Cassidy Gifford

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Cassidy Gifford
Born
Cassidy Erin Gifford

(1993-08-02) August 2, 1993 (age 30) [1]
New York City, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present
Spouse
Ben Wierda
(m. 2020)
Parents

Cassidy Erin Gifford (born August 2, 1993) is an American actress. She co-starred with Wyatt Nash in the 2017 film Like Cats and Dogs, and appears as Reagan Decker in the drama series The Baxters, which premiered on Prime Video in March 2024.

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Early life

Cassidy Erin Gifford was born on August 2, 1993, in Greenwich, Connecticut, to former American football player Frank Gifford and American television host Kathie Lee Gifford. [2]

Career

Gifford's early acting career includes an appearance on an episode of That's So Raven in 2005. [2] In 2015 she was cast in Jason Blum's supernatural horror film The Gallows . [3] She co-starred with Wyatt Nash in the 2017 Hallmark Channel film Like Cats and Dogs. [4] The same year, she appeared as Minnie in the movie Ten: Murder Island (which is based on the novel Ten by Gretchen McNeil), [5] and was cast as Cara in the sci-fi adventure movie Time Trap . [6]

Gifford appears as Reagan Decker in the drama series The Baxters, which premiered on Prime Video in March 2024; [7] [8] the series is based on Karen Kingsbury's Redemption book series. [7]

Personal life

She is the younger sister of Cody Gifford, and younger half-sister of Kyle Gifford, Jeff Gifford, and Victoria Gifford Kennedy from her father's first marriage. [9] [10] In June 2020, she married Ben Wierda, nephew of Betsy DeVos and Erik Prince and grandson of Edgar Prince, in a private ceremony in Michigan. [11] Gifford and Wierda have a son, who was born in 2023. [2]

In 2015, she was chosen as one of Esquire magazine's "18 Beautiful Women America Won't Be Able to Resist This Summer." [12]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Adventures of Serial Buddies Hannah
2014 God's Not Dead Kara
2015 The Gallows Cassidy Spilker
2016 Caged No More Skye
Twisted SistersDaisyAlso known as Sorority Nightmare
2017 Time Trap Cara
Ten: Murder IslandMinnie

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 That's So Raven JamieEpisode: "Dog Day After-Groom"
2010 The Suite Life on Deck KateEpisode: "Model Behavior"
2011 Blue Bloods MandyEpisode: "Mercy"
2017Like Cats and DogsLaura HaleyTV movie
2017 The Detour HannahEpisode: "The Club"
2024 The Baxters Reagan Decker23 episodes

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