Film
Her first film was in 1982 starring opposite Peter O'Toole in "My Favorite Year" as Tess, his daughter. She then appeared as a dancer in the Herb Ross film, "Pennies From Heaven" starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters.
Cady later appeared in the independent films "Simple Justice," (1989) with Doris Roberts and Cesar Romero, Alma Mater (2008) with Alexander Chaplin and WIll Lyman, Retreat (2004) with Michael E. Knight, and Soldier's Heart," (2008).
"Soldier's Heart," a film about veterans and PTSD (w/ James Kiberd, directed by Brian Delate), won the prestigious "Best Narrative Feature" award at the GI Film Festival in Washington D.C.
In 2008 Cady also appeared in "Home Movie." In the film, Cady plays Claire Poe, a psychiatrist, mother and wife. Home Movie, The story is of a family's descent into darkness. In a "Blair Witch" style mockumentary we follow the Poe children's violent tendencies and their parents effort to help them. Directed by Chris Denham, it won the Sitgis Film Festival Citizen Cane Award for Best Direction.
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