A Keating Elementary student has booked her first feature film role. Six-year old Cassidy Slingsby is in The Christmas Calendar, about a big-city lawyer played by Laura Bell Bundy who takes over her late grandmotherB次元官网网址檚 struggling bakery while being wooed by a secret admirer with an advent calendar.

Cassidy plays Chloe, the daughter of one of the leads, played by Vancouver actress Paloma Kwiatkowski.

This is CassidyB次元官网网址檚 first feature film, but she has done commercials in the past, appearing in ads for BC Transit, Parks Canada, Bear Mountain Resort, Harbour Air and Butchart Gardens. When she was three, she and her parents were extras on Gracepoint when it was filmed in Oak Bay, but their scenes were cut out of the final episode.

She was on set of this latest project for two full days during the snow of February this year on Fort Street and in a local home.

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When she auditioned for the role, the family was in New Zealand visiting KatherineB次元官网网址檚 sister, and preparing her audition tape was hard because the number of lines required. She told her mother she did not want to do it, but by the next morning she had changed her mind. She nailed it in one take.

Katherine prefers the acting environment on the Island to Vancouver, where she said there is a lot more competition and parents can be a bit B次元官网网址渙ver-aspirationalB次元官网网址�. Island jobs are smaller with lower pay, but with that comes a lot less pressure, said Katherine. Victoria is a smaller market, so the same crews and directors work on many Island projects and the family has gotten to know them.

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After lunch, craft services has a candy tray for the crew, but a craft services attendant was worried Cassidy wouldnB次元官网网址檛 get any because she was the only kid on set, so she made a small one just for her.

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Katherine herself does voiceover work, but her local agent, Barbara Coultish, asked if she wanted a headshot to do commercials, to which she said yes. Coultish learned that Katherine had children, so asked if they were interested in any lifestyle photo shoots as a family, and then B次元官网网址渢he kids started doing stuff on their own.B次元官网网址�

Her eight-year old daughter Harmony was the first actor of the pair, with a speaking role in the Game of Love, a 2016 film with Heather Locklear.

Both girls were asked to audition for the role of Chloe, but Harmony said she did not want to do it, while Cassidy did.

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Cassidy does musical theatre and is learning piano, but she likes typical kid stuff like Lego and riding her bike. ItB次元官网网址檚 a part-time job for Cassidy, but Katherine said she will likely continue to act.

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The Christmas Calendar airs on the W Network Nov. 30 at 8 p.m.

reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com