Katie Cassidy is an American singer and actress. She was born on November 25, 1986.
Cassidy started Community Theater when she was in elementary school. She modeled for Abercrombie and Fitch and Rock and Republic’s line in 2004. Modeling helped open the door to Cassidy's acting career. Her mother, Sherry, would not allow Katie to act professionally until completing her high school education. After high school Katie was planning to attend NYU's Tisch School of Performing Arts, but landed a number of jobs, including a recurring role as Zoe on 7th Heaven. Following that, she guest starred in the one-hour drama, “Sex, Love & Secrets” but the series was canceled after a few episodes.
Her 2006 projects included a small role in the horror remake “When a Stranger Calls” and “Click with Adam Sandler”. She has also starred in another horror remake, the murderous Christmas classic “Black Christmas”. She has several films listed on Imdb she has worked on waiting for release.
She was filming scenes at a college for the movie “Revenge of the Nerds” but production was halted when Agnes Scott College backed out of its agreement. It eventually stopped the filming and production and the movie has been cancelled. She completed filming in Paris where Katie worked on a film called "Taken" with Liam Neeson and Maggie Grace.
She is scheduled to star in the remake of the hit television series “Dallas” as Lucy Ewing beating out Lindsay Lohan and Jessica Simpson. Filming for “Dallas” is scheduled to begin sometime in 2008. Cassidy has also landed a leading role on The CW supernatural television drama, “Supernatural”. She is currently filming “Supernatural” in Canada until April 2008.
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