Raffey Cassidy

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Raffey Cassidy
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Cassidy in 2015
Born
Raffey Camomile Cassidy

(2001-11-12) 12 November 2001 (age 23)
Worsley, Salford, England, UK
OccupationActress
Years active2009–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). She followed this with a dual role in director Brady Corbet's Vox Lux (2018) and her first top billing in The Other Lamb (2019). She had a supporting role in the 2024 drama film The Brutalist , also directed by Corbet—which won the prestigious Silver Lion at the 81st Venice International Film Festival. [1]

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Early life

Raffey Camomile Cassidy was born on 12 November 2001 [2] in Salford, England. [3] [4] 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. [5] [6] Her first part came unexpectedly as she was accompanying her older brother, Finney Cassidy 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”. [7]

Career

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. [8] On television, she co-starred in Mr. Selfridge , alongside Jeremy Piven. [8]

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. [9] [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Dark Shadows Young Angélique Bouchard
Snow White and the Huntsman Young Snow White
2013The BeastMiaShort film
2015 Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism Molly Moon
Tomorrowland Athena
RustGeorgieShort film
2016Miranda's LetterMiranda
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
2020NightwalkGirlShort film
2022 White Noise Denise
2023 Kensuke's Kingdom Becky (voice)
2024 The Brutalist Zsófia
 TBA The Silence of Mercy ArildPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen EllenTelevision film
201132 Brinkburn StreetNora5 episodes
2012 Stepping Up FreyaEpisode: "The Cloudwatch Club"
2013 Mr Selfridge Beatrice Selfridge9 episodes

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