Nadia-Leigh Nascimento

Nadia-Leigh Nascimento
Biographical information
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Brown
Born	June 6, 1978
Occupation	Former Actress; Portrayed Cassie on the TV show
Behind the scenes
First appearance	My Name is Jake pt 1
Last appearance	Changes pt 3

Nadia-Leigh Nascimento plays Cassie in the TV show.

Biography

Nadia-Leigh Nascimento (born June 6, 1978) is a Canadian actress and software house executive.

She is most known for playing Cassie in Animorphs. She also played the part of Rebecca on an episode of Disney's So Weird. The episode, titled "Rebecca", was the ninth episode of the first season. She played an immortal that had been Molly's childhood friend.

According to a 2009 article in Geek Speak, Nascimento is now the senior strategist for the Invoke Media software house which developed HootSuite.

Interviews and Articles about Animorphs

• January 8, 1999 - AOL Chat with Boris, Nadia, and Chris
• Behind the Scenes:Cassie

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Generation X	Linda	TV film
1996	Two	Cassie	"Prom Night"
1998	Circle of Deceit	Teen Girl	TV film
1998	The Outer Limits	Elysse	"Lithia"
1998-1999	Animorphs	Cassie	Main role
1999	So Weird	Rebecca	"Rebecca"
2000	The Best Girl	Rose	Short film
2000	Seventeen Again	Elaine	TV film
2001	Blue Hill Avenue	Maribelle
2001	Jenifer	Amy	TV film

Video

Nadia Nascimento with the Animorphs Transformers

This was Nadia with the Cassie action figure

Gallery

Nadia's page in the book Meet the Stars of Animorphs

Interview with Nadia in Animorphs Alliance Flash newsletter #7

Nadia's Behind the Scenes focus on the archived scholastic.com/animorphs/tvshow

Cassie's bio on a VHS limited edition poster

Nadia's bio on scholastic.com/animorphs

Nadia from the opening credits

Season 2 opening

Nadia pictured on one of the Animorphs School Folders.

Nadia and Shawn Ashmore in Meet the Stars of Animorphs

Nadia's bio on Nick.com

Nadia on the cover of VHS release Part 2: Nowhere to Run of the US release.