She was taking dance lessons when she received a flyer advertising auditions for The Kids Of Degrassi Street.

The character was initially named Amanda, but was renamed Caitlin after a family member of writer and publicist Kathryn Ellis.

Caitlin once struggled with her sexual identity, unsure about whether or not she was a lesbian because of her feelings toward and dreams of Ms. Avery, one of her teachers.

After Claude commits suicide the following year, Caitlin and Joey eventually reconcile and resume dating.

Caitlin continues her life after high school without Joey by enrolling into Carleton University to study journalism.

As a grown-up, she has also developed a propensity to be klutzy at times; however, she has been seizure-free long enough to have a driver's license and her having had epilepsy is not mentioned.

In the series premiere of Degrassi: The Next Generation, Caitlin lives in the Los Angeles area and is engaged to a Hollywood producer named Keith.

Caitlin is shown to be close to Spike's daughter, Emma, and shares a friendly dance with Joey at the reception.

Caitlin returns in Season 4 to learn that Joey's car dealership has been doing poorly and his house has been put up for sale by Sidney.

Later that year, Caitlin meets with Kevin Smith to interview him about his new movie Jay and Silent Bob Go Canadian, Eh?

Caitlin, feeling a lack of freedom, quits her job on Local Heroes and ends up at a bar with Kevin Smith where she, while drunk, makes out with him.

Caitlin then, surprisingly, gets an offer to revive her show Ryan's Planet, courtesy of Kevin Smith.

[5] His admitted infatuation with Mistysyn and her character led to an attempt to cast her in his 1995 movie Mallrats, that was denied by Universal Pictures, who were seeking a more well-known actress.