Alycia Debnam-Carey

Alycia Jasmin Debnam-Carey (born 20 July 1993[1]) is an

Alycia Debnam-Carey
Australian actress. She is known for her roles as Commander Lexa
on The CW science fiction television series The 100 (2014–2016)[2]
and Alicia Clark on the AMC horror drama television series Fear
the Walking Dead (2015–present).[3]

Debnam-Carey has also starred in the films Into the Storm (2014)[4]
and The Devil's Hand (2014),[5] and Friend Request (2016).[6] She
has also appeared in the television series McLeod's Daughters,[7]
Dream Life,[8] and Next Stop Hollywood.[4]

Contents
Early life
Career
2003–2011: Career beginnings
2012–2013: Los Angeles and Next Stop Hollywood
Debnam-Carey at the 2018 San
2014–present: Breakthrough, The 100 and Fear the
Walking Dead Diego Comic Con
Born Alycia Jasmin
Filmography
Debnam-Carey
Film
20 July 1993
Television
Sydney, New South
Music videos
Wales, Australia
Awards and nominations
Nationality Australian
References
Occupation Actress
External links
Years active 2003–present
Notable work The 100 (2014–
Early life 2016)
Fear the Walking
In 2011, Debnam-Carey graduated from Newtown High School of Dead (2015–
the Performing Arts, where she was a percussionist. In 2010, in present)
partnership with the Berlin Philharmonic, she and around 40 other
musicians worked together and composed a piece in a two-week
program.[9] Debnam-Carey also studied for ten years in classical percussion and has said that she almost
went to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, but decided that it wasn't what she actually wanted to
do.[10][11] In her last year of school, Debnam-Carey took her High-School Certificate exams and managed to
get top band (the HSC results are divided with 1 being lowest, 6 being highest) in six of her courses. These
included English Advanced, English Extension 1, Drama, Modern History, Music 2 and Visual Arts.[12] She
is also best friend with actresses Maia Mitchell and Marny Kennedy. Debnam-Carey also received the
Premier's award for receiving a score of 90 in 6 subjects.[13] She is best friend with Australians actresses
Maia Mitchell and Marny Kennedy.

Career

2003–2011: 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.[14] 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 the other short films At the Tattooist and The Branch. In 2010, she co-
starred in the unsold pilot Resistance[15] and guest-starred in the Australian drama series, Dance Academy.

2012–2013: Los Angeles and Next Stop Hollywood

Debnam-Carey began to make her mark 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, 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, a television writer, accompanied Debnam-Carey on her journey.[16]

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.[17]

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

In 2014, Debnam-Carey co-starred in American disaster film Into the Storm.[4] Following The Devil's Hand,
Debnam-Carey was cast in a series pilot called Galyntine for AMC, alongside Laura Harrier,[18][19] though
AMC ultimately opted not to take the pilot to series.[20] 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 as Commander
Lexa, a powerful leader of twelve clans. 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.[21]

In December 2014, the first four lead roles of The Walking Dead spin-off series Fear the Walking Dead were
cast, including Debnam-Carey as Alicia.[22] The first photos of Debnam-Carey on set showed up after
production began on the remaining five first-season episodes on 11 May 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 23 August,[23] 2015 and was ordered for 2 seasons.[24] At the Television Critics
Association Press Tour, it was announced that AMC ordered 15
episodes for season 2.[25] On 15 April 2016, AMC announced the series
had been renewed for a 16-episode third season to air in 2017. On 27
August 2015, Debnam-Carey made her first talk show appearance on
Jimmy Kimmel Live! while promoting the series.

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 7 January 2016.[26]

On 19 October 2017, it was announced that Debnam-Carey has been

cast in a crime thriller A Violent Separation. Debnam-Carey played
Frances Campbell, younger sister of the victim. The film was released
in May 2019.
Debnam-Carey at the 2015 San
Filmography Diego Comic Con International

Film

Year Title Role Notes

2003 Martha's New Coat Elsie
2014 Into the Storm Kaitlyn Johnston
2014 The Devil's Hand Mary Direct-to-video film
Debnam-Carey in July 2019.
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
2008 Resistance Genevieve "Gen" Leone Unsold television pilot
2010 Dance Academy Mia Episode: "Perfection"
2014 Galyntine Essin Unsold television pilot
2014–2016 The 100 Commander Lexa Recurring role (seasons 2–3), 16 episodes
2015–present Fear the Walking Dead Alicia Clark Main role; 59 episodes

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

Awards and nominations

Year Awards Category Nominated Work Result Source(s)
Ship of the Year (shared with Eliza [27]
MTV Fandom Awards Runner-up
Taylor)

Best Kiss (shared with Eliza Taylor) Won

2015
Best Guest Star Won [28]
E! Online Awards
Best Cast On Social Media (shared
The 100 Runner-up
with the cast)

Fan Freakout of the Year Won [29]

Ship of the Year (shared with Eliza [27]

MTV Fandom Awards Runner-up
Taylor)
2016
Best Fandom (shared with the cast) Nominated [27]

E! Online TV Scoop [30]

Female Breakout Star Won
Awards
Fear the Walking
2017 Dead Nominated [31]
Best Younger Actor on a Television
Saturn Awards
Series [32]
2018 Nominated

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External links
Alycia Debnam-Carey (https://twitter.com/DebnamCarey) on Twitter
Alycia Debnam-Carey (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1486317/) on IMDb

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