Cassady McClincy To Play 'Lydia' In Season 9 Of 'The Walking Dead'

Cassady McClincy has been cast as Lydia, daughter of the Whisperers’ leader Alpha (Samantha Morton) in a recurring role for the 9th Season of AMC’s The Walking Dead. In the comics, the Whisperers are a mysterious group of survivors who disguise themselves with roamer skin to blend in and not get noticed, and in the series are formidable adversaries of Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and his allies.

Lydia's storyline will have some changes as in the comic book, she is romantically with Carl Grimes but in the TV series, Carl Grimes died last season.

Source: Deadline via The Hollywood Reporter