Katie
Cassidy
as
Ruby
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 daughters, with husband, Richard Benedon M.D., Katie's
step-dad. Her famous relatives include uncles Shaun 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. For years prior
to graduation in 2005, Katie was modeling and studying acting
in community theater. |
Katie's early exposure to show business, the cosmopolitan culture
of Los Angeles, her family upbringing, and her comprehensive
education altogether produced a remarkable result. She grew up
as a multifaceted person showing her many talents in a variety
of professions such as recording her father's 1970s hit "I
Think I Love You" and singing in VH1's TV special Bubblegum
Babylon (2002) (TV), writing her own songs, modeling for Abercrombie
and Fitch and Guess?'s Rock and Republic clothing lines in 2004,
and acting. However, she was publicly criticized by her father
who would have liked for her to wait before she covered his classic
hit. During her stint with Artemis Records, she was introduced
to the popular boy band Dream Street. There she met Greg Raposo,
who wrote the song "We're In Love" for her when they
dated in 2002, She also met her boyfriend, Jesse McCartney, there
and later appeared as his love interest in his video hit "She's
Not You". A story on Jesse and Katie appeared in the January
2006 issue of Teen People magazine. At that time she was busy
working on five feature film productions going on almost simultaneously.
Katie made several appearances in TV series, such as "7th
Heaven" (1996) and "Sex, Love & Secrets" (2005),
among others. She had to wear gigantic boobs in the small role
of Samantha, the grown-up daughter of Adam Sandler and Kate Beckinsale
in the comedy Click (2006/I). After the release of a teen horror
film, When a Stranger Calls (2006), in which she co-starred as
Tiffany, Cassidy went to Vancouver to work on her second horror
film, Black Christmas (2006), in which she stars as a sorority
girl. Katie recently beat out the likes of Jessica Simpson and
Kristin Cavallari for the leading role opposite John Travolta
as his daughter and the heir to the most powerful energy company
in the world in Dallas (2009), the big-screen remake of the cult
TV series.
Started off
her career modeling with Abercrombie and Fitch.
Daughter of
David Cassidy/ "Keith Partridge"
She is also
a singer, and is currently working on a new album. |