Kassie DePaiva was born on March 21 in Morganfield, KY.
As a teenager, DePaiva worked as a backup singer in at Opryland in Nashville, TN, and made her solo debut at the Grand Ole Opry at age 18.
DePaiva’s first daytime role was as Chelsea Reardon on GUIDING LIGHT in 1986.
DePaiva met her husband, James DePaiva (Dr. Bensch, GH), on ONE LIFE TO LIVE, where she played Blair and he played Max. They wed on May 31, 1996 and have one son, JQ.
The actress was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in 2016, and after treatment, is currently in remission. Of her cancer battle, she told Digest last year, “I was okay to die, I just wasn’t ready to, that’s all.”
