Cassie Steele - Biography

Who is Cassie Steele?

Cassie Steele is an actress, and singer-songwriter well known for starring in Degrassi: The Next Generation as Manny Santos and in The L.A. Complex as Abby Vargas. She has also voiced Tammy Gueterman in Adult Swim's Rick and Morty and Raya and the Last Dragon. 

Cassie Steele – Age, Parents, Siblings

Cassie Steele’s birth took place on December 2, 1989, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her birth name is Cassandra Rae Steele and was born to a Filipino mother Lily Steele and a British father Robin Steele. She is not the child of her parents and has a sister named Alex Steele.

Cassie Steele with her parents, and younger sister (Image: Instagram - posted Nov 2017)

Education, Ethnicity

For education, Cassie Steele attended the London School of Dance, and the Canadian Academy of Music, and was also trained in ballet and jazz dance. She had begun taking singing lessons when she was in first grade and was also a gymnast. Her ethnicity is English and Filipino.

Cassie Steele – Boyfriend, Husband, Children

Cassie Steele married her longtime boyfriend Trent Garrett on 15 November 2018 after years of dating. Garrett is also an actor and is well known for starring in the Disney Channel series Andi Mack as Bowie Quinn.

From her marriage, she is a stepmother to Luka, Garrett’s son from a previous relationship. She and her husband do not have any children together yet.

Trent Garrett, Cassie Steele, Luka (Image: Instagram)

Cassie Steele – Career

As an actress

Steele began her career as an actress in 2001. She was cast in the teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation as the main character Manny Santos. Cassie Steele portrayed the character for a total of 128 episodes from 2001 to 2010- season 1 to season 9. This is her breakthrough role.

Cassie Steele with fellow Degrassi: The Next Generation cast (Image: IMDb)

Films, Series

Over the years Cassie Steele has worked in TV films Full-Court Miracle (2004), Degrassi Goes Hollywood (2009), Degrassi Takes Manhattan (2010), My Babysitter's a Vampire (2010), The L.A. Complex (2012), Mississippi River Sharks (2017), among others. Steele has also starred in the episode(s) of TV series The Best Years (2007), and Instant Star (2008), and lent her voice to Rick and Morty (2014-present), and Raya and the Last Dragon (2021).

Co-stars

On the set of Degrassi: The Next Generation, Cassie Steele has worked with Lauren Collins, Adamo Ruggiero, Shane Kippel, Daniel Clark, and Sarah Barrable-Tishauer.

As a musician

As a musician, Steele has released two studio albums - How Much for Happy (2005), Destructo Doll (2009), and two EPs - Shifty (2012), and Patterns (2014).

Cassie Steele (Image: Getty Images)

Cassie Steele – Net Worth, Salary

The net worth of Steele is estimated at around $1.5 million while the figure for her annual salary is not known. 

Cassie Steele – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On social media sites Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, Cassie Steele is followed by thousands of followers. She also has an official website – cassiesteele.com.