This section contains Biography of the world famous actress and celebrity Cassie Ventura
Cassie Ventura born as Cassandra Ventura on August 26th 1986 in New London, Connecticut, USA is a beautiful American model, singer, songwriter, dancer and actress.
Cassie Ventura who was born of Filipino father and an African-American mother has completed her high school studies in 2004 from the Williams School in New London, Connecticut, USA.
Cassie Ventura who was signed to Wilhelmina Models and 1/One Management in New York City began appearing as a model. She has appeared in print ads for Abercrombie & Fitch, Seventeen and Delia's, Adidas, Target Corporation. She has appeared in a swimsuit for a Clean and Clear commercial campaign. The hot model Cassie Ventura was made the spokes-model for the Sean John women's collection.
While continuing to flourish in her modeling career, Cassie started taking classes at the Broadway Dance Center. Cassie who was a regular at clubs and parties has a number of times come across Ryan Leslie the music producer. The duo hit it off well writing a duet 'Kiss Me' which attracted the attention of Tommy Mottola through the good offices of the NextSelection.
Later Cassie Ventura came into contact with Sean 'Diddy' Combs through an old friend, a make-up artist from her modeling days. That was the beginning of her music career. Cassie Ventura first released her top hit single 'Me & U' in 2005. The song was a big hit and it peaked at #3 on Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on Billboard Pop 100. The following year Cassie Ventura released her self-titled debut album "Cassie" on August 8th, 2006 which sold an over 320,000 copies in US; while the song 'Me & U' has crossed the million-mark in digital downloads. In August 2008 Cassie released a single 'Official Girl' featuring rapper Lil Wayne from her second album to be released in February 2009 by Bad Boy Records. Cassie has also released a music video 'Is It You' that topped the musical charts in UK.
Cassie Ventura has also collaborated with other artists and performed on their music albums. She appeared on 'Here I Go Again' music video by Mario in 2005. She has also performed on Jay-Z's music video 'Roc Boys' from his "American Gangster" album; and performed on 'Stronger' music video by Kanye West, both in 2007.
Long before she became a singer, Cassie Ventura had a small role in a direct-to-video film "Barbarian" in 2003. Three years later, the hot promising singer n actress, Cassie Ventura came back to the movies appearing in a dance drama film "Step Up 2 the Streets" in 2006. The movie became a big hit grossing an over $144, 000 worldwide.
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