Adelaide Clemens (born 30 November 1989) is an Australian actress. On television, she has played Harper on the W series Love My Way (2007), Valentine on the BBC/HBO series Parade's End (2012), Tawney on the Sundance TV series Rectify (2013–2016), and Blake on the CBS series Tommy (2020). In film, she has played Xandrie in Wasted on the Young (2010), Ladybird in Vampire (2011), Heather / Sharon in Silent Hill: Revelation (2012), Catherine in The Great Gatsby (2013), Hazel in To the Stars (2019), and Carey in The Swearing Jar (2022).
Adelaide Clemens | |
|---|---|
 Clemens in 2017 | |
| Born | 30 November 1989 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Early life
editClemens was born in Brisbane, Queensland. Her parents lived in Japan but went to Australia for her birth.[1] She and her family returned to Japan shortly thereafter. She has two younger brothers Sebastian and Felix.[2] Her father, Mark Clemens, is English and was a marketing manager for Seagram. Her mother, Janea Clemens, is an Australian cardiac nurse.[3]
After living in Japan, she was raised in France until the age of 6 and then Hong Kong to the age of 12, where she attended the Hong Kong International School. When she was 12 years old, her family moved to Australia to live in Sydney, New South Wales.[4] She attended high school at the Queenwood School for Girls, in the Sydney suburb of Balmoral.[5]
Career
editClemens 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, 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.[6]
Clemens was seen in the MTV Networks Australia dramatic film, Dream Life (2008),[7] and 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 Jewellery that year.[8] Clemens relocated to Los Angeles, California, in 2009.[9]
She starred in the film Wasted on the Young (2010) as Xandrie. Written and directed by Ben C. Lucas, the film tells the story of a high school love triangle that leads to a party ending in gun violence.[10] She guest-starred on the Fox crime drama, Lie To Me, and starred as a sociopathic prostitute in the film Generation Um... (2010).[11] As of January 2010[update], Clemens was in negotiations to join the cast of Fury Road, the fourth in the Mad Max film series by George Miller.[12]
The following year, she starred in the film Certainty (2011), directed by Peter Askin.[13] She also starred in Vampire (2011) as Ladybird, a suicidal single mother. The film was the English-language feature debut of noted Japanese director Shunji Iwai.[14]
The next year, Clemens starred in Camilla Dickinson (2012), an adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's 1951 novel.[15] She starred as teenager Heather Mason in the horror film Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012).[16] Also that year, Clemens played a lead role as the young suffragette Valentine Wannop in Parade's End (2012), a television mini-series adaptation of the Ford Madox Ford tetralogy co-produced by HBO and BBC Two.[17] She also appeared in the horror film No One Lives (2012).[18]
The following year, she appeared in The Great Gatsby (2013), based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel of the same name, playing Catherine, the sister of Myrtle Wilson.[19] On television, Clemens began starring as Tawney Talbot in the 2013 Sundance Channel series, Rectify.[20]
In 2020, Clemens took a starring role in the CBS drama Tommy.[21]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Carnival girl | Cameo appearance |
| 2010 | At the Tattooist | Kelly | Short film |
| Wasted on the Young | Xandrie | ||
| 2011 | Vampire | Ladybird | |
| Certainty | Deb Catalano | ||
| 2012 | Camilla Dickinson | Camilla Dickinson | |
| Generation Um... | Mia | ||
| No One Lives | Emma | ||
| Silent Hill: Revelation | Heather Mason / Sharon Da Silva | ||
| 2013 | The Great Gatsby | Catherine | |
| 2015 | The World Made Straight | Lori | |
| The Automatic Hate | Alexis Green | ||
| 2017 | Rabbit | Maude Ashton | |
| 2018 | The Caretaker | Sara | Short film |
| 2019 | To the Stars | Hazel Atkins | |
| I'll Find You | Rachel Rubin | ||
| 2022 | The Swearing Jar | Carey | |
| 2024 | White Widow | Natalie | Completed |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Blue Water High | Juliet | Episode: "2.5" |
| 2007 | Pirate Islands: The Lost Treasure of Fiji | Alison | Main role |
| Love My Way | Harper | Recurring role; 8 episodes | |
| 2008 | Out of the Blue | Fiona | Episode: "1.37" |
| Dream Life | Rose | Television film | |
| 2009 | All Saints | Stephanie | Episode: "Give and Take 2" |
| 2010 | The Pacific | Registrar Girl | Episode: "Home" |
| Lie to Me | Megan Cross | Episode: "The Royal We" | |
| 2012 | Parade's End | Valentine Wannop | Miniseries; main role |
| 2013–2016 | Rectify | Tawney Talbot | Main role |
| 2014 | Parer's War | Elizabeth Marie Cotter | Television film |
| 2018 | Voltron: Legendary Defender | Merla (voice) | Main role (season 8) |
| 2020 | Tommy | Blake | Main role |
| 2022 | Under the Banner of Heaven | Rebecca Pyre | Miniseries; main role |
| 2023 | Justified: City Primeval | Sandy |
Stage
edit| Year | Title | Role | Theater |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Hold On to Me Darling | Essie | Atlantic Theater Company |
| 2018 | The Hard Problem | Hilary | Lincoln Center |
Awards and nominations
edit| Award | Year[a] | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logie Awards | 2008 | Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent | Love My Way | Nominated | [22] |
Notes
edit- ^ Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
References
edit- ^ "Adelaide Clemens on landing the starring role in Silent Hill". Canada.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "Adelaide Clemens: the observer". Daily Life (Aus). Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "Valentine's day: Adelaide Clemens has stolen the show in the BBC drama Parade's End". The Independent.
- ^ Godwin, Richard (28 September 2012). "After the Parade". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ^ Sourris, Marie-Christine (27 March 2011). "Queensland gals light up LA". The Sunday Mail. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ "Full list of Logie nominees". The Daily Telegraph. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- ^ Roach, Vicky (18 August 2008). "Sigrid Thornton in new drama Dream Life". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- ^ Woolnough, Damien (4 November 2009). "Jan Logan continues to unearth fresh faces". Vogue. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- ^ Roach, Vicky (8 March 2011). "A light in the gloom". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Chang, Justin (3 May 2013). "Film Review: 'Generation Um…'". Variety. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ Kit, Borys (28 January 2010). ""Single Man" co-star joins "Mad Max" movie". The Hollywood Reporter. Reuters. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- ^ Cox, Gordon (17 March 2010). "'Certainty' heads into production". Variety. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- ^ Reid, Neil (6 June 2010). "Keisha gets teeth into vampire role". Sunday News. Archived from the original on 8 June 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ McNary, Dave (7 March 2011). "Clemens, Harington join 'Silent Hill'". Variety. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Graser, Marc; Sneider, Jeff (31 October 2012). "Anchor Bay acquires WWE's 'No One Lives'". Variety. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Sundance Channel | RECTIFY | Adelaide Clemens". Sundance Channel. Retrieved 15 February 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Petski, Denise (28 February 2019). "'Tommy': Adelaide Clemens To Co-Star In CBS Cop Drama Pilot From Paul Attanasio". Deadline. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Australian Television: 2008 Logie Awards". www.australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
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