Claire Holt

Claire Holt is an Australian-American actress, born Claire Rhiannon Holt on 11 June 1988. She began her screen career as Emma Gilbert in the Network Ten fantasy series H2O: Just Add Water, which ran from 2006 to 2008, and then moved to the United States, where she made her film debut in 2009. She appeared in the television sequel Mean Girls 2 and in the first two seasons of Pretty Little Liars before her breakthrough as the original vampire Rebekah Mikaelson, a role she carried through The Vampire Diaries, The Originals and Legacies, and which brought a Teen Choice Award nomination. She also starred in the NBC period crime drama Aquarius. In film she led Blue Like Jazz and the survival thriller 47 Meters Down, and later appeared in the comedy horror film Untitled Horror Movie, which she also executive produced. She became an American citizen in November 2019.