Adelaide Kane

**Adelaide Victoria Kane** is an Australian actress and model. She first gained recognition for her roles as Lolly Allen in the soap opera *Neighbours* and Tenaya 7 (later Tenaya 15) in the children's series *Power Rangers RPM*. She went on to star as Mary, Queen of Scots in the American CW period drama *Reign*. She also appeared as Cora Hale in the third season of the MTV series *Teen Wolf* and Drizella in the ABC series *Once Upon a Time*. She now stars in the later seasons of ABC series *Grey's Anatomy*.

## Early life

Adelaide Victoria Kane was born on 9 August 1990 in Claremont, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Her father is Scottish, an expat from Glasgow, and her mother is of Scottish, Irish and French descent. She has a younger brother, William.

Her parents divorced when she was seven, and Adelaide and her brother were raised by their single mother. She grew up in Perth, and attended St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls. When she joined the cast of *Neighbours*, she and her mother moved to Melbourne, 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*.

In September 2009, at the age of 19, she moved by herself from Australia to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career.

## Career

Kane began performing at the age of three, starting with dance and then moving to singing and acting.

At the age of six, Kane started working professionally in some print ads, later moving on to TV spots and working in various children's TV shows.

In August 2006, Kane was picked to join the cast of *Neighbours* as Lolly Allen after she entered a competition run by *Dolly* magazine. 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. In 2008, Kane was nominated for a Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent for her performance 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, at the age of 19, 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.

Also in 2010, Kane traveled 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 Ricci.

In 2012, Kane portrayed Aubrey in the film *Goats*. On 28 November 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 the horror film *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.

In June 2016, Kane joined the cast of *Dragons: Race to the Edge* as the voice of Mala, Queen of the Defenders of the Wing.

In July 2017, Kane joined the hit ABC series *Once Upon A Time* in a recurring role for its reboot 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. She played one of the antagonists, Drizella, one of Cinderella's wicked stepsisters. Kane's final episode in *Once Upon a Time* was "Sisterhood".

In September 2019, Kane was announced as one of the cast members of *Into the Dark*'s second Halloween installment, *Uncanny Annie*, which premiered on Hulu the following month. She did some coaching sessions to prepare and soften up for the role. Before she was cast for *Uncanny Annie*, Kane was supposed to appear in *Into the Dark*'s first installment *The Body*, but the character director Paul Davis wanted her for was cut right before the shooting draft was locked. In October 2019, Kane joined the cast of CBS's *SEAL Team* for its third season.

In March 2020, Kane joined the main cast of the sci-fi action film *Cosmic Sin*. The same month, Kane made a cameo in NBC's *This Is Us* season four finale as Hailey Damon, Toby Damon and Kate Pearson's adopted daughter.

In the fall of 2022, Adelaide joined the cast of *Grey’s Anatomy* in season 19 as Dr. Jules Millin.

In 2023 she appeared in second season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds in the episode "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow".

## Personal life

Kane was in a relationship with Reign co-star Sean Teale between 2014 and 2016. In July 2019, Kane started a relationship with her *Into the Dark* co-star Jacques Colimon. The couple split sometime in 2020. In February 2021, Kane revealed she is bisexual. In April 2021, Kane started dating Dutch model Marthe Woertman. They reportedly split a year later as Kane brought her new girlfriend to the 95th Academy Awards afterparty.

Kane suffers from generalised anxiety disorder, and has spoken up multiple times about the importance to break the stigma surrounding mental illness. Kane also revealed that she has been diagnosed with ADHD.

## Awards and nominations

 2014
 2014

## Trivia

* Flown over to test for Cartoon Network's first live action series, Unnatural History (2010), for the role of "Maggie Winnock". There were two actresses selected to test, Adelaide Kane and Italia Ricci. The role later went to Italia.
* Is a descendant of Mary, Queen of Scots whom she plays on 'Reign' through her mother's ancestry.
* She is an avid comic book reader and has stated that her all time favorites are Sin City, Watchmen, Fables, Sandman, Preacher, The Boys, Chew, House of Mysteries, Swamp Thing, Grimm Fairy Tales and American Vampire. She also cited the DC Comics character Wonder Woman as an influence on her performance as Mary, Queen of Scots.
* She attended 2010 comic con dressed as DC Comics character Wonder Girl.
* She's a fan of the shows Firefly, House of Cards and Archer. She's also a fan of Game of Thrones, Charmed, Invader Zim and Adventure Time.
* She began acting at age six and got her big break when she was sixteen, at which point she entered a magazine contest for a chance to appear on Neighbours. She won the competition and began playing the role of Lolly Allen in 2007.
* She played Aubrey in the 2012 film Goats.
* She was born in Claremont, Australia and raised alongside her brother. Her parents divorced when she was seven. She began a relationship with TikTok star Marthe Woertman.
* She became good friends with her Neighbours co-star Caitlin Stasey.