Cait Fairbanks

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Cait Fairbanks
Born
Caitlin Elizabeth Baunoch

(1993-07-29) July 29, 1993 (age 32)
Michigan, U.S.
Other namesCait Baunoch, Ginesse
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer-songwriter
Years active2001–present [1] [2]
Website www.caitfairbanks.com

Caitlin Elizabeth Baunoch (born July 29, 1993), known professionally as Cait Fairbanks, is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She plays Tessa Porter in the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless , for which she was nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards. [3] [4] As a musician, she performs as Cait Fairbanks [5] and Ginesse. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

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Career

Fairbanks started performing on stage at the age of eight and has since performed in over 20 professional, regional, and community theatre productions, including the Off-Broadway production of Heathers: The Musical in 2014 (she played Veronica and Heather Duke) and 13 (musical) (she played Lucy).

Fairbanks also played Young Mindy in CSI:NY and Gabby Walsh in Untold Stories of the E.R. . Since 2017, Fairbanks has been playing Tessa Porter, a singer-songwriter, on The Young and The Restless . Portraying Tessa Porter allows Fairbanks to perform her own compositions on the daytime soap opera.

Personal life

As of 2019, Fairbanks confirmed that she was dating fellow co-star Zach Tinker who portrayed Fenmore Baldwin. They broke up in 2021.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Untold Stories of the E.R. Gabby WalshEpisode: "Director Down"
Credited as Caitlin Elizabeth Baunoch
2007 CSI: NY Mindy Sanchez (age 14)Episode: "Cold Reveal"
Credited as Caitlin Elizabeth Baunoch
2008 Everybody Hates Chris DarleneEpisode: "Everybody Hates the Ninth-Grade Dance"
Credited as Caitlin Elizabeth Baunoch
Lincoln Heights KennedyEpisode: "The New Wild Ones"
Credited as Caitlin Baunoch
2010 Two and a Half Men JoanneEpisode: "Three Girls and a Guy Named Bud"
Credited as Cait Baunoch
2013 The Middle AmandaEpisode: "Valentine's Day IV"
2016 K.C. Undercover Ursula Witt2 episodes
2017–present The Young and the Restless Tessa Porter Contract role
2021 The Goldbergs Paula HoganEpisode: "Alligator Schwartz"
2023 Chicago Fire KaylaEpisode: "How Does It End?"

Discography

As Cait Fairbanks:

As Ginesse:

References

  1. "Cait Fairbanks". IMDb.
  2. "7 Things to Know About The Young and the Restless Star Cait Fairbanks". June 14, 2017.
  3. Young, Candace (June 23, 2018). "Cait Fairbanks".
  4. "The Young and the Restless' Cait Fairbanks dishes on Tessa and the 2019 Emmy nomination that fans don't know about". soapcentral.com.
  5. "Cait Fairbanks on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  6. "Ginesse on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  7. "Ginesse Cuts Through the 'Noise' On Latest Single: Exclusive". Billboard.
  8. "Ginesse's Latest Video Is a Pastel Daydream". PAPER. May 23, 2019.
  9. "Ginesse Won't Let Nostalgia Keep Her Down Post-Breakup". NYLON. November 15, 2018.
  10. Staff, G. G. M. (November 16, 2018). "Ginesse issues new retrospective breakup tune "Bedford"".