is mostly treated like a regular kid despite her huge social media following. A big part of that is she acts like a regular kid, enjoying her family and life.
Dancing is another passion for To. Trained under renowned dance instructor Shirley Ballas, To has already earned several awards including the titles of International Ballroom Champion, U.S. National Ballroom Champion and U.S. National Latin Champion.
Her career has brought Reagan all over the world. She is developing a passion for travel and has several ideas of where she wants to visit in the future.
Engaging and poised, To has a bright future ahead of her. Along with acting and dancing, she plays piano and flute while learning guitar. When she has spare time, she likes baking and would like to open a bakery. I have no doubt Reagan will accomplish a lot in life and I look forward to following as her career blossoms.
