Staci Keanan, who played Dana Foster on Step by Step, now works as a Los Angeles County deputy district attorney under her birth name, Anastasia Sagorsky. In March 2024, she described her caseload: “So prosecuting basically murder and domestic violence is what I’m handling now.”
Now 51, Keanan played Dana Foster from 1991 to 1998, appearing in 159 episodes. The blended-family sitcom spent 7 seasons on television, starting in ABC’s TGIF lineup and finishing on CBS. She also brought Dana to Boy Meets World for a 1996 episode.
Her acting credits continued through 2010, including You Again and Death and Cremation. But steady television work hadn’t translated into confidence. Discussing her acting years in a January 22, 2024 interview, she said, “I never felt like I was good. I never felt like I could do it.”
She also described the work slowing down after Step by Step: “I just wasn’t getting good gigs anymore. That’s just the truth.”
During those years, she built a path into law. She earned an art-history degree from UCLA in 2002, followed by her J.D. in 2013.
California admitted her to the bar on December 2, 2013. After working in Riverside, she joined the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office in 2016.
Teaching became part of that career in January 2021, when she became an adjunct at Southwestern Law School. The school still lists her as both an adjunct and a Los Angeles deputy DA.
She’s also kept a connection to the show that made her familiar to a generation of viewers. On February 28, 2024, she and former castmate Christine Lakin launched their rewatch podcast.
An October 23, 2026 episode continued their conversation with Step by Step studio teacher Suzy Salerno. Keanan also joined a Step by Step panel at 90s Con in Hartford on October 16, 2026.