Cleopatra Coleman

Cleopatra Coleman (born 29 October 1987) is an Australian actress most notable for her role as Erica Dundee in the Fox comedy series The Last Man on Earth (2015–2018). Other credits include Silversun (2004), Neighbours (2006–2007), The Elephant Princess (2008–2009), Step Up Revolution (2012), White Famous (2017), In the Shadow of the Moon (2019), Now Apocalypse (2019), Dopesick (2021), Infinity Pool and Cobweb (2023), Clipped (2024), and Black Rabbit (2025).

Coleman was born on 29 October 1987, in Wentworth Falls, New South Wales, Australia, and grew up in Byron Bay, the daughter of a Scottish father and a Jamaican mother.^[1] After high school, she visited Los Angeles and then moved there a few years later.^[2]

She trained at the National Theatre Drama School in St Kilda, Melbourne. As a talented dancer, she achieved to reach the final of the 2002 National Dance Championships of Australia.^[3]

Coleman started her professional film and television career in her home country of Australia as a teenager In 2005, when she was cast in a main role in the sci-fi teenage drama Silversun for ABC and Seven Network.^[3]

In 2006, Coleman was cast as Glenn Forrest in the long running Australian soap opera Neighbours.^[4] Coleman went on to appear in other Australian television programs, including The Elephant Princess, Blue Heelers, Holly's Heroes, Wicked Science, City Homicide and Rush.^[5]

In 2008, Coleman appeared in a stage production of Simon Stephens' Motortown with Melbourne's Red Stitch Actors Theatre, receiving positive reviews. In 2011, a first project for Coleman/Coleman productions, alongside her father, Mick Coleman, co-wrote, executive-produced, and starred in the short film Trains.^[5]

En 2012, obtuvo su papel revelación en la película como DJ Penelope en Step Up Revolution (2012). ^{[ 5 ]} También apareció en varios videos musicales de Nervo (" You're Gonna Love Again "), Far East Movement (" Change Your Life ") y Galantis (" Runaway (U & I) ") en 2014. ^{[ 1 ]}

En 2014, Coleman fue elegida como miembro regular del elenco de la serie de comedia coral de Fox , The Last Man on Earth . ^{[ 6 ]} Interpretó el papel de Erica Dundee durante cuatro temporadas. ^{[ 6 ]}

En 2016, Coleman participó como invitada en la serie Better Things . ^{[ 5 ]} Un año después, escribió, produjo y protagonizó el thriller ambiental Hover de Syfy . ^{[ 5 ]} Protagonizó la comedia White Famous de Showtime en 2017, interpretando a Sadie Lewis . ^{[ 5 ]}

En 2019, participó como invitada en Now Apocalypse de Gregg Araki , ^{[ 5 ]} y en la serie Sorry for Your Loss . ^{[ 5 ]} Apareció como Rya en la película de Netflix dirigida por Jim Mickle, In the Shadow of the Moon (2019). ^{[ 5 ]} En 2020, Coleman interpretó a Trina en la peculiar comedia independiente dirigida por Robert Schwartzman, The Argument . ^{[ 5 ]}

En 2021, Coleman interpretó a Sarah, la protagonista femenina de The Right One , ^{[ 5 ]} una comedia romántica estrenada por Lionsgate , y protagonizó el video musical de "Ceremony" de Deftones , dirigido por Leigh Whannel . También en 2021, interpretó a Grace Pell y trabajó junto a Michael Keaton y Kaitlyn Dever en la miniserie dramática Dopesick . ^{[ 5 ]}

In 2023, she starred in a film directed by Samuel Bodin and co-starring Lizzy Caplan and Antony Starr, playing Miss Devine in Cobweb (2023).^[5] She then starred alongside Alexander Skarsgard and Mia Goth in Brandon Cronenberg's film Infinity Pool (2023).^[5]

She also starred as Devra Bloodaxe in Zack Snyder's Netflix original sci-fi fantasy epic Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (2023),^[5] and Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver (2024).^[5]

From 2017 to 2021, Coleman dated Canadian actor Avan Jogia. Fans of the duo started to speculate whether or not they broke up by 2021 upon noticing that they unfollowed each other on social media that year.^[7]

• Cleopatra Coleman en IMDb