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Cassandra Cassie Turner is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away played by Sharni Vinson. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 18 March 2005. Vinson originally auditioned for the role of Martha MacKenzie (Jodi Gordon) but later secured the role of Cassie. She admitted it was a challenge to portray a character six years her junior who was still attending school. Cassie’s backstory reveals that she was abused as a child by her uncle.