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Catya "Cat" Sassoon (September 3, 1968 – January 1, 2002) was an American actress, singer and model. She was the eldest daughter of Vidal Sassoon and Beverly Adams.
Raised in Beverly Hills, Sassoon began modeling as a child with her mother Beverly and appeared on several talk shows. By the age of 13, Sassoon began rebelling and piercing her nose and styled her hair in a purple-and-white Mohawk hairstyle.
Shortly before she was set to leave for a lucrative modeling assignment in Japan, Sassoon met 18-year old Luca Scalisi, the son of an Italian film producer. Scalisi proposed to the then 15-year old Sassoon at a Los Angeles dinner party her father was attending. Vidal Sassoon consented to marriage on the condition that the two be married in a Jewish ceremony at his home. The two were married at Vidal's home in August 1984. Shortly after the wedding, Sassoon landed her first film role. She made her film debut in the role of "Feather", a "somewhat trashy teen-ager" in the 1985 drama, Tuff Turf. Sassoon's marriage to Luca Scalisi ended shortly after the release of Tuff Turf. By age 21, Sassoon was battling a serious addiction to drugs and eventually entered a drug rehabilitation facility. Sassoon later revealed in an interview with Joan Rivers that she had suffered a drug induced heart attack while undergoing treatment for her addiction.
By 1990, Sassoon was sober again and began traveling around the country with her mother to promote the latter's romance novel, Fantasies. Both women openly discussed how they overcame addiction problems. Beverly Sassoon spoke about her addiction to alcohol and stated that she was three years sober. Catya, then 22, was about to celebrate one year of sobriety. Later that year, Sassoon began acting again and appeared in an episode of Hardball. She also appeared in , Secret Games and Dance with Death. In 1993, Sassoon landed the lead role in the Roger Corman-produced martial arts film Angelfist, directed by Cirio H. Santiago. Sassoon made her last screen appearance in the 1995 action film, . In addition to acting, Sassoon was also the lead singer of an all female group, Feline Force.
The Los Angeles County coroner later determined that while Sassoon did suffer from cardiovascular disease and she did suffer a heart attack, the heart attack was induced by an accidental overdose of the opioid pain-killer hydromorphone. Cocaine was also found in her system.
| 1985 | Tuff Turf | Feather | |
| 1987 | Inside Out | ||
| 1990 | Hardball | Shauna | Episode: "Sex, Cops, and Videotape" |
| 1990 | Valentina | Episode: "Poetic Justice" | |
| 1991 | Out of This World | Velma | Episode: "Heck's Angels" |
| 1992 | Dance with Death | Jodie | |
| 1992 | Secret Games | Sandra | |
| 1992 | Lisa | Alternative title: Die Trying Credited as Cat Sassoon | |
| 1992 | Inside Out IV | Pauline | Segment: "Natalie Would" |
| 1993 | Angelfist | Katara "Kat" Lang | |
| 1994 | Hollywood Women | Herself | Miniseries |
| 1995 | Tori | Alternative titles: Assault at Ground Zero Ground Zero Credited as Cat Sassoon |
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