Birth Name : Katherine Evelyn Anita Cassidy
Date of Birth : 25 November 1986, Los Angeles, California, USA
Height : 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Occupation : Actress
Katie Cassidy was born Katherine Evelyn Cassidy on November 25, 1986, in Los Angeles, California. Her father, David Cassidy, was a pop star in the 1970s. Her mother, Sherry Williams, was a high fashion model in the early 1970's. Sherry left her career to concentrate on raising her 3 daughters, with husband, Richard Benedon M.D., Katie's step-dad. Her famous relatives include uncles Shaun Cassidy, Patrick Cassidy and Ryan Cassidy, and grandparents Jack Cassidy, Evelyn Ward and Shirley Jones. As a child, Katie took gymnastics, studied piano, guitar and singing, then took dancing and acting lessons and eventually became a cheerleader for the California Flyers. She attended Calabasas High School in her neighborhood, where she also cheered as a freshman. Her mother insisted that she complete college prep classes in high school before she embarked on her acting career.
She turned to modeling for companies such as Abercrombie and Fitch in 2003 and made her television acting debut with a guest shot on The Division that same year. Additional roles followed in television and films, such as Listen Up (2005), The Lost (2005), and 7th Heaven (all 2005), where she played a recurring role as Martin's classmate, Zoe.
Her first role in a major motion picture was in Columbia Pictures' thriller When a Stranger Calls (2006). Work in other feature films quickly came her way, including playing Adam Sandler's daughter in Click (2006), as well as supporting roles in films such as Taken (2009) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).
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