# Grace Cassidy > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Grace_Cassidy > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Grace_Cassidy.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Cassidy > Source revision: 1237943552 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) English actress Grace Cassidy Born Grace May Cassidy (1993-03-24) 24 March 1993 (age 33) Salford, Greater Manchester, England Alma mater Goldsmiths, University of London RADA Years active 2005–present Family Raffey Cassidy (sister) **Grace May Cassidy**[1] (born 24 March 1993) is an English actress. She began her career as a child actress in the [BBC One](/source/BBC_One) drama *[The Chase](/source/The_Chase_(2006_TV_series))* (2006–2007), the [CBBC](/source/CBBC) series *[Grange Hill](/source/Grange_Hill)* (2007–2008), and the [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network)) soap opera *[Emmerdale](/source/Emmerdale)* (2009–2012). ## Early life and education Cassidy was born in [Salford](/source/Salford). She is the older sister of actress [Raffey Cassidy](/source/Raffey_Cassidy), who portrayed Athena in *[Tomorrowland](/source/Tomorrowland_(film))*. Cassidy joined the [National Youth Theatre](/source/National_Youth_Theatre). She graduated with a [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in Drama and Theatre Arts from [Goldsmiths, University of London](/source/Goldsmiths%2C_University_of_London) in 2019.[2] She then trained at the [Royal Academy of Dramatic Art](/source/Royal_Academy_of_Dramatic_Art) (RADA), graduating in 2021 with a [Master of Arts](/source/Master_of_Arts) in the Theatre Lab programme.[3] ## Career Cassidy's most notable role so far is that of Rachel Towers in [BBC](/source/BBC) children's drama *[Grange Hill](/source/Grange_Hill)*, but she has had a number of smaller roles in multiple television series of the past few years, including *[The Street](/source/The_Street_(UK_TV_series))*, *[The Chase](/source/The_Chase_(2006_TV_series))* and *[Marian, Again](/source/Marian%2C_Again)*. Cassidy also had a guest spot in *Casualty 1909*, spin-off of the drama series *[Casualty](/source/Casualty_(TV_series))*, appearing in this occasion alongside her real-life brother Mossie Cassidy in his first TV role. Cassidy portrayed [Matty Barton](/source/List_of_Emmerdale_characters_(2009)#Matty_Barton) *in [Emmerdale](/source/Emmerdale)* prior to his transition when still going by "Hannah", with her first appearance in the soap being 17 July 2009.[4] On 28 April 2012, Cassidy confirmed her departure from *Emmerdale*.[5] ## Filmography ### Film Year Title Role Notes 2016 The Lonely Italian Café Patron ### Television Year Title Role Notes 2005 Marian, Again Esme Bevan 2-part series 2006–2007 The Chase Harriet Johnson / Deborah Johnson 10 episodes 2007–2008 Grange Hill Rachel Towers 19 episodes 2007 The Street Carmel Hanley Episode: "Taxi" 2009 Casualty 1909 Teenage Girl 1 episode 2009–2012 Emmerdale Hannah Barton 216 episodes 2012 Casualty Jodie Ross Episode: "The Blame Game" 2015 Father Brown Simone Murray Episode: "The Sign of the Broken Sword" ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Search Results for Civil Births in Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records"](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). *findmypast.co.uk*. England & Wales Births 1837–2006. Retrieved 15 June 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Grace Cassidy"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220907022138/https://www.artisfoundation.org.uk/people/grace-cassidy/). *Artis*. Archived from [the original](https://www.artisfoundation.org.uk/people/grace-cassidy/) on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Grace Cassidy"](https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/grace-cassidy/). *RADA*. Retrieved 6 September 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Emmerdale: Introducing the Bartons"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090611201835/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/presspacks/emmerdaleintroducingthebartons/default.html). *ITV Press Centre*. [itv.com](/source/Itv.com). 5 June 2009. Archived from [the original](http://www.itv.com/presscentre/presspacks/emmerdaleintroducingthebartons/default.html) on 11 June 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-GoodbyeGrace_5-0)** ["Goodbye Grace"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121026034646/http://www.itv.com/emmerdale/news/goodbye-grace/). [itv.com](/source/Itv.com). 28 April 2012. Archived from [the original](http://www.itv.com/emmerdale/news/goodbye-grace/) on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2012. ## External links - [Grace Cassidy](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2008432/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [Grace Cassidy Online](https://web.archive.org/web/20181025153424/http://www.gracecassidy.com/) - [Grace Cassidy](https://www.spotlight.com/1111-6755-5215) at Spotlight --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Grace Cassidy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Cassidy) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Cassidy?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.