Adelaide Clemens

Born and raised in Brisbane, Australia. Daughter of a British father. 'Adelaide Clemens' (qv) began working as an actress on Australian television while in high school. She guest-starred in a 2006 episode of _Blue Water High (2005)_ (qv) as Juliet, and in 2007, she starred in the children's series _Der Schatz von Fidschi (2007)_ (qv) as Alison. Clemens played Harper in the Showtime drama _Love My Way (2004)_ (qv) that year, and was nominated for the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent at the 2008 Logie 'Awards' (qv) for the role. Clemens was seen in the 2008 MTV Networks Australia dramatic film _Dream Life (2008)_ (qv), alongside Sigrid Thornton, Xavier Samuel, Linda Cropper and Andrew McFarlane. She had small roles in the television series _All Saints (1998)_ (qv), and the film _X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)_ (qv), in 2009. She became the face of Jan Logan's jewelry that year. Clemens relocated to Los Angeles, California in 2009 and starred in the 2010 film _Wasted on the Young (2010)_ (qv) as Xandrie. In 2012, Clemens starred in _Camilla Dickinson (2012)_ (qv), 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. She portrayed teenager Heather Mason in _Silent Hill: Revelation (2012)_ (qv). The horror film was based on the survival horror video game _Silent Hill 3 (2003)_ (qv), and was a sequel to the film _Silent Hill (2006)_ (qv). That year, Clemens also played a lead role as the young suffragette Valentine Wannop in _Parade's End (2012)_ (qv), a television mini-series adaptation of the Ford Madox Ford tetra-logy co-produced by HBO and BBC Two. Clemens appeared in the horror film _No One Lives (2012)_ (qv) starring Luke Evans. She also appeared in the film _The Great Gatsby (2013)_ (qv), based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel of the same name. She played Catherine, the sister of Myrtle Wilson, played by Isla Fisher. Clemens starred as Tawney Talbot in the Sundance Channel television miniseries _Rectify (2013)_ (qv), created by Ray McKinnon. She will also star with Natalie Dormer, Stephen Graham and Zachary Quinto in the independent drama, The Girl Who Invented Kissing.::Jemma Clemens