Cassady McClincy

Cassady McClincy
McClincy at the 2022 German Comic Con Dortmund
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present
Known for	The Walking Dead (2019–2022)

Cassady McClincy, or Cassady McClincy Zhang, ^[1] is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Lydia on the AMC horror-drama television series The Walking Dead since 2019.

Life and career

McClincy has guest starred in Lifetime's Drop Dead Diva , NBC's Constantine , TNT's Good Behavior and Amazon Prime Video's original anthology series Lore . In 2017, she made recurring guest star appearances on the Netflix original series Ozark , the Hulu original series Castle Rock and VH1's Daytime Divas .

At the age of 17, McClincy began to portray Lydia in The Walking Dead during season 9 and became a series regular beginning with season 10. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Following the conclusion of The Walking Dead, McClincy was cast in independent drama Out Came the Wolves, based on the Rancid 1995 album of the same name. ^[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015
	Crimes and Mister Meanors	Kat
2018	Love, Simon	Jackie
	Poor Jane	Erica
2025	And Out Comes The Wolf	Rude Girl Carol
2025	The Snare	Dani

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	The Wizard of Agni	Munchkin Bobbi	Television film
	Five Smooth Stones	Schoolgirl / Soccer Player	Television short
2013	Sid Roth's It's Supernatural	Troubled Teen	Episode: "Karen Wheaton"
2014	Drop Dead Diva	Laura Dwyer	Episode: "Sister Act"
	Let the Lion Roar	Mary	Documentary
2015	Constantine	Amberly	Episode: "Waiting for the Man"
	Backtrack	Milly Pnewski	Television short
2016	Good Behavior	Ashleigh	Episode: "We Pretend We're Stuck"
2017	Ozark	Anna Sloan	Episode: "Book of Ruth"
	Daytime Divas	Tandy Ainsley	Recurring (Season 1)
	Lore	Greta Hetfelderz	Episode: "The Beast Within"
	The Visitor	Young Angie	Television short
2018	Castle Rock	Young Molly Strand	Recurring (Season 1)
2019–2022	The Walking Dead	Lydia	Recurring (Season 9), also starring (Seasons 10–11), main (Season 11); 33 episodes
2024–2025	Chicago Med	Ariel Sparkman	2 episodes
2025	Tracker	Mel Day	Recurring (Season 3)

References

1. Kit, Borys (November 14, 2024). "East Bay Punk Music Drama 'Out Come the Wolves,' Inspired By Rancid Album, Finds Cast (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved December 12, 2024.
2. Chase, Stephannie (July 6, 2018). "The Walking Dead season 9 has cast Love, Simon star as a crucial comic book character". Digital Spy . Retrieved August 24, 2018.
3. Ross, Dalton (February 10, 2019). "Lydia speaks! Cassady McClincy opens up about joining The Walking Dead". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved November 15, 2019.
4. Lee, Jess (September 19, 2019). "The Walking Dead season 10 promotes seven stars to series regulars". Digital Spy . Retrieved September 20, 2019.

External links

• Cassady McClincy at IMDb