Katie Cassidy Rodgers

Katherine Evelyn Anita "Katie" Cassidy Rodgers (née Cassidy; born November 25, 1986) is an American actress. She portrayed Laurel Lance/Black Canary in a lead role in the first four seasons of, and also special guest starred in its fifth season. She also special guest starred in season one of and in the first two seasons of. She also voiced her character in a major role in season two of.

In 2016, it was announced that Cassidy signed a deal that made her a universe regular across all the Arrowverse shows (like Wentworth Miller and John Barrowman). She then had the freedom to make guest appearances in season five of, season three of , and season two of. However, she only appeared in Season 2 of and Season 5 of.

She portrayed the Earth-2 equivalent Laurel Lance/Black Siren in a special guest starring role in season two of, and in the fifth season of. She was promoted back to series regular for the show's sixth season; reprising her role as Laurel Lance/Black Siren. She also returned as a series regular in the seventh season and as special appearance in the eighth.

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Season 8

 * "Leap of Faith"

Trivia

 * Cassidy Rodgers is the daughter of David Cassidy. She is also the niece of Patrick Cassidy, who portrayed Leslie Luckabee on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Henry Small on Smallville.
 * Cassidy was a series regular for the first four seasons of Arrow as Laurel Lance/Black Canary. Although the character died in season 4, Cassidy made guest appearances in season 5 as Laurel Lance and as the Earth-2 doppelgänger Laurel Lance/Black Siren. She returned to Arrow as a series regular for season 6, playing the latter role. This makes her the first cast member of Arrow who has played two different main characters.
 * Although Cassidy is billed as "special appearance" in season 8, she is still considered to be a series regular
 * Cassidy married Matthew Rodgers in December 2018. She was credited on-screen as "Katie Cassidy" through the first seven seasons. Starting with the episode, she was credited as "Katie Cassidy Rodgers".
 * She went to prom with Tyler Hoechlin.