Cassidy Freeman Biography

Cassidy Freeman (born April 22, 1982) is an American actress and musician. She is known for her role as Tess Mercer in The CW's superhero drama Smallville and Cady Longmire in Longmire.

Biography

Freeman was born in Chicago, Illinois to prominent Chicago-area attorneys Glynna and Lee Freeman, who also own a cattle ranch in Montana. She is the youngest of three children with two brothers, voice actor Crispin Freeman and musician Clark Freeman.

Freeman graduated from The Latin School of Chicago and then Magna Cum Laude from Middlebury College in 2005 with degrees in Theater and Spanish.

Career

Acting

Freeman starred in the thriller film YellowBrickRoad which was written and directed by Andy Mitton and Jesse Holland. She has appeared in several films and television series. Freeman played the character Veronica Sharpe in the award-winning short film Razor Sharp. The film won "Best Action Film" at the 2007 Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival. In September 2008, she began starring in The CW Superman-inspired drama Smallville where she played Tess Mercer after the departure of Michael Rosenbaum's Lex Luthor and continued this role until the show ended in May 2011. In October 2009, Freeman appeared in the CBS police drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in season 10: episode 4 called "Coup de Grce" (French for "Stroke of Mercy") where she played Donna Grayson, an officer who witnesses her partner arrest, shoot and kill a suspect who turns out to be his former off-duty partner. On January 13, 2012, Freeman was confirmed to be in The CW fantasy drama The Vampire Diaries as Sage in the third season. Since 2012, Freeman has been starring as Cady Longmire in the A&E crime drama Longmire.

Music

Freeman, her brother, Clark Freeman and Andy Mitton formed the band called "The Real D'Coy", where Freeman sings and plays piano.

Philanthropy

Freeman is an active member of the Heal the Bay charity, which works toward cleaning up and protecting the West Coast waters and tutors children in Santa Monica as a part of the Virginia Avenue Project.

Film and television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee	Shirley	Film
2007	An Accidental Christmas	Kristine	Television film
2008	Austin Golden Hour	Charlie	Television film
2008	Cold Case	Laura McKinney	Episode: "True Calling" (Season 6: Episode 2)
2008-2011	Smallville	Tess Mercer (Lutessa Lena Luthor)	Main role (seasons 8-10); 46 episodes
2009	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Officer Donna Grayson	Episode: "Coup de Grce" (Season 10: Episode 4)
2010	YellowBrickRoad	Erin Luger	Film
2011	CSI: NY	Devon	Episode: "Indelible" (Season 8: Episode 1)
2011	The Playboy Club	Frances Dunhill	Episode: "A Matter of Simple Duplicity" (Season 1: Episode 3)
2012	The Vampire Diaries	Sage	Episodes: "1912" (Season 3: Episode 16), "Break On Through" (Season 3: Episode 17) and "Murder of One" (Season 3: Episode 18)
2012	CSI: Miami	Connie Jaden	Episode: "No Good Deed" (Season 10: Episode 15)
2012-present	Longmire	Cady Longmire	Main role
2013	Once Upon a Time	Jacqueline "Jack"	Episode: "Tiny" (Season 2: Episode 13)
2014	Don't Look Back	Peyton Lake	Television film
2016	NCIS	Eva Azarova	Episode: "Sister City (Part I)" (Season 13: Episode 12)
2016-2017	NCIS: New Orleans	Eva Azarova	"Sister City (Part II)" (Season 2: Episode 12) "Pandora's Box (Part II)" (Season 3: Episode 14)
2016	Stitchers	Ellie	Episode: "Hack Me If You Can" (Season 2: Episode 2)
2016	Fender Bender	Jennifer	Film
2017	Doubt	ADA Audrey Burris	Recurring