Reagan Ridley (Inside Job)

Reagan Ridley (Inside Job)

Reagan Ridley is a brilliant yet socially awkward robotics engineer who works at Cognito Inc. and believes that society itself can be improved, managing her irresponsible coworkers while seeking out a coveted promotion along the way.

Showrunner Shion Takeuchi described Reagan as a leader who "wants to make the world a better place." It is frequently suggested by her friends, family and co-workers that she has Asperger's, which she in turn denies.

Backstory

Reagan had a traumatizing childhood. Her father was sure that J.R. would attempt to remove him from his position at Cognito Inc. In order to be prepared for such an event, he planned to use his own daughter as an insurance policy to get him back into the company. He did everything in his power to ensure that Reagan only focused on science, even going as far as erasing her memories of her only friend and forcing her to skip fourth grade and middle school. Apart from that, Reagan never really got any attention or affection from her parents.

Appearance

Reagan is a mixed-race woman (half-Japanese from her mother, half-Caucasian from her father) 30 years of age, with a slim build. Her hair is short and brown, and she ties it into a ponytail leaving her remaining hair parted on both sides. Because she suffers from sleep deprivation, she often has deep eye bags and messy hair.

The Series

Inside Job is a workplace comedy set in a world where many conspiracy theories are real. It is centered on an American shadow government organization Cognito, Inc., which attempts to control the world and keep the conspiracies secret The series follows a team led by a tech genius and her new partner as they work in the organization alongside reptilian shapeshifters, a human–dolphin hybrid, and a sapient mushroom from hollow Earth.