Galadriel Stineman is an American actress and model. She is best known for her roles as Gwen Tennyson in Ben 10: Alien Swarm and as Cassidy Finch in The Middle.[1][2][3] In 2015, Stineman was cast as one of eight playable characters, Ashley Brown, in an interactive drama horror game, Until Dawn, developed by Supermassive Games.[4]

Galadriel Stineman
Born
Alma materNorthern Kentucky University
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active2009–present
SpouseKevin Joy
Children2

Early life

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Stineman was born in Cincinnati and named after the character Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings, which her mother read while pregnant.[5] She completed her high-school education at Newport Central Catholic High School, in Newport, Kentucky. She was a cheerleader, dancer and horseback rider while at school. Although she participated in the drama club, she never captured a starring role in any play at school level.[2][6]

She grew up in Northern Kentucky, where her father was a tennis player as well as a teacher and her mother, a nurse. She then attended Northern Kentucky University. As a very involved undergrad, she was president of Delta Zeta sorority, vice president of student government and named "Outstanding Senior of the Year". It was during her time at NKU that she became involved in student films and eventually signed with a couple local talent agencies to pick up extra money. She graduated magna cum laude in 2007 from the College of Informatics.[7][8]

Career

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Stineman moved to Los Angeles after graduation and made her debut in Fame (2009) as a dancer. Her breakthrough came when she portrayed Gwen Tennyson in Ben 10: Alien Swarm (2009), a science fiction action film by Alex Winter based on the Cartoon Network animated series Ben 10: Alien Force. She was the second actress to play the part of Gwen.[9][10] Stineman had been involved in major projects since 2009. She played Audra in Junkyard Dog (2010) and Cassidy in The Middle (2012–14) She also provided the voice and motion capture for Ashley Brown in the Sony Interactive Entertainment video game Until Dawn (2015).

Personal life

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Stineman is married to actor Kevin Joy and they have two sons, Atticus and Sawyer.[11]

Filmography

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Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Fame Dancer
2009 Ben 10: Alien Swarm Gwen Tennyson
2010 Junkyard Dog Audra
2011 True Blood Joyce Watney Television show
2011–2014, 2017 The Middle Cassidy Finch/Lucy Howard Recurring role (season 4), guest (seasons 5 and 8); 13 episodes
2011 Betrayed at 17 Brooke Brandeis Television film
2012 Walking the Halls Emma
2012 Community Woman with Baby Television show
2012 Operation Cupcake Kim Carson
2012 The 4 to 9ers Beth Television film
2012 Good Luck Charlie Molly Television show
2012 Bones Brooke Guminski Television show
2013 Shameless Wendy Television show
2013 Austin & Ally Didi Television show
2014 Glee Vanessa Television show
2014 Knock Knock Hanna Short
2015 Man Up Madison
2015 The Party Is Over Sarah
2015 Major Crimes Lisa Sloan Television show
2015 Rizzoli & Isles Krista Television show
2016 NCIS: Los Angeles Jessica Moore Television show
2017 A Moving Romance Lily Television film
2017 Law & Order True Crime Annie Television show
2018 Runaway Romance Sarah Miller Television film
2018 The Art of Murder Casey Television film
2019 The Kids Are Alright Fiona Television show
2019 Blowing Up Right Now Beth
2019 The Teleios Act Sarah / Mrs. Teleios Short
2019 This Is Us Donna Television show
2019 9-1-1 Nina Sutton Television show
2020 Follow Your Heart Kathy Yoder Television film (Hallmark)
2022 NCIS Sierra Kruger Television show
2022 Plus One at an Amish Wedding Dr. April Monroe Television film

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2015, 2024 Until Dawn Ashley "Ash" Brown Voice and motion capture[12]

References

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  1. ^ "NY Times". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2016. Archived from the original on February 17, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Ryan Clark. "Best of NKY". Archived from the original on February 2, 2016. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  3. ^ WBros. "WB.com". Archived from the original on November 26, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  4. ^ "Supermassive Games - Until Dawn". Supermassive Games. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  5. ^ "Stars in Her Eyes | Articles | Northern Kentucky Magazine". Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  6. ^ MTV.com. "Gotham central MTV". Archived from the original on September 25, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  7. ^ NKU. "NKU Alumini". Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  8. ^ "A Leap Of Faith". Northern Kentucky University. December 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  9. ^ OVGuide.com. "OV Guide". Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  10. ^ NYT (November 24, 2009). "NYT". The New York Times. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  11. ^ "Exclusive Interview W/ Galadriel Stineman & Kevin Joy". AfterBuzz TV Network. October 2, 2020. Archived from the original on January 23, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  12. ^ "Galadriel Stineman (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved September 29, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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