Caitlin Elizabeth Baunoch (born July 29, 1993), known professionally as Cait Fairbanks, is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She plays
Tessa Porter in the
CBS
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daytime soap opera ''
The Young and the Restless
''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in the fictional Genoa City (named after the real-life Genoa City, Wiscon ...
'', for which she was nominated for two
Daytime Emmy Award
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s. As a musician, she performs as Cait Fairbanks and Ginesse.
Career
Fairbanks started performing on stage at the age of eight and has since performed in over 20 professional, regional, and community theatre productions, including the Off-Broadway production of
Heathers: The Musical in 2014 (she played Veronica and Heather Duke) and
13 (musical)
''13'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown and book by Dan Elish and Robert Horn.
Following a move from New York City to small-town Indiana, young Evan Goldman grapples with his parents' divorce, prepares for his impendin ...
(she played Lucy).
Fairbanks also played Young Mindy in ''
CSI:NY'' and Gabby Walsh in ''
Untold Stories of the E.R.
''Untold Stories of the E.R.'' is an American docudrama television series which airs on TLC and Discovery Life.
In this program, real-life emergency department doctors discuss their most bizarre and puzzling cases. Typically these involve medica ...
''. Since 2017, Fairbanks has been playing
Tessa Porter, a singer-songwriter, on ''
The Young and The Restless
''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in the fictional Genoa City (named after the real-life Genoa City, Wiscon ...
''. Portraying Tessa Porter allows Fairbanks to perform her own compositions on the daytime soap opera.
Personal life
As of 2019, Fairbanks confirmed that she was dating fellow co-star
Zach Tinker who portrayed
Fenmore Baldwin. They broke up in 2021.
Filmography
Discography
As Cait Fairbanks:
* ''Digging My Own Grave'' – single (2016)
* ''Fight or Flight'' – single (2017)
* ''With Me'' – single (2017)
* ''Joy to the World'' – single (2017)
* ''How Could a Lie Feel So True'' – single (2018)
* ''When I See You'' – single (2019)
* ''Clear My Mind'' - single (2019)
* ''Umbrella (Live)
nplugged' – single (2019)
* ''Love Me'' – single (2019)
* ''Something in You'' - single (2019)
* ''If You're not Busy'' - single (2019)
* ''More Than a Vow'' - single (2020)
* ''Milky Way (Feat. RC Cates)'' - single (2021)
* ''Everytime'' - single (2022)
* ''Silver Line'' - single (2022)
As Ginesse:
* ''Bedford'' – single (2018)
* ''Noise'' – single (2019)
* ''The Inbetween'' – single (2019)
* ''Somewhere to Die'' - EP (2020)
* ''Gatorade'' - single (2021)
References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
American child actresses
American television actresses
American stage actresses
American women singer-songwriters
21st-century American actresses