Cady McClain is an American actress best known for her Emmy Winning work on All My Children and As The World Turns.
McClain's professional acting career began in 1978 at the age of 9, when she was featured in a commercial for Band-Aid bandages. Among her notable early TV credits was a recurring role on St. Elsewhere, and an appearance on Cheers, when she was 16 years old.
While working on All My Children, Cady continued to train with teacher Michael Howard and to work in theater, appearing as Adriana in The Comedy of Errors at the Hudson Theatre Guild; Hero in Much Ado About Nothing at Lincoln Center; Cory in Barefoot in the Park with All My Children co-star Walt Willey at the Westbury and Valley Forge Music Fair; as Tamara/Bridget in Quiet on the Set at the Westbeth; and in Self Offence at the Cucuracha, A Little Night Music at New York Opera Ensemble.