Katherine Virginia "Kassie" DePaiva (née Wesley; born March 21, 1961)[1] is an American actress and singer.

[4] In her childhood and teens, she sang in the church choir, participated in school plays, and she was involved in class government.

After high school, DePaiva attended Indiana University Bloomington and worked at Opryland USA in Nashville, Tennessee.

[1] Returning to acting, DePaiva (then using her maiden name of Wesley) landed the role of Bobby Joe in Evil Dead II.

[5] She then joined the cast of the CBS soap opera Guiding Light as Chelsea Reardon, first airing in November 1986.

[7] After leaving Guiding Light, she guest starred in episodes of Time Trax, Melrose Place, and Baywatch.

[1] DePaiva was cast as Blair Cramer on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, first airing December 17, 1993.

[9] On February 14, 2002, she and her husband, James DePaiva, starred on stage in A. R. Gurney's Love Letters at Jersey Central Theatre.

She also performed a duet with Jim Brickman on his album, The Disney Songbook, singing "Baby Mine" from Dumbo.

[9] In March 2005, DePaiva received her first Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role on One Life to Live.

The film co-starred Heather Tom, Timothy D. Stickney, Forbes March, and Ricky Paull Goldin.

[9] In 2009, she co-starred with her husband, James DePaiva, in a Time Life infomercial for a CD box set, The Power of Love.

[29] In 2016, DePaiva made a guest appearance on Castle, alongside her former One Life to Live co-stars Tuc Watkins and Darlene Vogel.

[33] DePaiva received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2019 for her role on Days.

[35] She appeared in the film Killian & the Comeback Kids in 2020, playing the wife of Nathan Purdee, her former One Life to Live co-star.

[38] DePaiva made return appearances to General Hospital as Blair Cramer and Days of Our Lives as Eve Donovan in 2023.

[1] When he was twelve months old, they learned that he had been born with an enlarged vestibular aqueduct, an inner-ear abnormality causing him to be completely deaf.

His character appeared on Erica Kane's talk show to help her daughter, Kendall, deal with the hearing loss of her son, Spike.

[46] DePaiva is a board member and fund raiser for the League for the Hard of Hearing, a non profit that aids deaf people and their families.