Cassidy Gifford
American actress (born 1993)
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Cassidy Erin Gifford (born August 2, 1993) is an American actress. She co-starred with Wyatt Nash in the 2017 film Like Cats and Dogs, and appears as Reagan Baxter in the drama series The Baxters.
August 2, 1993[1]
Cassidy Gifford | |
|---|---|
| Born | Cassidy Erin Gifford August 2, 1993[1] New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Spouse |
Ben Wierda (m. 2020) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents |
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Early life
Cassidy Erin Gifford was born on August 2, 1993, in Greenwich, Connecticut, to former American football player Frank Gifford (1930-2015) and American television host Kathie Lee Gifford.[2]
Career
Gifford's early acting career includes an appearance on an episode of That's So Raven in 2005.[2] In 2015 she was cast in Jason Blum's supernatural horror film The Gallows.[3] She co-starred with Wyatt Nash in the 2017 Hallmark Channel film Like Cats and Dogs.[4] The same year, she appeared as Minnie in the movie Ten: Murder Island (which is based on the novel Ten by Gretchen McNeil),[5] and was cast as Cara in the sci-fi adventure movie Time Trap.[6]
Gifford appears as Reagan Decker in the drama series The Baxters;[7][8] the series is based on Karen Kingsbury's Redemption book series.[7]
Personal life
She is the younger sister of Cody Gifford, and younger half-sister of Kyle Gifford, Jeff Gifford, and Victoria Gifford Kennedy from her father's first marriage.[9][10] In June 2020, she married Ben Wierda, nephew of Betsy DeVos and Erik Prince and grandson of Edgar Prince, in a private ceremony in Michigan.[11] Gifford and Wierda have a son, who was born in June 2023, and a daughter, who was born in June 2025.[2]
In 2015, she was chosen as one of Esquire magazine's "18 Beautiful Women America Won't Be Able to Resist This Summer."[12]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Adventures of Serial Buddies | Hannah | |
| 2014 | God's Not Dead | Kara | |
| 2015 | The Gallows | Cassidy Spilker | |
| 2016 | Caged No More | Skye | |
| Twisted Sisters | Daisy | a.k.a. Sorority Nightmare | |
| 2017 | Time Trap | Cara | |
| Ten: Murder Island | Minnie |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | That's So Raven | Jamie | Episode: "Dog Day After-Groom" |
| 2010 | The Suite Life on Deck | Kate | Episode: "Model Behavior" |
| 2011 | Blue Bloods | Mandy | Episode: "Mercy" |
| 2017 | Like Cats and Dogs | Laura Haley | TV movie |
| 2017 | The Detour | Hannah | Episode: "The Club" |
| 2024 | The Baxters | Reagan Decker | Main cast |
