Cassidy was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1982. Her parent's occupation is cattle ranchers while her siblings all went into the performance arts.
Most of Cassidy's early days was spent honing her acting skills. As a child she attended the Latin School of Chicago. It is a private institution that focuses on such theater arts as; chorale and muscials.
Upon graduating high school, cassidy moved to Vermont where she attended Middlebury College. By the time she graduated Magna Cum Laude, she had degress in both Spanish and Theater. Shortly after, she took another excursion out of the country to Vietnam.
When she came back to the US, Cassidy went back into her theater work and starred in the New York stage production of "Cigarettes and Chocolate".
Cassidy eventually found her way yo Los Angelas, California. Here she began to expand beyond stage acting and started to star in both tv and films. Her most well known role thus far is that of Tess Mercer on the show Smallville.
As of 2011, Cassidy continues to act and participate in such charities and projects as "Heal the Bay" and "Virginia Avenue Project".
morelessSamuel Stewart Witwer, born on October 20, 1977, was raised in Glenview, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. He attended Glenbrook South High School where he was active in theater and drama. This inclination towards acting was also accompanied by his love for music.
After dropping out of Juilliard in New York, Sam moved to California after he decided to pursue an acting profession. He first appeared in several TV series and eventually landed the role of Lieutenant Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo on Battlestar Galactica. A sci-fi fan growing up, Sam was glad to have worked, even in a minor guest role, on Star Trek: Enterprise. He also did a fight scene with Jessica Alba on Dark Angel.
Sam played the character of Neil Perry, the supposed Ice Truck Killer, in two episodes of Showtime's Dexter in 2006 and Officer Casella in two Season 8 episodes of the CBS crime drama CSI. In 2008, he was cast to play Doomsday, the new rival of Superman on Smallville's 8th season after Michael Rosenbaum, who played the superhero's arch-enemy Lex Luthor, left the show.
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