Katherine Evelyn Anita "Katie" Cassidy-Benedon (born November 25, 1986) is an American singer and actress, best known for her role in the The CW TV Series Melrose Place and starring in the feature length films Black Christmas and Taken.
Katie was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of '70s pop idol David Cassidy and former model Sherry Benedon (née Kaltschnee); the two had an "on-again, off-again" relationship during the 1970s-1980s, re...
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Katherine Evelyn Anita "Katie" Cassidy-Benedon (born November 25, 1986) is an American singer and actress, best known for her role in the The CW TV Series Melrose Place and starring in the feature length films Black Christmas and Taken.
Katie was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of '70s pop idol David Cassidy and former model Sherry Benedon (née Kaltschnee); the two had an "on-again, off-again" relationship during the 1970s-1980s, resulting in Katie's birth in 1986, sixteen years after first meeting. Sherry and David remained close friends. Cassidy's paternal grandparents were actors Jack Cassidy and Evelyn Ward. She grew up in Calabasas, California with her mother and stepfather, Richard Benedon, an ER physician. She has two older sisters, Jenna and Jamie. She also has a younger brother Beau Cassidy. As a child, Cassidy took to tumbling and eventually became a cheerleader for the California Flyers, a competitive team. She cheered as a freshman for Calabasas High School...
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