Monique Cassie is a South African-born singer, actress and dancer. She is currently living in Auckland, New Zealand.

Biography

Cassie was born in George, Western Cape

George, Western Cape

George is a city with 203,253 inhabitants in South Africa's Western Cape province. The city is a popular holiday and conference centre and the administrative and commercial hub of the Garden Route.- Location :...

, In 1979. In 1987, she emigrated with her family to New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 to escape apartheid

History of South Africa in the apartheid era

Apartheid was a system of racial segregation enforced by the National Party governments of South Africa between 1948 and 1994, under which the rights of the majority 'non-white' inhabitants of South Africa were curtailed and white supremacy and Afrikaner minority rule was maintained...

. She is the middle of the Cassie sisters -- Meryl Cassie

Meryl Cassie

Meryl Danielle Cassie is a New Zealand actress and singer. She is most famous for her role as Ebony in the sci-fi series The Tribe, but has also appeared in other series, such as Revelations - The Initial Journey, Shortland Street and Hercules.She is also a talented singer, and sung the theme song...

 and Megan Alatini

Megan Alatini

Megan Bronwinne Alatini is a South African born New Zealand pop singer, actress and television personality. She rose to fame in New Zealand on the reality television series Popstars. She went on to become a member in the girl group TrueBliss. She is also known for portraying the part of Java in...

She and her older sister Megan and her younger sister Meryl acted on the television series The Tribe, and sang the theme song, "Tribe Spirit". After the series ended, the sisters formed a musical group called Nubian Angels.

Cassie gave birth to her son Quelan Tonkin on July 7, 1998. In late 2004 she started working as a Corporate Consultant in Gilpin Travel, after completing her education in travel agency.

Television

• 2001–03: The Tribe as Siva
• 199?: Xena: Warrior Princess
  Xena: Warrior Princess
  Xena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001....
  
  as an extra
• 199?: Shortland Street
  Shortland Street
  Shortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera, first broadcast on Television New Zealand's TV2 on 25 May 1992. It is the country's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 4500 episodes and 19 years, and is one of the most watched television programs in...
  
  as an extra

External links

• Latest Monique Cassie News - from The Tribe Cast
• IMDB profile