Camryn Grimes
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SOAP STAR STATS
Camryn Grimes (ex-Cassie, Y&R)
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— CBS
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Vital Statistics
- Birthdate:
- January 7, 1990
- Birthplace:
- Van Nuys, California
- Years on Show:
- 1997-2005
THE 411
Born in Van Nuys, California, Grimes has acting in her blood. Her mother is actress Heather Grimes, her father is actor/producer Preston Lee, and her uncle is actor Scott Grimes. During her seven-year run on THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, Grimes has been nominated three times for a Daytime Emmy as Oustanding Younger Lead Actress in 1998 and 1999, and won the award in 2000. In 1998 she was nominated for a Young Artist Award in the catetgory of Oustanding Younger Artist in a Daytime Drama.
Grimes' television credits include a role on DAYS OF OUR LIVES when she was a newborn, as well as roles on CBS' WIDE WORLD OF KIDS, SHARING THE SECRET, and JAG. Grimes had a starring role in the movie Swordfish playing Hugh Jackman's daughter.
She currently lives in Studio City, California with her parents, her brother Dakota, and her sisters Shelby and Tatum. Grimes is an avid swimmer and high diver. She also enjoys singing, soccer, and white water rafting.
ET CETERA
—Learned to swim at six months
—Learned to dive at a year and a half
—Has appeared in national commercials
—Is of Italian, Irish, and Scottish descent
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
TV Roles
JAG (1995) (Lisa Frankl) "The Court-Martial of Sandra Gilbert" (episode # 3.2) 30 September 1997
SHARING THE SECRET (2000) (TV) (Rachel)
Film Roles
Swordfish (2001) (Holly Jobson)
MEMORABLE QUOTES
"I had just started becoming a young woman. I was really happy, because a lot of my friends were 'growing up,' per se, and I wasn't. People were finally seeing me as a little bit older than young, cutesy, 'I love you, Mommy' Cassie. They also started to see that Cassie was not so happy all the time. She had problems, a mind, her own thoughts and feelings." — on the parallel growth of her character and herself, Soap Opera Weekly Makeover Issue, Summer 2004
"Learning my lines and seeing what's happening in the scripts is kind of fun for me. To actually do what Cassie is doing — and being surprised by the twists and turns in the storyline, because you never know what's going to happen in a soap opera." — on playing Cassie, Weekly, March 3, 1998.
