{{short description|English actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Grace Cassidy | birth_name = Grace May Cassidy | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|3|24|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Salford]], Greater Manchester, England | occupation = | alma_mater = {{Plainlist| * [[Goldsmiths, University of London]] * [[RADA]] }} | years_active = 2005–present | family = [[Raffey Cassidy]] (sister) }} '''Grace May Cassidy'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/results?datasetname=england%20%26%20wales%20births%201837-2006&eventyear=1993&eventyear_offset=0&firstname=grace&lastname=cassidy&keywordsplace=salford&keywordsplace_proximity=5 |title=Search Results for Civil Births in Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records |website=findmypast.co.uk |publisher=England & Wales Births 1837–2006 |access-date=15 June 2019 |url-access=registration}}</ref> (born 24 March 1993) is an English actress. She began her career as a child actress in the [[BBC One]] drama ''[[The Chase (2006 TV series)|The Chase]]'' (2006–2007), the [[CBBC]] series ''[[Grange Hill]]'' (2007–2008), and the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] soap opera ''[[Emmerdale]]'' (2009–2012).
==Early life and education== Cassidy was born in [[Salford]]. She is the older sister of actress [[Raffey Cassidy]], who portrayed Athena in ''[[Tomorrowland (film)|Tomorrowland]]''. Cassidy joined the [[National Youth Theatre]]. She graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in Drama and Theatre Arts from [[Goldsmiths, University of London]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artisfoundation.org.uk/people/grace-cassidy/|title=Grace Cassidy|website=Artis|accessdate=6 September 2022|archive-date=7 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907022138/https://www.artisfoundation.org.uk/people/grace-cassidy/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She then trained at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA), graduating in 2021 with a [[Master of Arts]] in the Theatre Lab programme.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/grace-cassidy/|title=Grace Cassidy|website=RADA|accessdate=6 September 2022}}</ref>
==Career== Cassidy's most notable role so far is that of Rachel Towers in [[BBC]] children's drama ''[[Grange Hill]]'', but she has had a number of smaller roles in multiple television series of the past few years, including ''[[The Street (UK TV series)|The Street]]'', ''[[The Chase (2006 TV series)|The Chase]]'' and ''[[Marian, Again]]''. Cassidy also had a guest spot in ''Casualty 1909'', spin-off of the drama series ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', appearing in this occasion alongside her real-life brother Mossie Cassidy in his first TV role.
Cassidy portrayed [[List of Emmerdale characters (2009)#Matty Barton|Matty Barton]] ''in [[Emmerdale]]'' prior to his transition when still going by "Hannah", with her first appearance in the soap being 17 July 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/presspacks/emmerdaleintroducingthebartons/default.html |title=Emmerdale: Introducing the Bartons |date=5 June 2009 |work=ITV Press Centre |publisher=[[itv.com]] |accessdate=11 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611201835/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/presspacks/emmerdaleintroducingthebartons/default.html |archivedate=11 June 2009 }}</ref> On 28 April 2012, Cassidy confirmed her departure from ''Emmerdale''.<ref name="GoodbyeGrace">{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/emmerdale/news/goodbye-grace/|title=Goodbye Grace|date=28 April 2012|publisher=[[itv.com]]|accessdate=29 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026034646/http://www.itv.com/emmerdale/news/goodbye-grace/|archivedate=26 October 2012}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2016 | ''The Lonely Italian'' | Café Patron | |- |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2005 | ''[[Marian, Again]]'' | Esme Bevan | 2-part series |- | 2006–2007 | ''[[The Chase (2006 TV series)|The Chase]]'' | Harriet Johnson / Deborah Johnson | 10 episodes |- | 2007–2008 | ''[[Grange Hill]]'' | Rachel Towers | 19 episodes |- | 2007 | ''[[The Street (British TV series)|The Street]]'' | Carmel Hanley | Episode: "Taxi" |- | 2009 | ''[[Casualty 1909]]'' | Teenage Girl | 1 episode |- | 2009–2012 | ''[[Emmerdale]]'' | [[List of Emmerdale characters (2009)#Matty Barton|Hannah Barton]] | 216 episodes |- | 2012 | ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' | Jodie Ross | Episode: "The Blame Game" |- | 2015 | ''[[Father Brown (2013 TV series)|Father Brown]]'' | Simone Murray | Episode: "The Sign of the Broken Sword" |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=2008432|name=Grace Cassidy}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20181025153424/http://www.gracecassidy.com/ Grace Cassidy Online] * [https://www.spotlight.com/1111-6755-5215 Grace Cassidy] at Spotlight
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