Caitlin Jean Stasey is an Australian actress from Melbourne, who is best known for her previous role as Rachel Kinski

Rachel Kinski

Rachel Kinski is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Caitlin Stasey. She made her first on-screen appearance on 18 August 2005. She is the middle child of Alex Kinski and sister to Zeke and Katya. Rachel's storylines ranged from parental bereavement and first...

 in Neighbours

Neighbours

Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...

. Previously she played Francesca Thomas in The Sleepover Club

The Sleepover Club (TV series)

The Sleepover Club is an Australian/British live action series that was produced Andy Rowley for Wark Clements Burberry Production in association with Rialto Films, with the assistance of the Pacific Film and Television Commission for ITV Network United Kingdom, Nickelodeon and Pop Girl United...

. Her breakthrough movie role came in with Tomorrow, when the War Began

Tomorrow, When the War Began (film)

Tomorrow, When the War Began is a 2010 Australian adventure film written and directed by Stuart Beattie and based on the novel of the same name by John Marsden. The film is produced by Andrew Mason and Michael Boughen. The story follows Ellie Linton, one of eight teenagers waging a guerrilla war...

, a 2010 movie adaption of the popular teen novel (of the same name) where she acts the leading protagonist Ellie Linton, a girl who fought against invaders of Australia with a group of her teenager friends.
Stasey has an Australian father and an English mother, Sally, from Norwich

Norwich

Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...

, who is a primary school drama teacher at Sandringham Primary School in Melbourne.