Alycia Debnam-Carey

Alycia Debnam-Carey

Born Alycia Jasmin Debnam-Carey
(1993-07-20) 20 July 1993
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Other names Alycia Debnam Carey
Occupation Actress
Years active 2003–present

Alycia Jasmin Debnam-Carey (born 20 July 1993)[1] is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role as Lexa in The CW series The 100,[2] and for her current portrayal of Alicia Clark on the AMC series Fear the Walking Dead (the companion series to The Walking Dead).[3]

Debnam-Carey has starred in the 2014 films Into the Storm[4] and The Devil's Hand.[5] She also appeared in the television series McLeod's Daughters,[6] Dream Life,[7] and Next Stop Hollywood.[4]

Early life

In 2011, Debnam-Carey graduated from Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, where she was a percussionist. In 2010, in partnership with the Berlin Philharmonic, she and around 40 other musicians worked together, composed a piece together in a two-week program.[8] Debnam-Carey also studied for ten years in classical percussion.[9] In her last year of school, Debnam-Carey took her HSC exams and managed to get top band (how the HSC results are divided, 1 being lowest, 6 being highest) in six of her courses.[10] Debnam-Carey also received the Premier's award for receiving a score of 90 in 6 subjects.[11]

Career

2003–12: Career beginnings

Alycia Debnam-Carey started acting at the age of 8. In 2003, she co-starred in Rachel Ward's award winning short-feature film, Martha’s New Coat.[12] Later, Debnam-Carey guest-starred in Australian drama series McLeod’s Daughters. In 2008, she appeared in television film Dream Life and short film Jigsaw Girl. Debnam-Carey also showed up in other short films At the Tattooist and The Branch. In 2010 she co-starred in the unsold pilot Resistance,[13] and guest-starred in another Australian drama series, Dance Academy.

2012–13: Los Angeles and Next Stop Hollywood

Debnam-Carey began to make her mark in Hollywood at age of 18, when she travelled to the U.S. for the first time. She starred as the youngest cast member in Next Stop Hollywood, a six-part documentary that followed six Australian actors as they competed for roles during the U.S. TV pilot season. Her mother, Leone Carey, is a television writer, and she accompanied Alycia on her journey.[14]

Just after two weeks in Hollywood Debnam-Carey auditioned for the role of Carrie Bradshaw for the new CW series The Carrie Diaries and was asked to audition for an independent feature film, a thriller set in the Amish community. After two more weeks in Hollywood, Debnam-Carey had landed on the short list for The Carrie Diaries and had been offered a lead role in a feature film, The Devil's Hand, then known as The Occult, and the next week left Hollywood to meet a film director in Canada. In the sixth and final week in Hollywood, Debnam-Carey started filming The Devil's Hand in North Carolina. In the end, Debnam-Carey lost the role of Carrie in The Carrie Diaries to actress AnnaSophia Robb. The documentary aired in 2013 on ABC1 in Australia.

While staying in LA, Debnam-Carey became a Heath Ledger Scholarship Finalist in July 2012.[15]

2014–present: Breakthrough, The 100 and Fear The Walking Dead

In 2014 Debnam-Carey co-starred in American found footage disaster film, Into the Storm.[4] Following The Devil's Hand Debnam-Carey was cast in a series pilot called Galyntine for AMC,[16] though AMC ultimately opted not to take the pilot to series.[17] Debnam-Carey also made an appearance in Made in Hollywood in the same year.

Debnam-Carey guest starred in season two of CW's The 100, first appearing in episode six. Debnam-Carey starred as Commander Lexa, a powerful leader of a clan. She became one of the fan favorites. At San Diego Comic Con International 2015, it was confirmed by show's creator Jason Rothenberg that Debnam-Carey would be returning to the show's third season in a recurring role.[18]

In December 2014 the first four lead roles of The Walking Dead's spin-off series Fear the Walking Dead were cast including Debnam-Carey as Alicia.[19] The first photos of Debnam-Carey on set showed up after production began on the remaining five first-season episodes on May 11, 2015, in Vancouver. Production for the show in Canada concluded at the end of June 2015 and finished in July 2015 in Los Angeles. Fear the Walking Dead debuted on August 23,[20] 2015 and is already ordered for 2 seasons.[21] At the Television Critics Association Press Tour it was announced that AMC ordered 15 episodes for season 2.[22]

On August 27, Debnam-Carey made her first talk show appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.

Debnam-Carey also appeared in the lead role of Laura in the German thriller Friend Request, originally named Unfriend. The film was originally scheduled to be released in 2015, but was eventually released in Germany on January 7, 2016.[23]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Martha's New Coat Elsie
2008 Jigsaw Girl Caitlyn Short film
2010 At the Tattooist Jane Short film
2011 The Branch Mia Short film
2014 Into the Storm Kaitlyn Johnston
2014 The Devil's Hand Mary also known as Where the Devil Hides, The Devil's Rapture and The Occult.
2016 Friend Request Laura Originally titled Unfriended
2016 Liked Roxy Post-Production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006 McLeod's Daughters Chloe Sanderson 1 episode
2008 Dream Life Cassie Television film
2008 Resistance Genevieve "Gen" Leone Unsold pilot
2010 Dance Academy Mia 1 episode
2013 Next Stop Hollywood Herself 6 episodes
2014 Galyntine Essin Unsold pilot
2014 Made in Hollywood Herself 1 episode
2014–16 The 100 Lexa Recurring role; 16 episodes
2015–present Fear the Walking Dead Alicia Clark Season 1-present (Main cast; 10 episodes)

Music Videos

Year Song Title Artist
2010 Eli Mailer Daemon / Lincoln Davis
2011 She's Like a Comet Jebediah

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated Work Result Source(s)
2015 MTV Fandom Awards Ship of the Year (shared with Eliza Taylor) The 100 Nominated [24]
E! Online Best. Ever. TV. Awards Best Kiss (shared with Eliza Taylor) Won [25]
Best Guest Star Won

References

  1. ↑ "Adoring Alycia, Regarding Alycia's birthday". alycia-debnamcarey.com.
  2. ↑ Rovenstine, Dalene (4 March 2015). "The 100's Alycia Debnam-Carey tells all about Lexa's big kiss". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (1 December 2014). "Frank Dillane & Alycia Debnam Carey Cast In ‘The Walking Dead’ Companion Seriess". Deadline. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Miller, Gregory E. (3 August 2014). "Alycia Debnam-Carey blows in with ‘Into The Storm’". New York Post. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Berlin: CMG Picks Up LD’s Horror Pic ‘Where The Devil Hides’". Deadline. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Tattle: Nan's tough love inspires Miranda Kerr". Herald Sun. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Porchlight commences Dream Life". If Magazine. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  8. ↑ Burke, Kelly (13 November 2010). "Noteworthy young musicians team up with the world's best". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Alycia Debnam-Carey LIVE on AOL BUILD". AOL.com.
  10. ↑ "2011 HSC Distinguished Achievers". New South Wales: Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Annual School Report" (PDF). Newtown High School of the Performing Arts. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  12. ↑ Stratton, David (1 August 2003). "Review: ‘Martha’s New Coat’". Variety. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  13. ↑ Sloan, Sam (8 October 2008). "Nicholas Hope Joins the Resistance — Australian Star to Take Major Role in Feature & Series". Slice of SciFi. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  14. ↑ "Next Stop Hollywood - Characters - ABC TV". Australia: ABC.
  15. ↑ "Australians in Film Heath Ledger scholarship finalists announced". if.com.au.
  16. ↑ Kroll, Justin (14 July 2014). "AMC Pilot ‘Galyntine’ Gets Two New Cast Members". Variety. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  17. ↑ Goldberg, Lesley (31 October 2014). "AMC Passes on Drama Pilots 'Knifeman,' 'Galyntine'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  18. ↑ "The 100 Writers Room on Twitter". Twitter.
  19. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (23 December 2014). "Kim Dickens To Star In AMC’s ‘The Walking Dead’ Companion Series". Deadline. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  20. ↑ "'Fear the Walking Dead' Gets New Trailer, Premiere Date at Comic-Con". yahoo.com. 10 July 2015.
  21. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (9 March 2015). "‘The Walking Dead’ Companion Series Gets 2-Season Pickup By AMC". Deadline. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  22. ↑ Patten, Dominic (July 31, 2015). "‘Fear The Walking Dead’ Producer Teases Link To ‘Walking Dead’ As Season 2 Episode Order Set – TCA". Deadline.
  23. ↑ "Friend Request Project Details". Wiedemann & Berg Film. Wiedemann & Berg Film. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  24. ↑ http://mtv.tumblr.com/tagged/shipoftheyear about the ship of the year voting
  25. ↑ "Best. Ever. TV. Awards: Watch Outlander, Vampire Diaries, Arrow and More Winners Accept Their Trophies!". E! Online. 13 July 2015.

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