Katherine Evelyn Anita "Katie" Cassidy (formerly Cassidy Rodgers; born November 25, 1986) is an American actress. She portrayed Laurel Lance/Black Canary in a lead role in the first four seasons of Arrow, and also special guest starred in its fifth season. She also special guest starred in season one of The Flash and in the first two seasons of DC's Legends of Tomorrow. She also voiced her character in a major role in season two of Vixen.
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 Arrow, season three of The Flash, and season two of DC's Legends of Tomorrow. However, she only appeared in Season 2 of DC's Legends of Tomorrow and Season 5 of Arrow.
Cassidy portrayed the Earth-2 doppelgänger Laurel Lance/Black Siren as a special guest star in season two of The Flash, and in the fifth season of Arrow. She was promoted back to series regular for the show's sixth and seventh seasons, and as special appearance in the eighth season, reprising her roles as Laurel Lance (Earth-2) and (periodically) Laurel Lance.
Cassidy was set to reprise her role as Earth-2 Laurel Lance/Black Canary in the potential spin-off, Green Arrow and the Canaries, before its cancellation.
Credits[]
Arrow[]
Actress[]
Directed by[]
Season 8[]
The Flash[]
Actress[]
Season 1[]
- "Who is Harrison Wells?" Laurel Lance (special guest star)
Season 2[]
- "Invincible" Black Siren (special guest star)
Season 4[]
- "Fury Rogue" Laurel Lance/Siren-X (special guest star)
Season 8[]
- "Armageddon, Part 5" Black Canary (archive footage)
Superhero Fight Club shorts[]
Actress[]
DC's Legends of Tomorrow[]
Actress[]
Season 1[]
- "Pilot, Part 1" Laurel Lance (special guest star)
Season 2[]
- "Aruba" Laurel Lance (special guest star)
Vixen[]
Voice actress[]
Season 2[]
- "Episode 4" Black Canary (special guest star)
- "Episode 5" Black Canary (special guest star)
- "Episode 6" Laurel Lance/Black Canary (special guest star)
Trivia[]
- Cassidy 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 the remainder of the show playing the latter role in addition to Laurel. This makes her the first cast member of Arrow who has played two different main characters.
- Although Cassidy is billed in the "special appearance" bill in Season 8, she is still considered to be a series regular.[1]
- Laurel sports multiple tattoos, since all of them are Katie Cassidy's own[2]; she has three flying birds on her right index finger,[3] the inscription "i got you" on her left wrist, "we got each other" on her right wrist,[4] the word "warrior" on the side of her left hand,[5] the phrase "know thyself, be thyself, love thyself" around her left ankle, three black stars on the top of her right foot,[6] a circled line around her left forearm, and a shell on her right elbow.[7]
- Cassidy was credited as "Katie Cassidy Rodgers" in the midseason of Season 7 after she got married on December 8, 2018 to Matthew Rodgers. However, it has since reverted to her original credit name in Season 8 prior to their divorce in January 2020.