Cait Fairbanks

{{Short description|American actress and singer-songwriter (born 1993)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Cait Fairbanks

| birth_name = Caitlin Elizabeth Baunoch

| nickname = Cait Baunoch, Ginesse

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|7|29}}

| birth_place = Michigan, U.S.

| years active = 2001–present{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2635691/|title=Cait Fairbanks|website=IMDb}}{{Cite web|url=https://soaphub.com/young-restless/news-yr/7-things-to-know-about-cait-fairbanks/|title=7 Things to Know About The Young and the Restless Star Cait Fairbanks|date=June 14, 2017}}

| occupation = {{Flatlist|

Actress
singer-songwriter

}}

| website = {{url|www.caitfairbanks.com}}

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Caitlin Elizabeth Baunoch (born July 29, 1993), known professionally as Cait Fairbanks, is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She plays Tessa Porter in the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless, for which she was nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/the-young-and-the-restless/actors/cait-fairbanks/|title=Cait Fairbanks|first=Candace|last=Young|date=June 23, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.soapcentral.com/yr/news/2019/0423-cait_fairbanks_emmy_reaction_interview.php|title=The Young and the Restless' Cait Fairbanks dishes on Tessa and the 2019 Emmy nomination that fans don't know about|website=soapcentral.com}} As a musician, she performs as Cait Fairbanks{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/cait-fairbanks/1090520326|title=Cait Fairbanks on Apple Music|website=Apple Music}} and Ginesse.{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ginesse/1441079557|title=Ginesse on Apple Music|website=Apple Music}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8498426/ginesse-noise-song|title=Ginesse Cuts Through the 'Noise' On Latest Single: Exclusive|magazine=Billboard}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.papermag.com/ginesses-latest-is-a-pastel-daydream1-2637916688.html|title=Ginesse's Latest Video Is a Pastel Daydream|date=May 23, 2019|website=PAPER}}{{Cite web|url=https://nylon.com/ginesse-bedford-premiere|title=Ginesse Won't Let Nostalgia Keep Her Down Post-Breakup|date=November 15, 2018|website=NYLON}}{{Cite web|url=https://guitargirlmag.com/news/music-news/ginesse-issues-new-retrospective-breakup-tune-bedford/|title=Ginesse issues new retrospective breakup tune "Bedford"|first=G. G. M.|last=Staff|date=November 16, 2018}}

Career

Fairbanks started performing on stage at the age of eight and has since performed in over 20 professional, regional, and community theatre productions, including the Off-Broadway production of Heathers: The Musical in 2014 (she played Veronica and Heather Duke) and 13 (musical) (she played Lucy).

Fairbanks also played Young Mindy in CSI:NY and Gabby Walsh in Untold Stories of the E.R.. Since 2017, Fairbanks has been playing Tessa Porter, a singer-songwriter, on The Young and The Restless. Portraying Tessa Porter allows Fairbanks to perform her own compositions on the daytime soap opera.

Personal life

As of 2019, Fairbanks confirmed that she was dating fellow co-star Zach Tinker who portrayed Fenmore Baldwin. They broke up in 2021.

Filmography

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Year !Title !Role !Notes
2006 \|Untold Stories of the E.R. \|Gabby Walsh \|Episode: "Director Down" Credited as Caitlin Elizabeth Baunoch
2007 \|CSI: NY \|Mindy Sanchez (age 14) \|Episode: "Cold Reveal" Credited as Caitlin Elizabeth Baunoch
rowspan="2"\|2008 \|Everybody Hates Chris \|Darlene \|Episode: "Everybody Hates the Ninth-Grade Dance" Credited as Caitlin Elizabeth Baunoch
Lincoln Heights \|Kennedy \|Episode: "The New Wild Ones" Credited as Caitlin Baunoch
2010 \|Two and a Half Men \|Joanne \|Episode: "Three Girls and a Guy Named Bud" Credited as Cait Baunoch
2013 \|The Middle \|Amanda \|Episode: "Valentine's Day IV"
2016 \|K.C. Undercover \|Ursula Witt \|2 episodes
2017–present \|The Young and the Restless \|Tessa Porter \|Contract role
2021 \|The Goldbergs \|Paula Hogan \|Episode: "Alligator Schwartz"
2023 \|Chicago Fire \|Kayla \|Episode: "How Does It End?"

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Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

2006

|Untold Stories of the E.R.

|Gabby Walsh

|Episode: "Director Down"
Credited as Caitlin Elizabeth Baunoch

2007

|CSI: NY

|Mindy Sanchez (age 14)