Tristin Mays
Biography
Biography
Tristin Mays was an American actress born on June 10, 1990. Mays grew up in New York City after being born in New Orleans, and got her start as a child model, appearing in national commercials for products like ROSS and McDonald's. She made her television acting debut in a TV movie entitled "Harambee!" (1996), and joined the cast of children's program "Gullah Gullah Island" (Nick Jr., 1994-1998) in 1997. That same year, she joined the cast of the Lion King musical on Broadway as Young Nala. Mays appeared in three episodes in as many years on J.J. Abrams' "Alias" (ABC, 2001-2006) from 2001 to 2004. She then appeared in an episode of "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide" (Nickelodeon, 2004-2007) in 2006 and "Everybody Hates Chris" (The CW, 2005-2009)) in 2008, before appearing in a string of Nickelodeon sitcoms like "True Jackson, VP" (Nickelodeon, 2008-2011), "Big Time Rush" (Nickelodeon, 2009-2013) and "Victorious" (Nickelodeon, 2010-2013). Mays made her feature film debut in "Thunderstruck" (2012), which starred basketball player Kevin Durant, and made a brief appearance in "The Wedding Ringer" (2015). In 2015, Mays landed recurring roles on both "Supergirl" (The CW, 2015- ) and "The Vampire Diaries (The CW, 2009-17), and joined the main cast of the "MacGyver" (CBS, 2016- ) reboot in 2016. Mays started her own fashion product line at her mother's suggestion, naming it "Trizzio" after her family nickname.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Cast (Special)
Life Events
1996
Made TV debut in TV movie "Harambee!"
1997
Joined the cast of "Gullah Gullah Island" as series regular Shaina
1997
Made Broadway debut as Young Nala in The Lion King
2001
Appeared in three episodes across as many years of J.J. Abrams' "Alias"
2006
Appeared in an episode of "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide"
2008
Played Jenise Huckstable in an episode of "Everybody Hates Chris"
2012
Starred in Thunderstruck, her feature film debut
2015
Made a brief appearance in The Wedding Ringer
2015
Landed recurring role on "Supergirl"
2015
Plays recurring character Sarah Nelson on "The Vampire Diaries"
2016
Joined the main cast of CBS reboot "MacGyver"
