Cassandra Bodzak is a SAG-AFTRA actress and four-time author based between Los Angeles and New York. Her on-screen work spans television and independent film — FX’s Louie, NBC’s 30 Rock, and lead roles in features that have screened at festivals across the country, including Being Dead Should Be Easy, Paper Swans, and Bad Substitute, which earned her Best Supporting Actress at the Vegas Film Festival. She is represented theatrically and commercially by Sovereign Talent Group, with management by Sandy Aparicio at Citizen Skull Management.
On screen, Cassandra gravitates toward women with quiet authority — the kind who change a room’s temperature without raising their voice. She lives in the gray: the therapist who needs her own therapist, the detective bending rules she believes in, the friend whose steadiness is actually armor. Whether grounded drama or sharp ensemble comedy, she is most alive in characters who are deeply competent and quietly complicated. She’s also trained in improv at UCB, can be seen doing stand up at the occasional open mic in L.A. and loves flexing her funny bone.
Her path to those characters is part of what makes her work distinct. Audiences first met Cassandra on ABC’s The Taste, competing alongside Anthony Bourdain’s team as the show’s resident healthy-living voice. She went on to spend a decade as one of the most trusted names in intentional living — writing four books (Eat with Intention, Manifesting Through Meditation, The Spiritual Awakening Journal, and The Mindful Table), teaching meditation to a global community, and guiding thousands of women through the inner work of clearing fear and old stories to go after what they actually want.
That decade might seem like a former life. However, the same fans who cheered her on during the cooking challenge, devoured her mindfulness books and benefited from her online courses are now following Cassandra’s acting journey as she leads by example doing just the kind of ‘following your soul’s desire’ that she has preached about for a decade. She aims to not just create amazing art with captivating film and tv projects but also to inspire others along the way to honor their own creative dreams, no matter what stage of life they are in.
Her spiritual practice and self-inquiry have also informed her acting technique. Cassandra builds characters from the inside out — meditating in their nervous systems, sitting with their fears and desires before she ever touches the lines, and it shows up as the thing directors remark on most: her presence. The stillness she spent ten years teaching is the same precision she brings to set.
Today she shares the whole picture, the auditions, the festivals, the craft, and the beautiful, complicated life around it, through her Substack, with intention; her podcast of the same name, running strong since 2015 with over 200 episodes; her YouTube channel; and daily life on Instagram. Off set, you’ll find her chasing her toddler, Hudson, perfecting healthy baked goods, and living proof of the message she’s spent her career carrying: you don’t have to choose between being a great mom and becoming the artist you were always meant to be.
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Eat with Intention: Cassandra’s debut book, exploring how mindful eating and a healthier relationship with food can open the door to greater self-awareness and finally help you make peace with your body so you can truly tap into your intuition when it comes to eating, moving and taking care of your body. Enjoy over 75 plant-based recipes each with their own meditation.
Manifesting Through Meditation: A guided approach to using meditation to get clear on what you want and build the inner alignment to go after it. Over a hundred meditations, along with Cassandra’s 4-step manifestation process that will walk you step by step on how you can use your daily mediation practice as a conduit to manifest your desires.
The Spiritual Awakening Journal: A guided journal designed to help readers deepen their self-awareness and build a consistent spiritual practice. Daily questions for all 365 days of the year for anyone whose waking up to their spiritual path, self-discovery and wants a gentle way to start unfolding what’s with in and gain more clarity as you go!
The Mindful Table : A cookbook and guide for bringing intention and presence to everyday meals, pairing wholesome, plant based recipes with meditations and mindful eating practices organized seasonally. Learn how to connect to your body’s wisdom and listen to what your body is asking for, become a food detective to see what foods actually make you feel your best and much more.