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Television

Chicago PD

Co-star

Dir. Mark Tinker

Empire

Co-star

Dir. Millicent Shelton

Sweet Feenies (Pilot)

Lead

Dir. Wesley Boone

Snapped: Killer Couples

Guest Star

Dir. Matt Brewster

Feature Film

West of Greatness

Lead

Dir. Jared Cliff LaReau

*Ginger

Lead

Dir. Melissa Beck

The Fuzzies

Supporting

Dir. Josh Funk

Love and Improv

Lead

Dir. Drew Dull

Lucky

Lead

Dir. Harper Suggs

Easy Does It

Supporting

Dir. Will Addison

Danger, Dames, and Dangerous Games

Supporting

Dir. Alex Salazar

Short Film

*Donor

Lead

Dir. Wesley Boone

*Mae

Lead

Dir. Kris Pistole

Laundry Day

Supporting

Dir. Sydney Shear

Candy Flip

Lead

Dir. Harper Suggs

Saudade

Lead

Dir. Gustavo Martin

Amber, Are We Okay?

Lead

Dir. Harper Suggs

Laundry Room

Lead

Dir. Lizzie Guitreau

*The Veil

Lead

Dir. Wendy Granger

Commercial

No Conflicts.

Theater

Dusa, Fish, Stas, and Vi

Vi (Lead)

Fat Squirrel Nola

School House Rock Live!

Dina, Cat, Bear, etc.

Lagniappe Theatre

Improv and Sketch Comedy

Funny Bones

Short Form Improv

Non-Profit Organization

Sweet Feenies

Long Form Improv

La Nuit Theatre

Late Night Lagniappe

Sketch Comedy

Lagniappe Theatre

Training

Rachel Paulson

Scene Study Intensive

Rachel Paulson

Black Box Chicago

Meisner Studio Program

Graham Carlson

iO Theater

iO Improv Program

Noah Gregoropoulos

Green Shirt Studio

Art of Slow Comedy

Jimmy Carrane

Black Box Studio Program

Alexander Technique

Jeremy Cohn

Santa Fe Actor Studio

Film and TV Class

Leslie Fleming-Mitchell

The University of New Orleans

Acting for the Camera

John Neisler

Awards

*Donor

Best Performance

Prison City Film Festival

*Donor

Best Performance

Panther City Film Festival

*Donor

Best Performance

WIFI Film Festival

*Ginger

Jury Prize Best Actress in Leading Role

San Antonio Film Festival

*Ginger

Best Actress

FLIC Film Festival

*The Veil

Best Actress

UNO Film Festival

*Donor

Nominated for Best Actress

Renegade Film Festival

*Mae

Nominated for Best Actress

Made in Arkansas 2023

Gordy Cassel (they/them) is an NYC-based actor, writer, and filmmaker. After graduating from the University of New Orleans for Film School in 2015, they moved to Chicago, where they soon flourished in improv at Second City, iO, and CIC Theater. They showed off their dramatic range with a breakout leading role as a resilient cancer patient in the feature film GINGER (2016), which also garnered them an array of acting awards. It wasn't long before Gordy was making appearances on "Chicago P.D.", "Empire", as Lind

Physical Characteristics / Measurements

Height: 5'7"

Weight: 155 lbs

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