Cady Heron

Cady Heron is a fictional character and the protagonist in the 2004 film Mean Girls and its musical counterpart. She is portrayed by Lindsay Lohan in the original 2004 film, Erika Henningson in its Broadway musical version and will be played by Angourie Rice in its upcoming musical film. Biography Cady was born on September 25, 1986 in America as the only child of Chip and Betsy Heron. Her family moved to Africa when Cady was young as her parents got jobs as research zoologists. Cady grew up in Africa being home-schooled by her mother she had a lot of friends in Africa. Not much is known about her time there, but she enjoyed life, loved animals and had a crush on a boy named Nfume, who did not like her back. Personality When she is introduced, Cady is a naiive fish out of water, who has little knowledge of social norms in high school and is very behind on pop culture, however she is depicted as very sweet. Over the course of the film her personality changes, as she is influenced by The Plastics. She becomes more shallow and vain and drastically changes her fashion choices. Initially, Cady is fond of math, but ditches it to become more like the other Plastics. She remains to have a good heart but is heavily influenced by peer pressure throughout the story and longs to fit in. Concept and creation Cady was created by Tina Fey for the purposes of the movie. Fey got the name for the character from a college roommate.