Meagan Tandy

Meagan Yvonne Tandy is an American actress and model who gained recognition through beauty pageants before building a career in television and film. She is a former Miss California USA titleholder who placed as third runner-up at the Miss USA 2007 pageant. As an actress, she is best known for her television roles in series such as Jane by Design, Teen Wolf, Survivor's Remorse, and Batwoman.

Tandy was born in Fremont, California, on May 3, 1985, and was raised in Fontana, California. She graduated from Etiwanda High School in Rancho Cucamonga before attending Chaffey College, where she studied business and film production for two years. During her time at Chaffey, she created, produced, and edited several commercials and short film projects, and earned associate degrees. She also worked as a stand-in for the December 2003 television wedding of Trista and Ryan from The Bachelorette. After Chaffey, she attended Cal Poly Pomona to pursue a degree in business management and marketing.

Tandy's pageant career saw her win the Miss California USA title on October 15, 2006, in San Rafael, California, following a previous attempt where she placed fourth runner-up to Tamiko Nash. She became the first student from Chaffey College to win the title, the fourth African-American Miss California USA, and the first African-American titleholder to succeed another. She also won the Best Swimsuit Award at the 2007 state pageant. Competing at Miss USA 2007 in a gown created by Nick Verreos, she finished as third runner-up.

As a member of the Screen Actors Guild, Tandy began her professional entertainment career appearing in national commercial campaigns for brands including Wendy's, Boost Mobile, and Pepsi Max, for which she appeared in a Super Bowl commercial. She also worked on a movie promotion for Shrek the Third and temporarily served as an online correspondent for E! News. Outside of performing, Tandy founded a teen program called GIRL TALK in May 2012 alongside the Women On The Move Network of Rancho Cucamonga, holding its first seminar in July 2013.

Tandy made her breakthrough feature film appearance in the 2010 movie Unstoppable as the daughter of Denzel Washington's character. She later appeared in the film Piranha 3DD as Ashley Sorby and was featured in the music video for Trey Songz's single Simply Amazing.

On television, Tandy played Lulu Pope on Jane by Design before joining the MTV supernatural drama Teen Wolf in June 2013, where she played the recurring character Braeden for three seasons. She subsequently appeared as Sabrina in Red Band Society in 2014, played Allison Pierce in seasons two through four of Survivor's Remorse starting in 2015, and portrayed Chantal in the second season of UnREAL in 2016. From 2019 to 2022, she starred as Sophie Moore on The CW series Batwoman.

Tandy resides in Los Angeles, California. In 2018, she began dating actor Branden Wellington. The couple announced their engagement on January 11, 2024, and married on September 5. After announcing on December 11, 2025, that they were expecting a child, the couple announced on February 28, 2026, that their son had been born in January.