Cady McClain

Cady McClain
Cady McClain
	McClain at the 2014 Daytime Emmy Awards Nominees Cocktail Reception on June 19, 2014
Born	Katie Jo McClain; October 13, 1969 (age 55); Burbank, California, U.S.
Occupations	Actor; television director; author; singer-songwriter;
Known for	Performance in American soap opera television
Spouse	Jon Lindstrom (m. 2014; sep. 2024)
Website	www.cadymcclain.com

Cady McClain (born Katie Jo McClain; October 13, 1969)^[1] is an American actress, singer, and author.

Career

McClain's professional acting career began in 1978 at the age of 9, when she was featured in a commercial for Band-Aid bandages.

Among her notable early TV credits was a recurring role on St. Elsewhere, and an appearance on Cheers, when she was 16 years old, as Coach's niece Joyce.^[2]

Other TV credits were as Virginia in Emmy Award-winning TV movie Who Will Love My Children, opposite Ann-Margret, Robert Kennedy and His Times, as young Pat Kennedy (with River Phoenix and Chad Lowe), the ABC After School Special Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS story (with Christian Hoff and Dana Ashbrook), Danny Thomas' One Big Family (with Michael DeLuise), Spenser for Hire, (with Robert Urich and Ron LcLarty), Lou Grant, (with Ed Asner) the TV movie Home Fires (with Guy Boyd and Juliette Lewis) and the Michael McKean TV Movie, Town and Gown.

Film

Her first film was in 1982 starring opposite Peter O'Toole in My Favorite Year as Tess, his daughter. She then appeared as a dancer in the Herbert Ross film, Pennies from Heaven starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters.

McClain later appeared in the independent films Simple Justice, (1989) with Doris Roberts and Cesar Romero, Alma Mater (2008) with Alexander Chaplin and Will Lyman, Retreat (2004) with Michael E. Knight, and Soldier's Heart, (2008).

Soldier's Heart, a film about veterans and PTSD (with James Kiberd, directed by Brian Delate), won the prestigious Best Narrative Feature award at the GI Film Festival in Washington D.C.

In 2008, McClain also appeared in Home Movie with Adrian Pasdar. In the film, McClain plays Claire Poe, a psychiatrist, mother and wife. Home Movie, is the story of a family's descent into darkness. In a Blair Witch style mockumentary, we follow the Poe children's violent tendencies and their parents' effort to help them. Directed by Chris Denham, it won the Sitgis Film Festival Citizen Cane Award for Best Direction.

Theater

McClain began working in the theater at a very young age. Her first professional production was as a chorus girl in The Music Man and Finian's Rainbow at Fullerton College. Other small California productions followed such as Wait Until Dark and Dames at Sea. She was cast in a workshop production of the then titled 40 starring Bonnie Franklin, and was brought to New York with the production as part of a pre-Broadway tryout at the John Drew Theater in East Hampton. With lyrics by Judith Viorst, the production title was changed to Happy Birthday and Other Humiliations.

McClain went on to work with Mary Beth Peil and Ron Raines in A Little Night Music at the New York Opera Ensemble, Quiet on the Set at the Westbeth Theater, as Hero in Much Ado About Nothing at the Lincoln Center Stages, Comedy of Errors at the Hudson Theatre Guild, Barefoot in the Park at the Westbury Music Fair, Self Offense with the Cucaracha Theatre Company, Inventions of Farewell at HERE Theatre (a one-woman show directed by Estep Nagy), and The Red Address as Lady, written by David Ives. She also wrote, produced and acted in a one-woman piece of performance art called Mona 7, which dealt with abuse and its impact on a young woman.

Daytime television

McClain won Emmys for three of her four daytime drama roles - spanning all three networks, over three decades.^[3]

Writing

In 2006, maintained a blog on the ABC website titled "Confessions of a Mad Soap Star," which earned over 2 million hits.

She is a painter, writes poetry and articles for the internet (Policymic.com, HLNTV.com, Parade.com), and plays guitar. Her website, www.cadymcclain.com, displays artwork and collages she has created as well as links to her articles. She released two books of her poetry and art in 2008, Conversations with the Invisible, and Licked.

In 2006, she released an album, Blue Glitter Fish.^[4]

In 2010, she released a live album of her music, Club Passim, recorded at Club Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Personal life

McClain was born in Burbank, California, and was raised in Laguna Niguel, Newport Beach, Irvine and Los Angeles. She attended high school at Corona del Mar High in Newport Beach, University High School in Irvine and Hoover High School in Glendale, California.

McClain moved to New York City when she was seventeen. She lived there for twenty-five years before moving back to Los Angeles in 2012.

McClain married Jon Lindstrom on February 14, 2014. On April 27, 2024 the couple announced in the joint statement on Instagram that they were separating after 10 years of marriage.^[5]

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	My Favorite Year	Tess	Credited as Katie McClain
1983	Who Will Love My Children?	Virginia Fray	TV movie
1989	Simple Justice	Janet DiLorenzo
2002	Alma Mater	Gwen Knight
2004	Retreat	Paige
2008	Soldier's Heart	Linda
2008	Home Movie	Clare

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983–1985	St. Elsewhere	Erin Scheinfeld	5 episodes
1985	Robert Kennedy & His Times	Young Pat	TV mini-series
1987	One Big Family	Paige Baker	Episode: "The Tutor"
	Cheers	Joyce Pantusso	Episode: "The Godfather: Part 3"
	ABC Afterschool Special	Nicole	Episode: "Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story"
1988	Spenser: For Hire	Laurie	Episode: "To the End of the Line"
1988–1996, 1998–2002, 2005–2008, 2010–2011, 2013	All My Children	Dixie Cooney	Won Daytime Emmy 1990
2002–2005, 2007–2010	As the World Turns	Rosanna Cabot	Won Daytime Emmy 2004
2004	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Alice McCain	Episode: "Outcry"
2014–2015	The Young and the Restless	Kelly Andrews
2020–2024	Days of Our Lives	Jennifer Horton	Won Daytime Emmy 2021
2023	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Patty Ryan	Season 24 episode 14 "Dutch Tears"
2023	Around the Sun (audio drama)	Grace	3 episodes

Awards and nominations

List of acting awards and nominations
Year	Award	Category	Title	Result	Ref.
1990	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series	All My Children	Won
1992	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series	All My Children	Nominated
2001	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	All My Children	Nominated
2003	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	As the World Turns	Nominated
2004	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	As the World Turns	Won
2017	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Digital Drama Series	Venice: The Series	Nominated	^[6]
2018	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Digital Drama Series	Venice: The Series	Nominated	^[7]
2021	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series	Days of Our Lives	Won	^[8]

References

^ "CADY, MARRIED LADY." Soap Opera Digest. p. 45. May 26, 2014 (Vol. 39, No. 21).
^ Grandjean, Pat, "First People" column, item titled "Cady McClain", Connecticut Magazine, November 2006, page 17.
^ "Cady McClain Sets Daytime Emmy Record with Wins for 'Days of Our Lives', 'As the World Turns' & 'All My Children'". June 29, 2021.
^ TVGuide.com
^ "Soap Couple Cady McClain and Jon Lindstrom Split After 10 Years of Marriage".
^ NATAS (March 22, 2017). "The 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations" (PDF). Daytime Emmy Award. United States: National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 13, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
^ NATAS (March 21, 2018). "The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Nominations for the 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards". Daytime Emmy Award. United States: National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 22, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
^ Pedersen, Erik (June 26, 2021). "General Hospital Takes Best Drama at Daytime Emmys: Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. United States: Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.

External links

[1] "CADY, MARRIED LADY." Soap Opera Digest. p. 45. May 26, 2014 (Vol. 39, No. 21).

[ctmag-2] Grandjean, Pat, "First People" column, item titled "Cady McClain", Connecticut Magazine, November 2006, page 17.

[3] "Cady McClain Sets Daytime Emmy Record with Wins for 'Days of Our Lives', 'As the World Turns' & 'All My Children'". June 29, 2021.

[4] TVGuide.com

[5] "Soap Couple Cady McClain and Jon Lindstrom Split After 10 Years of Marriage".

[6] NATAS (March 22, 2017). "The 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations" (PDF). Daytime Emmy Award. United States: National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 13, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2017.

[7] NATAS (March 21, 2018). "The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Nominations for the 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards". Daytime Emmy Award. United States: National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 22, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.

[8] Pedersen, Erik (June 26, 2021). "General Hospital Takes Best Drama at Daytime Emmys: Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. United States: Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.

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