Raffey Cassidy | |
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Born | Raffey Camomile Cassidy 12 November 2001 |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2009–present |
Relatives | Grace Cassidy (sister) |
Raffey Camomile Cassidy (born 12 November 2001) is a British actress. She first appeared as a child actress in the television movie Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen (2009), adding her first brief film role in Dark Shadows (2012), her first main cast television role in 32 Brinkburn Street (2011) and main cast film role in Tomorrowland (2015), a dual role in Vox Lux (2018), and her first top billing in The Other Lamb (2019).
Raffey Camomile Cassidy was born on 12 November 2001 [1] in Salford, England. [2] [3] Her father teaches acting, and she grew up in a family where her siblings were also involved in the entertainment business. Cassidy took acting classes at David Johnson Drama in Manchester. [4] [5] Her first part came unexpectedly as she was accompanying her older brother Mossie on an audition for a role on a BBC drama. The casting crew needed a girl and, according to Cassidy, she "just happened to be there”. [6]
Cassidy's credits in 2012 include brief film roles in Warner Bros' Dark Shadows , directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, as well as Universal Pictures' Snow White and the Huntsman , opposite Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart, and Chris Hemsworth. In 2015, Cassidy completed production as Molly in Amber Entertainment's Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism , with Emily Watson and Dominic Monaghan, and starred as the Audio-Animatronic Athena in Disney's Tomorrowland , with George Clooney, Hugh Laurie, and Britt Robertson. [7] On television, she co-starred in Mr. Selfridge , alongside Jeremy Piven. [7]
In 2013, Cassidy was named to Screen International magazine's Stars of Tomorrow. At that time, she was the youngest actor ever to be featured on the annual list. [8] [9]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012 | Dark Shadows | Young Angélique Bouchard | |
Snow White and the Huntsman | Young Snow White | ||
2013 | The Beast | Mia | Short film |
2015 | Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism | Molly Moon | |
Tomorrowland | Athena | ||
Rust | Georgie | Short film | |
2016 | Miranda's Letter | Miranda | |
Allied | Anna Vatan | ||
2017 | The Killing of a Sacred Deer | Kimberly "Kim" Murphy | |
2018 | Vox Lux | Young Celeste and Albertine | |
2019 | The Other Lamb | Selah | |
2020 | Nightwalk | Girl | Short film |
2022 | White Noise | Denise | |
2023 | Kensuke's Kingdom | Becky (voice) | |
TBA | The Silence of Mercy | Arild | Post-production |
TBA | The Brutalist | Post-production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen | Ellen | Television film |
2011 | 32 Brinkburn Street | Nora | 5 episodes |
2012 | Stepping Up | Freya | Episode: "The Cloudwatch Club" |
2013 | Mr Selfridge | Beatrice Selfridge | 9 episodes |
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