Kassie Thornton is a queer and sincere creative powerhouse. Think Brené Brown meets Kristen Wiig. An award-winning actress, writer, and director, she grew up in a small Kansas farm town and surprised everyone by choosing acting over joining the Army after completing boot camp at Fort Knox. (She found her college, Cal State Long Beach, by googling “BEACH COLLEGES!”)
Kassie’s critically acclaimed one-woman show, That Don’t Hurt My Feelings None, directed by Liz Patrick of Saturday Night Live, premiered to rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (earning 4.5 stars) and sold out its LA debut at Dynasty Typewriter in 2024.
She cut her teeth in comedy with The Groundlings and UCB, performing at The Comedy Store and Ice House, and made history as ABC’s youngest primetime director with Wife Swap. Kassie’s screen credits span NBC, Netflix, HBO Max, ABC, MTV, and Paramount+. Her most recent film, Scrambled, premiered at SXSW, was released by Lionsgate, and is now streaming on Hulu. She also appears in The Pitt, is part of the loop group for Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, and can be seen in a national Ford commercial.
Off-screen, Kassie is a professional speaker and moderator, passionately advocating for LGBTQ+ communities. She is also a life coach specializing in positive psychology.
Kindness is her compass, and sincerity is her superpower.