Adelaide Victoria Kane (born 9 August 1990) is an Australian actress and model. She first gained recognition for her roles as Lolly Allen in the soap opera Neighbours and Tenaya 7 (later Tenaya 15) in the children's series Power Rangers RPM. She went on to star as Mary, Queen of Scots, in the American CW period drama Reign; as Cora Hale in the third season of the MTV series Teen Wolf and Drizella in the ABC series Once Upon a Time; and currently stars as Dr. Jules Millin on the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy.
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Early life
Adelaide Victoria Kane was born on 9 August 1990 in Claremont, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Her Scottish father (Kane is a Sept of Clan MacMillan) was originally from Glasgow, while her mother is an Australian of Scottish, Irish and French descent, with her tartan being Royal Stuart.
Kane's parents divorced when she was seven, and she and her younger brother, then four, were raised by their single mother after their father returned to England. She grew up in Perth and attended St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls.
When she joined the cast of Neighbours, she and her mother moved to Melbourne, while her brother and stepfather remained in Perth.
She has stated that when she first moved to Los Angeles, she struggled financially and was "broke as a joke."
Career
In August 2006, Kane was picked to join the cast of Neighbours as Lolly Allen after she entered a competition run by Dolly magazine. She was given a three-month contract with the show. Her friends convinced her to enter the competition, but she did not think she was actually going to get the role. In December 2006, Kane announced that she would be leaving the show after her contract was not renewed. At the time of the announcement, Kane had not yet appeared as Lolly. In 2008, Kane was nominated for a Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent for her performance as Lolly.
From March to December 2009, Kane portrayed Tenaya 7 on Power Rangers RPM, part of the long-running Power Rangers franchise.
In April 2010, at the age of 19, Kane starred in the television film Secrets of the Mountain on NBC.
In 2012, Kane portrayed Aubrey in the film Goats. On 28 November 2012 it was announced that Kane had joined the cast of Teen Wolf as Cora Hale.
In February 2013, Kane was cast as Mary, Queen of Scots in the CW period drama series Reign. The same year, she appeared in the successful thriller film The Purge.
In 2014, Kane appeared in the horror film The Devil's Hand as Ruth. She originally auditioned for Alycia Debnam-Carey's role, but producers thought she was not right for the part, so they offered her Ruth, who got more along with her personality. Kane starred in Scott Speer's short thriller film Realm in 2015.
In June 2016, Kane joined the cast of Dragons: Race to the Edge as the voice of Mala, Queen of the Defenders of the Wing.
In July 2017, Kane joined the hit ABC series Once Upon A Time in a recurring role for its reboot season seven. Kane was one of five actresses to join the series for its new season in starring and recurring roles, following the exits of six key cast members at the end of season six. She played one of the antagonists, Drizella, one of Cinderella's wicked stepsisters. Kane's final episode in Once Upon a Time was "Sisterhood".
Personal life
Kane was in a relationship with her Reign co-star Sean Teale from 2014 to 2016. She began dating fashion executive Joey Pauline in 2017 but ended after just a year in 2018. In July 2019, Kane started a relationship with her Into the Dark co-star Jacques Colimon. The couple split sometime in 2020. In February 2021, Kane revealed she is bisexual. In April 2021, Kane started dating Dutch model Marthe Woertman. They reportedly split a year later as Kane brought her new girlfriend to the 95th Academy Awards afterparty.
Kane has generalised anxiety disorder, and has spoken up multiple times about the importance to break the stigma surrounding mental illness. Kane also revealed that she has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
