Cassi Nicole Thomson (born 14 August 1993) is an Australian-born American actress, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her recurring role as Cara Lynn Walker in the television series Big Love[1] and for her role as Nikki Papagus on the series Switched at Birth. She has also guest starred in several television series, such as Without a Trace, ER, House M.D., and CSI: Miami.
Cassi Thomson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Cassi Nicole Thomson 14 August 1993 |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1998– |
| Website | cassithomson |
Life and career
editThomson was born in Queensland, Australia. She lived on a ranch in Vanuatu[2] until she was 5 years old after which her family moved to New Haven, Missouri, in the United States.[3] She currently lives in Los Angeles, California.[4]
Thomson is an actress, appearing on film and television. She played recurring roles in the TV shows Big Love and Switched at Birth. She co-starred in the small-budget movie Cop Dog at age 15 in 2008. She starred in the 2014 reboot film Left Behind with Nicolas Cage and Chad Michael Murray. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics.[5][6]
Thomson has also worked as a singer-songwriter. She completed her first music video in 2008, featuring her single "Caught Up in You", which co-stars Taylor Lautner.[7]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Without a Trace | Sarah Jameson | Episode: "The Road Home" |
| 2006 | House | Kama Walters | Episode: "Whac-A-Mole" |
| 2006 | ER | Lulu Davis | Episode: "Scoop and Run" |
| 2008 | Cop Dog | Deb Rogers | |
| 2008 | Our First Christmas | Tory | TV film |
| 2009 | Hawthorne | Amy Johnson | Episode: "The Sense of Belonging" |
| 2009–11 | Big Love | Cara Lynn | Recurring role (20 episodes) |
| 2010 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Katy | Episode: "Field Mice" |
| 2011 | Margene's Blog | Cara Lynn | Episode: "Crush Story" |
| 2011 | CSI: Miami | Kaylee Anderson | Episode: "Mayday" |
| 2011 | Rock the House | Karen Petersen | TV film |
| 2012 | Teenage Bank Heist | Abbie | TV film |
| 2012–14 | Switched at Birth | Nikki Papagus | Recurring role |
| 2014 | 1000 to 1: The Cory Weissman Story | Ally | Direct-to-video |
| 2013 | Grave Halloween | Amber | SyFy TV Film |
| 2014 | Left Behind | Chloe Steele | |
| 2015 | Minority Report | Barmaid | season 1 episode 7 |
| 2016 | Hawaii Five-0 | Addison Wells | Episode: "I’ike Ke Ao" |
| 2018 | NCIS | Angie Grey | Episode: "Tailing Angie" |
| 2019 | Gloria Bell | Virginia | |
| 2019 | Lucifer | Beth Murphy | Episode: "Save Lucifer" |
References
edit- ^ "'Big Love's' Cassi Thomson on Cara Lynn's affair, the finale and what's next - Zap2it". Blog.ttp://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/03/big-loves-cassi-thompson-on-cara-lynns-affair-the-finale-and-whats-next-for-her.html.
{{cite news}}: External link in|publisher= - ^ "Cassi Thompson talks about being on "Switched at Birth" on ABC Family". 8 June 2013. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2014 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Actress/singer Cassi Thomson…". Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ "Biography at official website". Cassithomson.com. 14 August 1993. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- ^ "'Left Behind' - Christianity Today". Christianitytoday.com. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
- ^ "'Left Behind' - Richard Roeper". Richardroeper.com. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Caught Up In You:On iTunes Now!. YouTube.