Alycia Debnam-Carey

Alycia Jasmin Debnam-Carey (born 20 July 1993) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her portrayals of the characters Lexa on the dystopian science fiction series The 100 (2014–2016; 2020) and Alicia Clark on the horror drama series Fear the Walking Dead (2015–present). She made her film debut in 2003 in Rachel Ward's Australian short drama Martha's New Coat, and her feature film debut in the American disaster film Into the Storm (2014).

Alycia Debnam-Carey
Debnam-Carey at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con
Born
Alycia Jasmin Debnam-Carey

(1993-07-20) 20 July 1993
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActress
Years active2003–present

Early life

Debnam-Carey was born on 20 July 1993, in Sydney, Australia.[1] Her mother, Leone Carey, worked as a children's television writer, and her father was a musician.[2][3] As children, Debnam-Carey and her brother would help their mother act out the program segments she wrote. Debnam-Carey began acting at age eight, and also studied classical percussion for ten years.[4] She attended Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, where she was a percussionist. In 2010, in partnership with the Berlin Philharmonic, Debnam-Carey and around 40 other musicians composed a piece in a two-week program and performed it at the Sydney Opera House.[5] In her last year of school, she was listed as a distinguished achiever by the NSW Government for achieving the top band of six Higher School Certificate courses, including English Advanced, English Extension 1, Drama, Modern History, Music 2 and Visual Arts.[6] She received the Premier's Award for earning a score of 90+ in over 10 units, as well as an OnStage nomination for achievement in drama and an HSC Encore nomination for achievement in music.[7] Graduating from Newtown in 2011,[8] she almost attended the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, but decided she wanted to pursue acting.[4][9]

Career

2003–2013: Career beginnings

Debnam-Carey made her film debut at age 10 in Rachel Ward's award-winning short-feature film Martha's New Coat (2003).[10][11] In 2006, she guest-starred in the Australian drama series McLeod's Daughters,[12] and voiced Lee in the Australian animated short film, The Safe House, based on the Petrov Affair.[13][14] In 2008, she appeared in television film Dream Life and the short drama film Jigsaw Girl.[15][16] Debnam-Carey also played supporting roles in the short films At the Tattooist (2010) and The Branch (2011). In 2010, she was cast in the unsold pilot Resistance,[17] and guest-starred in an episode of the Australian drama series, Dance Academy.

Debnam-Carey began to work in Hollywood at the age of 18 when she traveled to the U.S. for the first time. She starred as the youngest cast member in Next Stop Hollywood (2013), a six-part documentary that followed six Australian actors as they competed for roles during the U.S. TV pilot season. Her mother accompanied her on the journey.[2] After two weeks in Hollywood, Debnam-Carey auditioned for the role of Carrie Bradshaw for the CW series The Carrie Diaries, and was asked to audition for an independent thriller film set in the Amish community. Two weeks later, she had landed on the shortlist for The Carrie Diaries, but the role later went to another actress. Debnam-Carey had been offered a lead role in a feature film, The Devil's Hand, which she began filming in North Carolina in the final week of the documentary.[18][19] While staying in LA, Debnam-Carey became a Heath Ledger Scholarship Finalist in November 2012.[20]

2014–present: The 100 and Fear the Walking Dead
Debnam-Carey at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International for Fear the Walking Dead

In 2014, Debnam-Carey played a supporting role in the American disaster film Into the Storm.[21] Following The Devil's Hand, Debnam-Carey was cast in a series pilot called Galyntine for AMC, starring Peter Fonda and co-executive-produced by Ridley Scott, Greg Nicotero and Jason Cahill,[22][23] though AMC ultimately opted not to take the pilot to series.[24]

Debnam-Carey guest-starred in season two of The CW's dystopian series The 100, debuting in episode six (aired 3 December 2014) as Lexa. Lexa soon became a fan favorite,[25][26] and Debnam-Carey's breakout role.[27] On 1 December 2014, the first four lead roles of AMC's Fear the Walking Dead were announced, with Debnam-Carey as Alicia Clark.[12] At San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2015, The 100's showrunner Jason Rothenberg announced that Debnam-Carey would be returning to the show's third season.[28]

Fear the Walking Dead premiered on 23 August 2015.[29] On 27 August 2015, Debnam-Carey made her first talk show appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! while promoting the series.[30] In December, The Wrap featured Debnam-Carey as one the 15 breakout TV stars of 2015 for The 100 and Fear the Walking Dead.[31]

Debnam-Carey appeared in the lead role of Laura in the German thriller Friend Request, released in Germany on 7 January 2016.[32] In October 2017, Debnam-Carey was cast in the crime thriller A Violent Separation as Frances Campbell, younger sister of the victim. The film was released in May 2019. In 2020, she made an appearance in the series finale of The 100, portraying a being known as a judge who assumed Lexa's form to communicate.[33]

Debnam-Carey will make her directorial debut in 2022 for a season seven episode of Fear the Walking Dead.[34] She will also portray Alice Hart in The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, costarring with Sigourney Weaver in the seven-episode Amazon original series based on Holly Ringland's best-selling novel.[35][36]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Martha's New Coat Elsie
2006 The Safe House Lee (voice) Short film
2008 Jigsaw Girl Caitlyn Short film
2010 At the Tattooist Jane Short film
2011 The Branch Anica Short film
2014 Into the Storm Kaitlyn Johnston
2014 The Devil's Hand Mary
2016 Friend Request Laura Woodson
2019 A Violent Separation Frances Campbell
TBA Liked Roxy Post-production

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2006 McLeod's Daughters Chloe Sanderson Episode: "Second Best"
2008 Dream Life Cassie Television film
2010 Dance Academy Mia Episode: "Perfection"
2013 Next Stop Hollywood Herself Documentary series
2014–2016; 2020 The 100 Lexa
The Judge (in the body of Lexa)		 Recurring role (seasons 2–3); 16 episodes
Special appearance (season 7); 1 episode
2015–present Fear the Walking Dead Alicia Clark Main cast and director
2022 The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart Alice Hart Filming

Awards and nominations
Year Work Awards Category Result Ref
2015 The 100 MTV Fandom Awards Ship of the Year (shared with Eliza Taylor) Nominated [37]
2016 The 100 MTV Fandom Awards Ship of the Year (shared with Eliza Taylor) Nominated [38]
Fan Freakout of the Year Won [39]
Fear the Walking Dead & The 100 E! Online TV Scoop Awards Female Breakout Star Won [40]
The 100 Best Guest Star Won [40]
2017 Fear the Walking Dead Saturn Awards Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series Nominated [41]
2018 Fear the Walking Dead Saturn Awards Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series Nominated [42]

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