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| File:AlyciaPremiereNY.jpgAlycia Debnam-Carey attending the Into The Storm New York premiere, August 4, 2014. | |
| Born | Alycia Jasmin Debnam-Carey (1993-07-19) 19 July 1993 (age 31) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Other names | Alycia Debnam-Carey, Alycia Debnam Carey |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2003-present |
| Notable work | Into the Storm The 100 |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Alycia Jasmin Debnam-Carey (born 19 July 1993) is an Australian actress. She is known for Into the Storm (2014), The Devil's Hand (2014), and The 100 (2014).
Debnam-Carey has also appeared in the TV series, Galyntine, Martha’s New Coat, McLeod's Daughters, Dream Life, Next Stop Hollywood, and The 100. On December 1, 2014, it was announced that Debnam-Carey had been cast as Alicia, one of the lead roles, in the AMC series Fear the Walking Dead, the official companion series to The Walking Dead. Debnam-Carey portrayed "Lexa" in the second season of the CW's The 100.
Personal life
Debnam-Carey graduated from Newtown High School of the Performing Arts in 2011 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. 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. Debnam-Carey also received the Premier's award for receiving 90's in 5 subjects.
Career
2003-2012: Career beginnings
Alycia Debnam-Carey started acting at the age of eight. In 2003 she co-stared Rachel Ward’s award winning short feature film, Martha’s New Coat. Later actress guest started in Australian drama series “McLeod’s Daughters”. In 2008 Debnam-Carey appeared in television film Dream Life and short film Jigsaw Girl. Alycia also showed up in other short films At the Tattooist and The Branch. In 2010 she co-started cancelled pilot Resistance and guest started in another Australian drama series, Dance Academy.
2012-2013: LA and Next Stop Hollywood
Actress began to make her mark in Hollywood at 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 mom, Leone Carey, is a television writer, and she accompanied Alycia on her journey. “My mum is like the rock in the family. I am so happy she is coming with me.” said actress.
Just after two weeks in Hollywood Alycia 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, Alycia has landed on the short list for The Carrie Diaries and has been offered a lead role in a feature film, The Devil's Hand, than known as The Occult, and next week leaves Hollywood to meet a film director in Canada. In the sixth and final week in Hollywood, Alycia started filming The Devil's Hand in North Carolina.
The documentary aired in 2013 on ABC1 in Australia.
While staying in LA, actress became a Heath Ledger Scholarship Finalist and was awarded in July 2012.
2014-present: Breakthrough
In 2014 Alycia co-started in American found footage disaster film, Into the Storm. Following The Devil's Hand actress also showed up in another cancelled pilot called Galyntine and in season two of CW's The 100. It's still unknown if Debnam-Carey is going to star in season 3. Actress also made appearance in Made in Hollywood in the same year.
In December 2014 the first four lead roles of The Walking Dead's spin-off series Fear the Walking Dead were cast including Alycia Debnam-Carey as Ashley (now renamed Alicia). The first photos of Alycia in set showed up after production began on the remaining five first-season episodes on May 11, 2015, in Vancouver. Series is coming out in August, 2015.
Debnam-Carey also got a lead role of Laura in upcoming thriller Friend Request, before known as Unfriend.
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 | Short film | |
| 2014 | Into the Storm | Kaitlyn | |
| The Devil's Hand | Mary | ||
| 2015 | Friend Request | Laura |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | McLeod's Daughters | Chloe Sanderson | 1 episode |
| 2008 | Dream Life | Cassie | Television film |
| 2010 | Resistance | Genevieve 'Gen' Leone | Cancelled pilot |
| 2010 | Dance Academy | Mia | 1 Episode |
| 2013 | Next Stop Hollywood | Herself | 6 episodes |
| 2014 | Galyntine | Essin | Cancelled pilot |
| Made in Hollywood | Herself | 1 episode | |
| 2014-TBA | The 100 | Lexa | Season 2 (recurring; 9 episodes- ) |
| 2015 | Fear the Walking Dead | Alicia Bennett | Upcoming series (Series regular) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Heath Ledger Scholarship | Finalist | Won |
References
- http://alycia-debnamcarey.com/post/112984202571/regarding-alycias-birthday
- "Berlin: CMG Picks Up LD's Horror Pic 'Where The Devil Hides'". Deadline. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- Kroll, Justin. "AMC Pilot 'Galyntine' Gets Two New Cast Members". Variety. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
- Stratton, David (1 August 2003). "Review: 'Martha's New Coat'". Variety. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- "Tattle: Nan's tough love inspires Miranda Kerr". Herald Sun. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- "Porchlight commences Dream Life". If Magazine. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- Miller, Gregory E. (3 August 2014). "Alycia Debnam-Carey blows in with 'Into The Storm'". New York Post. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- Andreeva, Nellie (December 1, 2014). "Frank Dillane & Alycia Debnam Carey Cast In 'The Walking Dead' Companion Seriess". Deadline.com. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
- Rovenstine, Dalene (4 March 2015). "The 100's Alycia Debnam-Carey tells all about Lexa's big kiss". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- Burke, Kelly (13 November 2010). "Noteworthy young musicians team up with the world's best". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- "2011 HSC Distinguished Achievers". New South Wales. Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
- "Annual School Report" (PDF). Newtown High School of the Performing Arts. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
- http://www.abc.net.au/tv/nextstophollywood/characters/Alycia.htm
- http://if.com.au/2012/05/11/article/Australians-in-Film-Heath-Ledger-scholarship-finalists-announced/QOFNZHMLGL.html
- http://deadline.com/2014/12/kim-dickens-cast-the-walking-dead-spinoff-companion-series-amc-1201334014/