VANESSA MORGAN NEXT CHAPTER

The Canadian actress on life after Riverdale, the joys of motherhood and why her family went wild over her new co-star

- ANNA HAWKINS

As a child of the ’90s, Vanessa Morgan understandably missed some of the era’s pop-culture highlights. One of them, she admits, was the megahit Beverly Hills, 90210. “I’ve never seen the original!” says the actress,

31. “I’m part of the generation that watched the newer 90210.” Interestingly, though, she’s worked with not one but two of the OG cast members: the late Luke Perry, in Riverdale, and Canada’s Jason Priestley, who plays her dad in the new Vancouver filmed detective drama Wild Cards. “The way my family reacted when he was cast! They were like, ‘Oh my gosh, I need to come and meet Jason Priestley!’” the Ottawa native tells us with a laugh.