Adelaide Clemens

Adelaide Clemens

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Born (1989-11-30) 30 November 1989
Brisbane, Australia
Occupation Actress
Years active 2006–present

Adelaide Clemens (born 30 November 1989) is an Australian actress. She was nominated for a Logie Award in 2008 for her role in the television series Love My Way. In 2012, Clemens played Valentine Wannop in Parade's End alongside Benedict Cumberbatch. Clemens has also appeared in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Great Gatsby, and portrayed Heather Mason in the horror film Silent Hill: Revelation 3D. She currently stars in the television series Rectify.

Early life

Clemens was born in Brisbane, Australia. The daughter of an English father, she lived as a child in Japan, Cognac, France, and Hong Kong, where she attended the Hong Kong International School. When she was 12 years old, her family returned to live in Australia.[1] She attended Queenwood School for Girls in the Balmoral suburb of Sydney, for her high school education.[2]

Career

Clemens began working as an actress in Australian television while in high school. She guest-starred in a 2006 episode of Blue Water High as Juliet, and in 2007, she starred in the children's series Pirate Islands: The Lost Treasure of Fiji as Alison. Clemens played Harper in the Showtime drama Love My Way that year, and was nominated for the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent at the 2008 Logie Awards for the role.[3]

Clemens was seen in the 2008 MTV Networks Australia dramatic film, Dream Life, alongside Sigrid Thornton, Xavier Samuel, Linda Cropper and Andrew McFarlane.[4] She had small roles in the television series All Saints, and the film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, in 2009. She became the face of Jan Logan's jewellery that year.[5] Clemens relocated to Los Angeles, California in 2009.[6]

Clemens starred in the 2010 film, Wasted on the Young, as Xandrie. Written and directed by Ben C. Lucas, the film told the story of a high school love triangle between Xandrie, Zack (Alex Russell), and Darren (Oliver Ackland), that leads to a party ending in gun violence.[7] She guest-starred on the Fox crime drama, Lie To Me, opposite Tim Roth, and starred as a sociopathic prostitute in the film Generation Um..., alongside Keanu Reeves and Bojana Novakovic.[8]

As of January 2010, Clemens was in negotiations to join the cast of Fury Road, a sequel to the Mad Max film series by George Miller.[9] In 2011, she starred in the film Certainty, directed by Peter Askin, based on the play Searching for Certainty by Mike O'Malley.[10] She also starred opposite Kevin Zegers and Keisha Castle-Hughes in Vampire, as Ladybird, a suicidal single mother. The film was the English-language feature debut of the noted Japanese director Shunji Iwai.[11]

In 2012, Clemens starred in Camilla Dickinson, alongside Gregg Sulkin, Cary Elwes and Samantha Mathis. The drama was an adaptation of the 1951 novel of the same name by young-adult fiction author Madeleine L'Engle.[12] She portrayed teenager Heather Mason in Silent Hill: Revelation 3D. The horror film was based on the survival horror video game Silent Hill 3, and was a sequel to the film Silent Hill.[13] That year, Clemens also played a lead role as the young suffragette Valentine Wannop in Parade's End, a television mini-series adaptation of the Ford Madox Ford tetralogy co-produced by HBO and BBC Two.[14]

Clemens appeared in the 2012 horror film, No One Lives, starring Luke Evans.[15] She also appeared in the 2013 film, The Great Gatsby, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel of the same name. She played Catherine, the sister of Myrtle Wilson, played by Isla Fisher.[16] Clemens stars as Tawney Talbot in the 2013 Sundance Channel television series, Rectify, created by Ray McKinnon.[17]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Carnival Girl
2010 At the Tattooist Kelly Short film
2010 Wasted on the Young Xandrie
2011 Vampire Ladybird Iwai Shunji's film
2011 Certainty Deb Catalano
2012 Camilla Dickinson Camilla Dickinson Lead Role
2012 Generation Um... Mia
2012 No One Lives Emma
2012 Silent Hill: Revelation Heather / Alessa Lead Role
2013 Great Gatsby, TheThe Great Gatsby Catherine
2015 World Made Straight, TheThe World Made Straight Lori
2015 Automatic Hate, TheThe Automatic Hate Alexis Green

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Blue Water High Juliet Episode 2.5
2007 Pirate Islands: The Lost Treasure of Fiji Alison 13 episodes
2007 Love My Way Harper 8 episodes
2008 Out of the Blue Fiona Episode 1.37
2008 Dream Life Rose Movie
2009 All Saints Stephanie Episode: "Give and Take 2"
2010 Pacific, TheThe Pacific Registrar Girl Episode: "Home"
2010 Lie to Me Megan Cross Episode: "The Royal We"
2012 Parade's End Valentine Wannop Miniseries
2013–present Rectify Tawney Talbot Main role
2014 Parer's War Elizabeth Marie Cotter Movie

References

  1. ↑ Godwin, Richard (28 September 2012). "After the Parade". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  2. ↑ Sourris, Marie-Christine (27 March 2011). "Queensland gals light up LA". The Sunday Mail. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Full list of Logie nominees". The Daily Telegraph. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  4. ↑ Roach, Vicky (18 August 2008). "Sigrid Thornton in new drama Dream Life". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  5. ↑ Woolnough, Damien (4 November 2009). "Jan Logan continues to unearth fresh faces". Vogue. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  6. ↑ Roach, Vicky (8 March 2011). "A light in the gloom". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  7. ↑ "Big-screen lessons from school of hard knocks". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 June 2010. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  8. ↑ "Loner Keanu Reeves finds himself some more company... as he gets back to the day job". Daily Mail. 23 September 2010. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  9. ↑ Kit, Borys (28 January 2010). ""Single Man" co-star joins "Mad Max" movie". Hollywood Reporter. Reuters. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  10. ↑ Cox, Gordon (17 March 2010). "'Certainty' heads into production". Variety. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  11. ↑ Reid, Neil (6 June 2010). "Keisha gets teeth into vampire role". Sunday News. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  12. ↑ Kit, Borys (9 November 2010). "EXCLUSIVE: Four Actors Board Madeleine L'Engle Adaptation". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 13 November 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  13. ↑ McNary, Dave (7 March 2011). "Clemens, Harington join 'Silent Hill'". Variety. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  14. ↑ "Anne Marie Duff Lands role in BBC Two/HBO miniseries ‘Parade’s End’". Irish Film and Television Network. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  15. ↑ Graser, Marc; Sneider, Jeff (31 October 2012). "Anchor Bay acquires WWE's 'No One Lives'". Variety. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  16. ↑ Gilbert, Gerard (20 September 2012). "Valentine's day: Adelaide Clemens has stolen the show in the BBC drama Parade's End". The Independent. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  17. ↑ "Sundance Channel | RECTIFY | Adelaide Clemens". Sundance Channel. Retrieved 15 February 2013..

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