Cassidy Freeman

Cassidy Freeman (born April 22, 1982) is an American actress and musician. She is known for her roles as Tess Mercer in The CW's superhero drama Smallville, Amber Gemstone in the HBO series The Righteous Gemstones, Sage Maria Mikaelson in the hit series The Vampire Diaries, and Cady Longmire in A&E's modern western Longmire. Early life and education Freeman was born in Chicago, Illinois. She is the youngest of four children, with three brothers. Her brother, Crispin Freeman is a voice actor, while her brother Clark is an actor and musician. Career Acting Freeman has appeared in several shorts, feature films and television series. She starred in the thriller film YellowBrickRoad which was written and directed by Andy Mitton and Jesse Holland. Freeman also played the character Veronica Sharpe in the award-winning short film Razor Sharp. The film won "Best Action Film" at the 2007 Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival. In September 2008, she began starring in The CW's Superman-inspired drama Smallville where she played Tess Mercer after the departure of Michael Rosenbaum's Lex Luthor and continued in this role until the show ended in May 2011.