20 Facts About Meryl Cassie

Meryl Danielle Cassie was born on 2 April 1984 and is a New Zealand actress and singer.

Meryl Cassie has three children, a son, Rylon born in 2006 and two daughters Breeze.

Meryl Cassie is most famous for her role as Ebony in the sci-fi series The Tribe, but has appeared in other series, such as Revelations - The Initial Journey, Shortland Street and Hercules.

Meryl Cassie is a talented singer, and sang the theme song of The Tribe from season 2 to 5, including being the lead singer on Abe Messiah, an album inspired from The Tribe.

Meryl Cassie moved from New Zealand to Bondi Beach, Australia in 2008.

Meryl Cassie auditioned for Australian Idol but was not selected.

Meryl Cassie wanted to become an actress ever since she was five years old.

Meryl Cassie has trained in drama at the Young People's Theatre and Nathan Homestead.

Meryl Cassie got her first acting job in the New Zealand kids show What Now at the age of 11, where she starred as a field presenter.

In 1998, Meryl Cassie auditioned for the show that would give her both success and acting experience: The Tribe.

Meryl Cassie auditioned for the role of the character Salene, but the producers called her and told her she had received the role of Ebony, one of the antagonistic characters on the show.

Meryl Cassie worked in a bank, helped out at her mother's hair braiding salon and gave birth to her first child, Rylon Ngarino Watt, on 16 September 2006.

Meryl Cassie did not make it past the second round, partly because the judges thought she had too much experience to be in the contest.

Various reports have stated that Meryl Cassie was very sad and actually cried on camera, saying how mean the judges were.

In 2006 Meryl Cassie provided music for New Zealand teen series Karaoke High.

In 2008 Meryl Cassie appeared in the music video for P-Money's "Everything", where she was dancing on the shoulders of the lead female in the music video.

Meryl Cassie sang an impromptu performance of the Kelly Clarkson track "A Moment Like This" at a reunion of members of The Tribe cast, which was held on 13 September 2008.

January 2010 saw Meryl Cassie appear in Legend of the Seeker, in the season 2 episode "Resurrection" where she played a courtesan named Bella.

The track features PNC, Vince Harder and Mz J Cassie joined them and P-Money in the music video for the track, it marked her third appearance in a P-Money music video.

In 2013, Meryl Cassie successfully auditioned for The X Factor, progressing to the boot camp round, but failed to make it through the following round.