Cleopatra Coleman

Cleopatra Coleman
Cleopatra Coleman in White Famous in 2017
Born	(1987-10-29) 29 October 1987 Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–present

Cleopatra Coleman is an Australian actress. She is known for playing Erica on the American comedy series The Last Man on Earth and Rya in the Netflix original sci-fi thriller In The Shadow Of The Moon.

Early life

Coleman was born in Wentworth Falls, to a Jamaican-born mother, Turquoise Coleman, and Mick Coleman, an Australian father of Scottish descent, and moved to the alternative community of Byron Bay, New South Wales when she was 18 months old.

Career

Professionally, Cleopatra Coleman is a multi-talented personality. She is a film and television actor, writer, singer-songwriter, and DJ. She is also a trained ballet and contemporary dancer. Cleopatra shifts between comedy, drama, sci-fi, and beyond, and hence she is famous for playing complex and challenging characters.

Coleman started her career in her home country of Australia at age 15. In 2005 Coleman was cast as a lead in the sci-fi teenage drama Silversun for ABC (Australian TV channel) and Seven Network.

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

In 2008, Coleman appeared in a stage production of Simon Stephens' Motortown with Melbourne's Red Stitch Actors Theatre, receiving positive reviews.

In 2011, Coleman co-wrote, executive-produced, and starred in the short film Trains, the first project for Coleman/Coleman productions, created by Cleopatra Coleman and her father, Mick Coleman.

In the same year, she was cast in her breakout motion picture role as DJ Penelope in Step Up Revolution, a film released on 27 July, 2012. She also featured in multiple music videos by Nervo ("You're Gonna Love Again"), Far East Movement ("Change Your Life") and Galantis ("Runaway (U & I)") in 2014.

In 2014, Coleman was cast as a series regular in the Fox ensemble comedy series The Last Man on Earth. She played the role of Erica Dundee for four seasons.

In the year 2016, Cleopatra Coleman guest-starred in critically acclaimed series Better Things. A year later, she wrote, produced, as well as starred in the environmental sci-fi thriller Hover for Syfy Films. The same year, she starred as Sadie Lewis in the Showtime comedy White Famous which ran for one season.

In the year 2019, Cleopatra guest-starred in Gregg Araki’s Now Apocalypse and critically acclaimed series Sorry For Your Loss. The same year, she also appeared as Rya in In the Shadow of the Moon for Netflix, directed by Jim Mickle. Then in 2020, she played the role of Trina in the independent comedy The Argument, directed by Robert Schwartzman.

Filmography

Television and film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Silversun	Zandie Brokow	Series Regular
2005	Blue Heelers	Skye Clarke	Episode 12.88: "Sex Sells"
2005	Attack of the Sabretooth	Alys	Television film (SyFy)
2005	Holly's Heroes	Stacey	2 episodes
2006	Wicked Science 2	Emma Hellman	8 episodes
2006–2007	Neighbours	Glenn Forrest	10 episodes
2008	The Elephant Princess	Cosma	4 episodes
2009	City Homicide	Sian Ritchie	Episode 3.8: "Time of Your Life"
2010	Rush	Jessica Hamilton	1 episode
2012	Step Up Revolution	DJ Penelope	Film
2015	Fear Clinic	Megan	Film
2015–2018	The Last Man on Earth	Erica Dundee	Main role
2015	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Katie	1 episode
2016	Better Things	Dr. Okoye	Episode: "Period"
2016	Take the 10	Sahara	Netflix Original Film
2017	White Famous	Sadie Lewis	Main role
2018	Hover	Claudia	Coleman also wrote the script. SYFY Films
2019	In the Shadow of the Moon	Rya	Netflix Original Film
2019	James vs. His Future Self	Courtney
2020	The Argument	Trina
	The Eric Andre Show	Herself	Episode: "Bone TV"	2020	The Right One	Sara	Godfrey Film References External links Cleopatra Coleman at IMDb Cleopatra Coleman official website