Adelaide Kane

Adelaide Kane

Adelaide Kane in September 2013
Born Adelaide Kane
(1990-08-09) 9 August 1990
Perth, Western Australia
Occupation Actress
Years active 2007–present
Known for Reign, The Purge, Teen Wolf

Adelaide Kane (born 9 August 1990) is an Australian actress. She is known for her roles as Lolly Allen in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, Cora Hale in the third season of MTV's Teen Wolf, and Mary, Queen of Scots in the CW period drama series Reign.

Early life

Kane was born on 9 August 1990 in Claremont, a suburb in Perth. Her father is Scottish (from Glasgow) and her mother has Scottish, Irish,and French ancestry.[1] She grew up in Perth, Western Australia and attended St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls. She's a descendant of Mary, Queen of Scots through her mother's ancestors. She has a younger brother named William, who is three years younger. Her parents divorced when she was seven, and Adelaide and her brother were raised by their single mother. When she joined the cast of Neighbours she and her mother moved to Melbourne, Victoria, while her brother and stepfather remained in Perth. She also lived for a short period in New Zealand, while shooting children's television series Power Rangers RPM.

Career

Kane started performing at the age of 3, starting with dance and then moving to singing and acting. At the age of 6 she started working professionally in some print ads, later moving to TV spots and works in various children's TV shows. Kane was picked to join the cast of Neighbours as Lolly Allen after she entered a competition run by Dolly magazine in 2006.[2] She was given a three-month contract with the show,[2] and left her class at St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls to move to Melbourne, where Neighbours is produced. Her friends convinced her to enter the competition, but she didn't think she was actually going to get the role.

Kane in 2014

In December 2006 Kane announced that she would be leaving the show after her contract was not renewed.[3] At the time of the announcement Kane had not yet appeared as Lolly.[4]

From March to December 2009 Kane portrayed Tenaya 7 on Power Rangers RPM, part of the long-running Power Rangers franchise. In April 2010 Kane starred in the television film Secrets of the Mountain on NBC.[5] In 2010 Kane also starred in the Hulu series Pretty Tough, composed by 20 episodes and based on the novel by the same name written by Li Tigelaar. In 2010 Kane travelled to attend an audition for Cartoon Network's first live action series Unnatural History, for the role of Maggie Winnock. She and Italia Ricci were the actresses selected for the casting; the role later went to Italia.

In 2012 she portrayed Aubrey in the movie Goats. On November 28, 2012 it was announced that Kane had joined the cast of Teen Wolf as Cora.[6]

In February 2013 Kane was cast as Mary, Queen of Scots in the CW period drama series Reign.[7] The same year, she appeared in successful thriller film The Purge.

In 2014 Kane appeared in horror movie The Devil's Hand as Ruth. She originally auditioned for Alycia Debnam-Carey's role, but producers thought she wasn't right for the part, so they offered her Ruth who got more along with her personality. Kane starred in Scott Speer's short thriller film Realm in 2015,[8] which is set to become a full-length film with a release date in 2016.[9]

In June 2016 Kane stars in the third season of Dragons: Race to the Edge in the role of Mala, Defender of the Wing.

Theatre

Year Title Role Venue
2000 The Wizard of Oz Munchkin Mayor
2002 Fiddler on the Roof Hodel
2004 Oliver! Soloist
2004 Our Day Out Lead
2005 Anything Goes Chorus

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Neighbours Lolly Allen Main role (42 Episodes)
2009 Power Rangers RPM Tenaya 7 Main role (32 Episodes)
2010 Pretty Tough Charlie Main role (20 episodes)
2010 Secrets of the Mountain Jade Ann James Movie
2013 Teen Wolf Cora Hale 12 episodes
2013–present Reign Mary, Queen of Scots Main role
2015 Whose Line is it Anyway? Herself Episode 11.2
2016 Dragons: Race to the Edge Queen Mala (voice) Episode 3.13

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Love Stinks
2012 Goats Aubrey
2012 Donner Pass Nicole
2013 Purge, TheThe Purge Zoey Sandin
2013 Louder Than Words Stephanie Fareri
2013 Blood Punch Nabiki
2013 Letter Home, AA Letter Home Emily Feldman Short film
2014 The Devil's Hand Ruth
2015 Realm Short film
2016 The Big Grab Lilly Springer TV Movie

References

  1. Jason Lynch. "Reign's Adelaide Kane Takes on Mary, Queen of Scots: 'It's Fun — Not the History Channel!'". Parade.
  2. 1 2 "Dolly Magazine Announces New Neighbours Stars". Life. 4 August 2006. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  3. Kilkelly, Daniel (24 December 2006). "Report: Six 'Neighbours' stars to go". Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi UK. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  4. "Neighbours launches quest for new teen talent". The Courier-Mail. Queensland Newspapers. 9 June 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  5. Vranica, Suzanne; Byron, Ellen (11 February 2010). "Giants Ally on Film in Bid to Promote Family TV". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  6. Andreeva, Nellie (28 November 2012). "Charlie & Max Carver Among New Cast Additions On MTV's 'Teen Wolf'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  7. Andreeva, Nellie (9 February 2013). "The CW Casts Its Mary Queen Of Scots". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  8. "Teenage Exorcists Speed Toward the Realm". Dread Central.
  9. Mike Fleming Jr. "[WATCH] 'Realm' Exorcism Short Sparks Deal; Scott Speer To Direct For Relativity". Deadline Hollywood.

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