# Chiara Aurelia

Chiara Aurelia de Braconier d'Alphena (born September 13, 2002) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the films Gerald's Game (2017) and Back Roads (2018). She starred as Jeanette Turner in the Freeform teen drama Cruel Summer (2021).

## Early life

Aurelia was born in Taos, New Mexico to Frederic de Braconier d'Alphen and Claudia Kleefeld. De Braconier d'Alphen, who died when Aurelia was three, was from Leuven, Belgium, the great nephew of Édouard Empain and a descendant of Peter Paul Rubens. Kleefeld is the daughter of singer and actor Tony Travis and author and poet Carolyn Mary Kleefeld, and the granddaughter of builder Mark Taper. Aurelia has one sibling, sister Giverny.
Aurelia grew up in Albuquerque. She began acting in school productions and local drama classes when she was five. From the age of 11, she split her time between Albuquerque and Los Angeles pursuing her career. She studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute.

## Career

Aurelia began her career as a child actress with small film and television roles as well as appearances in short films such as Dead Celebrity (2014). She played a younger version of Carla Gugino's character in the 2017 film adaptation of Stephen King's Gerald's Game, and portrayed Misty Altmyer in Alex Pettyfer's 2018 directorial debut Back Roads, both earned her Young Entertainer Awards.
In 2021, Aurelia began starring as Jeanette Turner in the Freeform series Cruel Summer as well as playing Rose Lord in the TNT series Tell Me Your Secrets. She also appeared in the film Fear Street Part Two: 1978. For her performance in Cruel Summer, Aurelia received HCA and Critics' Choice Award nominations. In July 2021, it was announced Aurelia had joined the cast of the Netflix film adaptation of Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | We Are Your Friends | Kayli | |
| 2015 | Big Sky | Grace | |
| 2017 | Gerald's Game | "Mouse" / young Jessie Burlingame | |
| 2018 | Back Roads | Misty Altmyer | |
| 2021 | Fear Street Part Two: 1978 | Sheila Watson | |
| 2021 | Fear Street Part Three: 1666 | Sheila Watson | Archive footage only |
| 2022 | Luckiest Girl Alive | young Tiffani "Ani" Fanelli | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Young Karen Bishop | Episode: "Dead in his tracks" |
| 2014 | Pretty Little Liars | Addison | Episode: "How the 'A' Stole Christmas" |
| 2015 | Agent Carter | Eva | Episode: "The Iron Ceiling" |
| 2015 | Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn | Denise | Episode: "Quad-ventures in Babysitting" |
| 2015 | Foreseeable | Zoey Williams | TV movie |
| 2016 | Recovery Road | 12 Year Old Ellie | Episode: "Sick as Our Secrets" |
| 2016 | Secret Summer | Hailey | TV movie |
| 2018 | The Brave | Verina Curtis | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Tell Me Your Secrets | Rose Lord | Main cast |
| 2021 | Cruel Summer | Jeanette Turner | Main cast (season 1) |
| 2024 | Hysteria! | Jordan "Jordy" Stanwyck | Main cast |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2015 | CineRockom International Film Festival | Best Young Artist | Opal | Won |
| 2016 | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a TV Movie or Special – Young Actress | Secret Summer | Nominated |
| 2017 | BaM Awards | Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Supporting Role | Gerald's Game | Won |
| 2018 | Young Entertainer Awards | Best Supporting Young Actress – Independent or Film Festival Feature Film | Gerald's Game | Won |
| 2019 | Young Entertainer Awards | Best Supporting Young Actress – Independent or Film Festival Feature Film | Back Roads | Won |
| 2019 | National Film & Television Awards | Best Newcomer | Herself | Nominated |
| 2021 | Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama | Cruel Summer | Nominated |
| 2021 | Women's Image Network Awards | Outstanding Actress – Drama Series | Cruel Summer | Nominated |
| 2022 | Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Actress in a Drama Series | Cruel Summer | Nominated |