Biography

Jessica Clarke (Jessica Jane Clarke, born 19 May 1993, Australia) is an Australian stage, film, and television actress. She graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in 2011, where she performed in Waltzing the Wilarra (2011), earning nominations for Best Newcomer and Best Supporting Actress at the WA Equity Guild Awards. She is a member of the Red Stitch Actors' Theatre ensemble in Melbourne, where she has performed in productions including Burn This and Rules for Living. Her most notable screen role is Madam Devereaux in The King's Daughter (2022) (Pierce Brosnan, Kaya Scodelario), directed by Sean McNamara and also starring William Hurt and Julie Andrews as narrator. Other film credits include Evelyn Mills in 2:22 (2017) and Ruby Jackson in The Menkoff Method (2016), her first feature. On television she has appeared in Neighbours, Home and Away (2018), Harrow (2017), The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2014), and Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012). Her latest work includes Call Me Chihiro (2023) and A Melbourne Match (2026).