Chelsea Clark (actress)

This article is about the Canadian actress. For the Canadian Paralympic athlete, see Chelsea Clark.

Chelsea Clark
Born (1998-05-05) May 5, 1998 (age 26)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1]
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present
Known forDegrassi: Next Class
Ginny and Georgia

Chelsea Clark (born May 5, 1998) is a Canadian actress having arose to notability playing Esme Song in four seasons of Degrassi: Next Class, and Norah in the Netflix streaming TV series Ginny & Georgia.

Personal life

Clark attended the University of Toronto. She has competed at the international level in dragon boat racing.[2]

Career

Clark first appeared on television in an episode of Rookie Blue in 2010, and as Stacey in Life with Boys in 2011. She landed a main starring role as Esme Song for four seasons of the classic Canadian series Degrassi: Next Class from 2016 to 2017.[3] During that time, Clark was nominated for "Best Series Regular or Leading Actress in a TV Series 16 Years & Over" at the 2017 Joey Awards for her role in Degrassi: Next Class [4][5] Clark was nominated for and won "Best actress in a short film" at the 2017 Joey Awards for her performance in the short film Blue Heart Emoji.[4]

In 2019, Clark was part of the ensemble for the Winnifred Jong directed comedy web series Tokens,[6] which was nominated for best ensemble at the 18th Annual ACTRA Awards in Toronto.[7]

In 2021, Clark played Norah, a member of the MANG group (Max, Abby, Norah, Ginny)[8] in the Netflix television series Ginny & Georgia.[2][9]

Clark played a lead role in the Lenin M. Sivam directed thriller The Protector, which premiered at the Fantasia Festival on July 28, 2022.[10]

Clark stars in five episodes of the 2022 mini-series Ezra; she was also credited as a producer, writer, and director.[11]

Filmography

Film

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2010 The Overture Geraldine Short film
2017 Blue Heart Emoji Her Short film
2018 Greta Follows Rivers Sasha Short film
2019 Resolve Allie Short film
2022 The Protector [10] Evelyn Film
2024 Scared Shitless Patricia Film
TBA Pins & Needles Max Post-production

Television

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Rookie Blue Dhara Singh Season 1, episode 7: "Hot and Bothered"
2011 Life with Boys Stacey 3 episodes
2015 The Stanley Dynamic Chelsea 5 episodes
2016 Degrassi: Next Class Webisodes Esme Song Main role
2016–2017 Degrassi: Next Class Esme Song Main role; 28 episodes
2018 Good Witch Katie Season 4, episode 6: "Match Game"
2019 Tokens Roxy 4 episodes
2020 Let's Go Luna! uestEverq moneKati / Patra Voice
Season 2, episode 12: "The Mystery of the Mask/Movie Monday"
2021 Kung Fu Chloe Soong 3 episodes
2021–present Ginny & Georgia Norah 18 episodes
2022 Hudson & Rex Imari Johnson Season 4, episode 9: "Impawster Syndrome"
Ezra Kylo Konstine 5 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2017 Joey Awards Best actress in a short film Blue Heart Emoji Won [4]
2017 Joey Awards Best Series Regular or Leading Actress in a TV Series 16 Years & Over Degrassi: Next Class Nominated [4]
2019 ACTRA Awards Best Ensemble (shared) Tokens Nominated [7]

References

  1. ^ "Official Chelsea Clark". Facebook. 2021.
  2. ^ a b "A Chat With Chelsea Clark from Netflix's "Ginny and Georgia"". themudmag.com. February 4, 2021.
  3. ^ "Celebrating Degrassi: Chelsea Clark". blendedent.com. August 13, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d "The Joey Awards 2017 Nominations". joeyawards.com. 2017. Archived from the original on September 30, 2018.
  5. ^ "Celebrating Degrassi: Chelsea Clark". blendedent.com. August 13, 2016.
  6. ^ "About Tokens the web series". tokensoncall.com. 2019.
  7. ^ a b "The 18th Annual ACTRA Awards in Toronto Nominees". actratoronto.com. January 14, 2020.
  8. ^ "See the cast of Netflix's Ginny and Georgia in real life". hellomagazine.com. March 4, 2021.
  9. ^ Kam, Erica (January 18, 2023). "Ginny & Georgia star Chelsea Clark already knows what she'd want to see in season 3". hercampus.com.
  10. ^ a b "Fantasia festival 2022 - The Protector". fantasiafestival.com. 2022.
  11. ^ Whittock, Jesse. "'Canada's Drag Race Winner Priyanka Cast For Acting Debut In OUTtv Comedy 'Ezra'".