Adelaide Kane Biography

Adelaide Kane (born 9 August 1990) is an Australian actress. She gained recognition 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. In July 2017, she joined the ABC series Once Upon a Time in a recurring role as Cinderella's evil stepsister, Drizella, who is one of the antagonists in the season. Adelaide's final episode in Once Upon a Time was "Sisterhood".

Early life

Kane was born on 9 August 1990 in Claremont, a suburb of Perth. Her father is Scottish (from Glasgow) and her mother has Scottish, Irish, and French ancestry. She grew up in Perth, and attended St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls. She has a 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, her mother and she 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 began performing at the age of three, starting with dance and then moving to singing and acting. At the age of six, 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. She was given a three-month contract with the show. Her friends convinced her to enter the competition, but she did not think she was actually going to get the role. In December 2006, Kane announced that she would be leaving the show after her contract was not renewed. At the time of the announcement, Kane had not yet appeared as Lolly.

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. In 2010, she also starred in the Hulu series Pretty Tough, composed of 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. Italia Ricci and she 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 Hale.

In February 2013, Kane was cast as Mary, Queen of Scots in the CW period drama series Reign. The same year, she appeared in the 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 was not 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, which is set to become a full-length film with a release date in 2016.

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

In July 2017, Kane joined the hit ABC series Once Upon A Time in a recurring role for its softly rebooted season seven. Kane was one of five actresses to join the series for its new season in starring and recurring roles, following the exits of six key cast members at the end of season six. It was confirmed at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con that Kane would play Drizella, one of Cinderella's wicked stepsisters.

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 (46 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
2013-17	Reign	Mary, Queen of Scots	Main role (78 episodes)
2015	Whose Line is it Anyway?	Herself	Episode 11.2
2016-17	Dragons: Race to the Edge	Queen Mala (voice)	8 episodes
2017	Can't Buy My Love	Lilly Springer	Movie
2017-18	Once Upon a Time	Drizella/Ivy Belfrey	13 episodes

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Love Stinks	Girl	Short film
2012	Goats	Aubrey
2012	Donner Pass	Nicole
2013	'	Zoey Sandin
2013	Louder Than Words	Stephanie Fareri
2013	Blood Punch	Nabiki
2013	'	Emily Feldman	Short film
2014	The Devil's Hand	Ruth
2015	Realm	Claire Daniels	Short film
2018	The First Purge	Zoey Sandin (flashbacks)
2018	Acquainted	Cheri	Also executive producer