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British actress
Raffey Cassidy
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Cassidy in 2015
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Born
| Raffey Camomile Cassidy
(
2001-11-12
)
12 November 2001
(age 22)
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Occupation
| Actress
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Years active
| 2009?present
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Relatives
| Grace Cassidy
(sister)
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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).
Early life
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Raffey Camomile Cassidy was born on 12 November 2001
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in
Salford
,
England
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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
.
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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”.
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Career
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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
.
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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.
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Filmography
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Film
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Television
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