Sami Gayle is an American child actress. She is currently co-starring in the CBS series Blue Bloods

Blue Bloods (TV series)

Blue Bloods is an American police procedural/drama series on CBS, filmed on location in New York City. The show premiered on September 24, 2010, with episodes airing on Fridays at 10:00 pm Eastern and Pacific/9:00 PM Central and Mountain....

 as Nicky Reagan-Boyle.

Stage Career

Gayle began her acting career as Baby June in the off-Broadway production of Gypsy

Gypsy: A Musical Fable

Gypsy is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Gypsy is loosely based on the 1957 memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, the famous striptease artist, and focuses on her mother, Rose, whose name has become synonymous with "the ultimate show business...

 starring Patti LuPone. Gayle reprised her role when the production transferred to Broadway a few months later. Gayle later co-starred in the off-Broadway plays Oohrah! at the Atlantic Theatre Company and MCC Theatre's Family Week under the direction of Academy-Award winner Jonathan Demme. Gayle was featured in the 2007 Broadway production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical.

TV Career

In addition to her role on Blue Bloods, Gayle guest starred on USA's Royal Pains

Royal Pains

Royal Pains is a USA Network television series that premiered on June 4, 2009, starring Mark Feuerstein, Paulo Costanzo, Jill Flint and Reshma Shetty. The series is based in part on actual concierge medicine practices of independent doctors and companies...

and had a recurring role on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns

As the World Turns

As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light...

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Film Career

Gayle co-stars in Detachment

Detachment (film)

Detachment is a 2011 American drama about the high school education system starring Adrien Brody with an ensemble supporting cast.-Plot:Detachment is a chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of a substitute teacher named...

alongside Academy-Award winner Adrien Brody. The film was directed by Tony Kaye and is set for release in early 2012. Gayle also co-stars in Medallion

Medallion (film)

Medallion is an upcoming film starring Nicolas Cage, Malin Åkerman, Josh Lucas, and Danny Huston. "A former thief frantically searches for his missing daughter, who has been kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a taxi." Filming began March 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana.-Cast:*Nicolas Cage as Will...

starring Nicolas Cage and The Congress starring Robin Wright and Paul Giamatti. Both movies are in post-production and set for release in 2012 and 2013, respectively.

Academics

Gayle, while home-schooled, follows Advanced Placement (AP) curriculums in all subjects. Gayle is nationally-ranked in Public Forum Debate and has received a bid to compete at the Tournament of Champions

Tournament of Champions (debate)

The Tournament of Champions is a high school debate tournament held annually at the University of Kentucky on the first weekend of May. It is the most prestigious tournament on the "national circuit," representing some of the most competitively successful debaters from the nation's most prestigious...

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