Born in Sydney, Australia, Alycia Debnam-Carey knew she wanted to be a performer early in life. Her onscreen debut came at in Rachel Ward's award-winning coming of age drama "Martha's New Coat" (2005). She played the sister and co-conspirator of the title character. She graduated from the prestigious Newtown High School of the Performing Arts in 2011, and throughout school made guest appearances on TV shows and played roles in short films. Her journey to Hollywood was chronicled in the Australian Broadcast Company series "Next Stop Hollywood" (ABC, 2013), which followed six Australian actors as they tried their luck during pilot season. Debnam-Carey's first exposure to American audiences came in "Into the Storm" (2014), playing the object of affection of a teenage boy as the mother of all tornados touches down. Debnam-Carey had her first lead role in "The Devil's Hand" (2014) as a frightened member of a religious cult where all the girls have begun to go missing. Also in 2014, she premiered in a recurring role on "The 100" (The CW, 2014-). Debnam-Carey was announced as one of the lead roles in "Fear the Walking Dead" (AMC, 2015-) the first spin-off from the hit phenomenon "The Walking Dead" (AMC, 2010-).