Cait Fairbanks

Born: 1993-07-29

Caitlin Elizabeth Baunoch, known professionally as Cait Fairbanks, is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She plays Tessa Porter in the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless, for which she was nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards. As a musician, she performs as Cait Fairbanks and Ginesse. Fairbanks started performing on stage at the tender age of eight and has since performed in over 20 professional, regional, and community theatre productions. Among them: the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway production of Heathers: The Musical in 2014 (she played Veronica) and 13 (musical) (she played Lucy). Fairbanks also played Young Mindy in CSI:NY and Gabby Walsh in Untold Stories of the E.R.. Since 2017, Fairbanks has been playing Tessa Porter, a singer-songwriter, on The Young and The Restless. Portraying Tessa Porter allows Fairbanks to perform her own compositions on the daytime soap opera.


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Heathers: The Musical

as Young Republicanette
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HEY-YO WESTERBERG Westerberg High is ruled by a shoulder-padded, scrunchie-wearing junta:...

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Chicago Fire

as Kayla
First aired: 2012-10-10

An edge-of-your-seat view into the lives of everyday heroes committed to one of America's...

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The Young and the Restless

as Tessa Porter
First aired: 1973-03-26

The rivalries, romances, hopes and fears of the residents of the fictional Midwestern...

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The Middle

as Amanda
First aired: 2009-09-30

The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to...

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The Goldbergs

as Paula Hogan
First aired: 2013-09-24

Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies, there was a...

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K.C. Undercover

as Ursula Timmcoy
First aired: 2015-01-18

K.C. Cooper, a high school math whiz and karate black-belt, learns that her parents are spies...

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