# Rhiannon Clements

Rhiannon Grace Clements (born 1 December 1994) is an English actress. While studying at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, Clements began starring in various theatre productions, and went on to be awarded Best Stage Actor at the Spotlight Prize in 2019.
From 2020 to 2021, she portrayed the role of Summer Ranger in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. For her portrayal of the role, Clements was nominated in the Newcomer category at the 26th National Television Awards. Since leaving the soap, she has starred in various television series including Maryland, The Power of Parker and Vera.

## Early life

Clements was born in Blackburn, England. She was born with a foreshortened left arm. At the age of four, Clements was enrolled into dance classes by her mother in order to boost her confidence, but she felt that dance was not right for her, and instead enrolled herself into youth theatre classes. Clements attended Ribblesdale High School in Clitheroe, and ALRA North. At ALRA North, she studied towards and obtained a degree in acting.

## Career

In 2018, Clements made her professional stage debut in a production of The Tempest; she then starred in various other stage productions, including Alice in Wonderland, Wuthering Heights and The Glass Menagerie. In 2019, she was awarded Best Stage Actor at the Spotlight Prize. One of the judges highlighted Clements' performance as a standout from the ceremony, stating that she connected to the audience well. Following auditioning for various roles after relocating to Manchester in 2019, Clements booked a role as Bescot in two episodes of the BBC series Doctor Who.
In 2020, it was announced that Clements had joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as Summer Ranger, the daughter of established character Cormac (James Gaddas). When Clements' agent phoned her to inform her that she had booked the role, she thought that it would be bad news. She expressed her excitement at joining Hollyoaks since she watched the soap whilst growing up. Months into her tenure, it was confirmed that Summer would be a villain. During her time on the series, Clements appeared in an episode of its online documentary spin-off series Hollyoaks: IRL, where she discussed the representation of her disability on the soap. After her character is imprisoned, Clements announced her departure from Hollyoaks, but stated that she intends on returning to the soap in the future. For her portrayal of Summer, Clements received a shortlist nomination in the Newcomer category at the 26th National Television Awards. Later in 2021, Clements received three nominations at the Inside Soap Awards. Then in 2022, she was nominated for the British Soap Award for Villain of the Year.
Following her Hollyoaks exit, Clements appeared in the Channel 4 comedy series Big Boys, as well as appearing in an episode of the ITV drama series Ridley. In 2023, Clements filmed numerous projects. She starred in the ITV drama series Maryland and the BBC comedy series The Power of Parker, appeared in an episode of the Britbox period drama Sister Boniface Mysteries. Also in 2023, Clements joined the cast of the ITV crime drama Vera and debuted in episodes broadcast in early 2024. She portrays the role of DC Stephanie Duncan.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2020 | Doctor Who | Bescot | Series 12; episodes 9 & 10: "Ascension of the Cybermen" and "The Timeless Children" |
| 2020 | The Other One | Melanie | Recurring role. Series 1; episodes 5 & 6 |
| 2020–2021 | Hollyoaks | Summer Ranger | Regular role. 76 episodes |
| 2021 | Hollyoaks: IRL | Herself | Episode 4: "Do you see a model or a disability?" |
| 2022 | Death on the Nile | Hotel Administrator | Film |
| 2022 | Big Boys | Mad Debs | Recurring role. Series 1; episodes 1 & 2: "Hello You" and "I Wanna Take You to a Gay Bar" |
| 2022 | Ridley | Jenna Noble | Series 1; episode 2: "Hospitality" |
| 2023 | Maryland | Lauren | Main role. Mini-series; episodes 1–3 |
| 2023 | Sister Boniface Mysteries | Fliss Forsyth | Series 2; episode 1: "Don't Try This at Home" |
| 2023 | The Power of Parker | Bev | Main role. Series 1; 5 episodes |
| 2023 | Platform 7 | Izzy | Episodes 1–4 |
| 2024 | Daddy Issues | Rochelle | Episode 2: "Normal Men" |
| 2024–2025 | Vera | DC Stephanie Duncan | Main role. Series 13 & 14; 5 episodes |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
| 2018 | The Tempest | Prospero | ALRA North |
| 2018 | Alice in Wonderland | Alice | ALRA North |
| 2019 | The Merchant of Venice | Salarina | Stafford Gatehouse Theatre |
| 2020 | Wuthering Heights | Isabella Linton / Frances Earnshaw | Royal Exchange Theatre |
| 2020 (2022) | The Glass Menagerie | Laura Wingfield | Royal Exchange Theatre |
| 2024 | Underdog: The Other Other Brontë | Anne Brontë | National Theatre |

## Video Games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2023 | Ten Dates | Hazel | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Ceremony | Category | Result |
| 2019 | Spotlight Prize | Best Stage Actor | Won |
| 2021 | 26th National Television Awards | Newcomer | Nominated |
| 2021 | Inside Soap Awards | Best Newcomer | Nominated |
| 2021 | Inside Soap Awards | Best Partnership (with Anna Passey) | Nominated |
| 2021 | Inside Soap Awards | Best Villain | Nominated |
| 2022 | The British Soap Awards | Villain of the Year | Nominated |