Cassandra Foster

Infobox soap character
name = Cassandra Foster
nickname = Cassie
Cass
alias =



caption =
series = The City
All My Children
first= March 1997
(on The City)
April 25, 2008
(on All My Children)
last = March 1997
(on The City)
August 25, 2008
(on All My Children)
born = March 1997
(changed to March 1990 via SORAS)
age = 18
occupation = Student
residence =
parents = Jacob Foster
(father)
Angela Baxter Hubbard
(mother)
Jesse Hubbard
(stepfather)
siblings = Frankie Hubbard (maternal half-brother)
children =
cousins =
grandparents = Les Baxter (maternal grandfather, deceased)
Pat Baxter (maternal grandmother)
relatives= William (half-nephew via Frank; given up for adoption)
romances= Dre Woods (dating)
portrayer = Yaya DaCosta
(AMC, April 25, 2008-August 25, 2008)

Cassandra Foster is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera "All My Children". The character originated in March 1997 as an infant on the now-defunct series "The City", in its final days before cancellation. On April 25, 2008, Yaya DaCosta began portraying the character as a teenager on "All My Children". On August 25, 2008, DaCosta and the character left Pine Valley.

Character history

Cassandra Foster is the daughter of Jacob Foster (Darnell Williams) and Angela Hubbard (Debbi Morgan), and the half-sister of Frankie Hubbard (Cornelius Smith, Jr.). Angie still experiencing the loss of her foster daughter Kayla, who has been adopted by another couple. Angie falls in love with Cassandra when she finds out she is pregnant almost immediately, and she and her then-husband Jacob have her.

Following her parents' divorce, Cassandra decides to spend time with her father in Paris. In 2008, Cassandra (now age 18) returns to the United States and travels to Pine Valley, Pennsylvania to meet her mother's first husband Jesse Hubbard (Darnell Williams), who was erroneously believed to have died years before Cassandra's birth. In a strange coincidence, Jesse looks almost exactly like Jacob.

Cassandra has become fast friends with Colby Chandler (the daughter of her mother's former friend from high school Liza Colby) and local musician Dre Woods. She plans to begin studies at Pine Valley University in the fall.

Colby become quite intoxicated at her 18th birthday party. Dre was driving Colby's car when he and Cassandra decided to bring her home. He ran over someone in the road, but was unable to determine what the object was, since it was nighttime. The next day -- upon learning that Richie Novak had been struck by a car on the same road at approximately the same time -- the three teenagers feared that they had inadvertently killed him. Unaware that Richie had actually been murdered earlier that evening by his sister Annie Lavery, the teens vowed to keep the entire incident a secret.

However, Jesse later finds out that Dre, Colby, and Cassandra may had run over Richie. All three teenagers are taken in and questioned. Then Dre confesses that he was the one who ran over Richie. Cassandra, still in shock begins acting more and more insecure, blaming Jesse for everything, and treating Frankie better than her. She begins acting spoiled, and says Angie that she cannot be apart of the "little family" that she always wanted yet. She later books a flight to Paris to be with her father, Jacob, whom she claims is having a major surgery, and wants her to be there. Jesse later calls Jacob and he says that is just a minor gall bladder surgery and he explicitly told Cass not to come. Cassandra still says he is leaving, and apologizes to Angie and Jesse, saying that he was very nice to her, she just doesn't know how to fit into their lives yet, and after saying goodbye to Dre, she leaves for Paris.

It was recently rumored that Cassandra's departure was due to a conflict of the actress', and AMC might be looking to recast the character.

External links

* [http://www.soapcentral.com/amc/news/2008/0407-dacosta.php AMC News - Pine Valley's Newest Model Citizen - All My Children]