Cady McClain (born Katie Jo McClain; October 13, 1969)"CADY, MARRIED LADY." Soap Opera Digest. p. 45. May 26, 2014 (Vol. 39, No. 21). is an American actress, singer, and author.
Career Among McClain's notable early TV credits was a recurring role on St. Elsewhere, and an appearance on Cheers, when she was 16 years old, as Coach's niece Joyce.Grandjean, Pat, "First People" column, item titled "Cady McClain", Connecticut Magazine, November 2006, page 17.
Other TV credits were as Virginia in Emmy Award-winning TV movie Who Will Love My Children, opposite Ann-Margret, Robert Kennedy and His Times, as young Pat Kennedy (with River Phoenix and Chad Lowe), the ABC After School Special Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS story (with Christian Hoff and Dana Ashbrook), Danny Thomas' One Big Family (with Michael DeLuise), Spenser for Hire, (with Robert Urich and Ron LcLarty), Lou Grant, (with Ed Asner) the TV movie Home Fires (with Guy Boyd and Juliette Lewis) and the Michael McKean TV Movie, Town and Gown.
Film Her first film was in 1982 starring opposite Peter O'Toole in My Favorite Year as Tess, his daughter. She then appeared as a dancer in the Herbert Ross film, Pennies from Heaven starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters.
McClain later appeared in the independent films Simple Justice, (1989) with Doris Roberts and Cesar Romero, Alma Mater (2008) with Alexander Chaplin and Will Lyman, Retreat (2004) with Michael E. Knight, and Soldier's Heart, (2008).
Soldier's Heart, a film about veterans and PTSD (with James Kiberd, directed by Brian Delate), won the prestigious Best Narrative Feature award at the GI Film Festival in Washington D.C.
In 2008, McClain also appeared in Home Movie with Adrian Pasdar. In the film, McClain plays Claire Poe, a psychiatrist, mother and wife. Home Movie, is the story of a family's descent into darkness. In a Blair Witch style mockumentary, we follow the Poe children's violent tendencies and their parents' effort to help them. Directed by Chris Denham, it won the Sitgis Film Festival Citizen Cane Award for Best Direction.
Theater McClain began working in the theater at a very young age. Her first professional production was as a chorus girl in The Music Man and Finian's Rainbow at Fullerton College. Other small California productions followed such as Wait Until Dark and Dames at Sea. She was cast in a workshop production of the then titled 40 starring Bonnie Franklin, and was brought to New York with the production as part of a pre-Broadway tryout at the John Drew Theater in East Hampton. With lyrics by Judith Viorst, the production title was changed to Happy Birthday and Other Humiliations.
McClain went on to work with Mary Beth Peil and Ron Raines in A Little Night Music at the New York Opera Ensemble, Quiet on the Set at the Westbeth Theater, as Hero in Much Ado About Nothing at the Lincoln Center Stages, Comedy of Errors at the Hudson Theatre Guild, Barefoot in the Park at the Westbury Music Fair, Self Offense with Cucaracha Theatre, Inventions of Farewell at HERE Theatre (a one-woman show directed by Estep Nagy), and The Red Address as Lady, written by David Ives. She also wrote, produced and acted in a one-woman piece of performance art called Mona 7, which dealt with abuse and its impact on a young woman.
Daytime television
McClain won Emmys for three of her four daytime drama roles — spanning three networks, over three decades. In 2025, it was announced McClain had joined the cast of Beyond the Gates as Pamela Curtis.
Writing In 2006, maintained a blog on the ABC website titled "Confessions of a Mad Soap Star," which earned over 2 million hits.
She is a painter, writes poetry and articles for the internet (Policymic.com, HLNTV.com, Parade.com), and plays guitar. Her website, www.cadymcclain.com, displays artwork and collages she has created as well as links to her articles. She released two books of her poetry and art in 2008, Conversations with the Invisible, and Licked.
In 2006, she released an album, Blue Glitter Fish. In 2010, she released a live album of her music, Club Passim, recorded at Club Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Personal life McClain married Jon Lindstrom on February 14, 2014. On April 27, 2024 the couple announced in the joint statement on Instagram that they were separating after 10 years of marriage.
Filmography +Film Year Title Role Notes1982My Favorite YearTessCredited as Katie McClain1983Who Will Love My Children?Virginia FrayTV movie1989Simple JusticeJanet DiLorenzo2002Alma MaterGwen Knight2004RetreatPaige2008Soldier's HeartLinda 2008Home MovieClare
+Television Year Title Role Notes1983–1985St. ElsewhereErin Scheinfeld5 episodes1985Robert Kennedy & His TimesYoung PatTV mini-series1987One Big FamilyPaige BakerEpisode: "The Tutor"CheersJoyce PantussoEpisode: "The Godfather: Part 3"ABC Afterschool SpecialNicoleEpisode: "Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story"1988Spenser: For HireLaurieEpisode: "To the End of the Line" 1988–1996, 1998–2002, 2005–2008, 2010–2011, 2013 All My Children Dixie CooneyWon Daytime Emmy 1990 2002–2005, 2007–2010 As the World Turns Rosanna CabotWon Daytime Emmy 2004 2004Law & Order: Special Victims UnitAlice McCainEpisode: "Outcry" 2014–2015 The Young and the Restless Kelly Andrews 2020–2024 Days of Our Lives Jennifer HortonWon Daytime Emmy 2021 2023Law & Order: Special Victims UnitPatty RyanSeason 24 episode 14 "Dutch Tears"2023Around the Sun (audio drama)Grace3 episodes2025–presentBeyond the GatesPamela CurtisRecurring
Awards and nominations + List of acting awards and nominations Year Award Category Title Result 1990 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series All My Children 1992 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series All My Children 2001 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series All My Children 2003 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series As the World Turns 2004 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series As the World Turns 2017 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Digital Drama Series Venice: The Series 2018 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Digital Drama Series Venice: The Series 2021 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series Days of Our Lives
See also Tad Martin and Dixie Cooney Supercouple
References
External links
McClain's All My Children blog
The Creative Process Podcast- A Life in Acting with Cady McClain