Adelaide Clemens

Adelaide Clemens was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1989. Her early life included periods in Japan and France before settling in Hong Kong until age 12, where she attended Hong Kong International School. Her family then moved to Sydney, New South Wales, and she completed her high school education at Queenwood School for Girls. Clemens began her acting career on Australian television while still in high school. Her early roles included guest appearances in ‘Blue Water High’ (2006) as Juliet and a starring role as Alison in the children’s series ‘Pirate Islands: The Lost Treasure of Fiji’ (2007). In the same year, she played Harper in the Showtime drama ‘Love My Way’, a role for which she received a nomination for the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent at the 2008 Logie Awards. In 2009, Clemens had small roles in the television series ‘All Saints’ and the film ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’. She also became the face of Jan Logan Jewellery that year.

Clemens relocated to Los Angeles, California in 2009 to further her career. She starred as Xandrie in the 2010 film ‘Wasted on the Young’. The following years saw her take on diverse roles, including Ladybird in the 2011 film ‘Vampire’ and the titular role in ‘Camilla Dickinson’ (2012), an adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s 1951 novel. In 2012, Clemens also portrayed Heather Mason in the horror film ‘Silent Hill: Revelation’. A significant turning point in her career was her lead role as the young suffragette Valentine Wannop in ‘Parade’s End’ (2012), a television miniseries co-produced by HBO and BBC Two.

Her career continued to progress with her appearance in ‘The Great Gatsby’ (2013), where she played Catherine. From 2013 to 2016, she starred as Tawney Talbot in the Sundance Channel television miniseries ‘Rectify’. More recently, Clemens has taken on roles such as Blake Sullivan in the CBS series ‘Tommy’ (2020) and Rebecca Pyre in the miniseries ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ (2022). She has also engaged in stage work, including ‘Hold On to Me Darling’ (2016, 2024) and ‘The Hard Problem’ (2018). Her upcoming projects include the films ‘My Mayfly’ and ‘Kangaroo Island’, and the television series ‘RJ Decker’.