Reiko Aylesworth Biography

Reiko Aylesworth (Reiko M. Aylesworth) is an American film, television and stage actress. He is best known for her role on the television series 24 as Michelle Dessler.

Aylesworth attended the University of Washington and studied neuroscience after joining her family in Seattle.

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Reiko M. Aylesworth was born on December 9, 1972 in Evanston, Illinois, U.S. She is 46 years old as of 2018.

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Reiko is of Dutch, Welsh, and Japanese ancestry. Her name Reiko is a Japanese name whereas her surname Aylesworth is an Anglo-Saxon name. Reiko lived in Springfield, Illinois, from 1987 to 1988, where she first became interested in acting.

She was cast in the role of Consuelo in West Side Story, while her family was preparing to move to Seattle, Washington after understudying in several productions at the Springfield Theatre Centre. She remained in Springfield with family friends for the duration of the play’s run.

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Reiko is married to Rob Clare, a scholar and expert on Shakespearean theatre.

Reiko Aylesworth Career

She participated in several local theatre productions including Invisible Friends at the Seattle Children’s Theatre and the Intiman Theatre Company’s production of Peter Pan where she played Wendy while attending the University of Washington.

Her performance in Peter Pan brought her to the attention of talent scouts at ABC, leading to the beginning of her television and film career as Rebecca Lewis on the soap opera One Life to Live. Reiko appeared in the independent film Childhood’s End and the final episode of the HBO series Lifestories: Families in Crisis after her character was written out of One Life to Live. During this time she also appeared in at least three Off Broadway productions.

Reiko had minor appearances in the movies Random Hearts and You’ve Got Mail followed by a guest star role in the CBS series Now and also following a guest appearance on Law & Order and a supporting role in the miniseries A Will of Their Own. Soon after NBC cast her as Becca Coltrane in the pilot for the series Sherman’s March, however, it was not picked up and aired as a standalone television movie.

Rekio continued her work on television with guest appearances in The West Wing, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Ed as well as being cast in a lead role in the supernatural hospital drama All Souls. When All Souls was cancelled after its sixth episode, Rekio joined the cast of the new series The American Embassy. It was quickly cancelled after its fourth episode.

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After the cancellation of The American Embassy, Rekio auditioned for the part of Nina Myers on Fox Network’s 24 but the role went to Sarah Clarke. When casting began for 24’s second season, she again auditioned, this time for the part of Kate Warner, but the role went to Sarah Wynter. The producers were also impressed with her and asked her to join the cast for a ten episode recurring role as Michelle Dessler, a CTU agent. Despite being credited as a guest star for the entire season, Reiko appeared in all 24 episodes.

Director Jon Cassar quickly noticed the “chemistry” between Rekio and her costar Carlos Bernard, in the role of Tony Almeida. This led to a decision to develop the characters’ onscreen relationship. The relationship between the duo quickly became popular with fans and later would resurface as one of the driving forces in 24’s seventh season.

Rekio filmed an episode for the second season of The Dead Zone, playing a love interest for Anthony Michael Hall’s Johnny Smith while on hiatus from 24 after season two. By 24’s third season (2003–2004), she had become a main cast member with Tony and Michelle now married and holding leadership positions at CTU. When the season concluded, the writers announced that most of the characters were being dropped, with those actors not being retained for season 4. She was cast as Chandra Moore upon being released from 24. Her character is a DNA analyst, in the fifth season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Her role was intended to be recurring but was dropped after the September 2004 season opener.

As season 4 of 24 progressed, some of the characters from previous seasons returned mid-season, including Rekio as Michelle Dessler. The character then returns in the twelfth episode, now a high level bureaucrat within the CTU hierarchy, serving as CTU Director for the remainder of the season. Her character resigns at the end in order to remarry Tony Almeida. It is then killed by a car bomb in the opening episode of season 5.

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Rekio was hired for a recurring role on the ABC series Lost, during the 2009 season. Her character, Amy Goodspeed, was originally to appear in at least four episodes, but Rekio’s role was written out after three episodes.

Reiko Aylesworth Net Worth

The 24 star has not revealed her net worth.

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