Cady McClain has won three Emmys© for her roles on daytime television:
in 1990 for Best Juvenile as "Dixie Martin" on All My Children; in 2002 for Best Supporting Actress as "Rosanna Cabot" on As the World Turns; and in 2021 for Best Guest Performer as "Jennifer Horton" on Days of Our Lives. She is currently starring as "Pamela Curtis" on Beyond the Gates airing on CBS, Paramount+, BET, and on it's own channel for Pluto TV.
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Other television credits include Law and Order SVU with Mariska Hargitay and Michael O'Keefe, Cheers with Woody Harrelson, and St. Elsewhere with Christina Pickles. She is a three-time Emmy© winner for her roles on All My Children (1991), As the World Turns (2004), and Days of Our Lives (2021) working with acting legends like Phillip Bosco, Tony Roberts, and Phyllis Somerville.
McClain's starring roles in independent films include Soldier’s Heart (Winner Best Narrative Film - GI Film Festival), Home Movie with Adrian Pasdar (released through IFC Midnight), Alma Mater with Alexander Chaplin and Will Lyman (Nominated for a Golden Starfish Award at the Hampton's Film Festival), Simple Justice with Doris Roberts and Cesar Romero (Directed by Deborah Del Prete), and Retreat with Michael E. Knight (Winner Wood's Hole Film Festival).
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Ms. McClain has enjoyed performing in historic theatrical productions Off-Broadway such as David Ives’ The Red Address at Second Stage, Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing at Lincoln Center Theater, A Comedy of Errors at the Hudson Guild, Barefoot in the Park at the Westbury and Valley Forge Music Fair and Quiet on the Set at the Westbeth. She recently returned to the stage in Shirley Valentine at Cape May Stage and Orson's Shadow at Theater for the New City to rave reviews. She has also enjoyed working in various staged readings, including with actor Alfredo Narciso in Deer by Aaron Mark. the lead role of "Heidi" in What the Constitution Means to Me, and in What Happened Was directed by Austin Pendleton at The Chain Winter One Act Festival.
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Recently she was proud to perform on a podcast alongside actor Robert Funero in Around the Sun - now available on the Broadway Podcast Network.​
"McClain carries herself like Plowright, speaks like her, and showcases marvelous timing. The actress projects secure intelligence as she calms down her lover and makes him see reason while never
appearing to exert control." - Woman About Town
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"Cady McClain as Joan Plowright perfectly captures a swingin’ 60s London vibe while dispensing common sense." - Theater Pizazz
"Cady McClain as the young Plowright simply glowed as the sanest and most grown up character in the ensemble. She navigated the tricky role of conveying her love for Olivier without a specific romantic scene, while conveying a great deal of concern towards her lover’s unraveling wife. - Nitelife Exchange
"Cady McClain provides a convincing portrait of the young soon to be third wife of the English stage legend." - Splash Magazine​
As "Shirley" in Shirley Valentine at Cape May Stage
As "Heidi" in What the Constitution Means to Me at Axial Theatre
“Cady McClain is masterful not only of her portrayal of Valentine but also of her distant husband, friend, and a half dozen other characters that she introduces the audience to in this not to be missed play.”
Lynn Martenstein - Cape May Star and Wave - Shirley Valentine​
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"...flashes of wit and inventiveness, particularly surrounding Cady McClain’s Jackie Kennedy look-alike wife, make the… going worthwhile.”
- Variety on Alma Mater
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“Cady McClain’s performance was dignified and touching as the woman who helps Anderson fulfill his fantasies.”
-The Daily News on The Red Address
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“…the sublime and subdued Cady McClain plays her character with equal parts strength and vulnerability, giving her turn as a mother/psychologist the genuine pain of a mother intent on protecting her increasingly dangerous children.
If this woman can’t get more solid work in feature films after HOME MOVIE, then I’m not sure what’s going on. Many fine actresses have come from daytime sudsers including Julianne Moore, Meg Ryan and Marissa Tomei. I can see her becoming a much sought after character actress in film for years to come after this.”
- Ryan Bruce Levy Montreal Fantasia Film Festival on Home Movie