Chelsea Clark (actress)
Chelsea Clark is a Canadian actress. She is known for playing both Esme Song in Degrassi: Next Class and Norah in Netflix's Ginny & Georgia.
Personal life
Clark attended the University of Toronto. She has competed at the international level in dragon boat racing. Her mother is Filipino and her father is White.Career
Clark first appeared in the television series Rookie Blue and Life with Boys. She landed a starring role as Esme Song for four seasons of the long-running Canadian television series Degrassi: Next Class; Clark worked on the series from 2016 to 2017. During that time, Clark was nominated for Best Series Regular or Leading Actress in a TV Series 16 Years & Over at the 2017 Joey Awards for her role in Degrassi: Next Class. Clark also won Best actress in a short film at the 2017 Joey Awards for her performance in Blue Heart Emoji.In 2019, Clark was part of the ensemble for Winnifred Jong's comedy web series Tokens, which was nominated for best ensemble at the ACTRA Awards in 2020.
Beginning in 2021, Clark played Norah, a member of the MANG group, in the Netflix television series Ginny & Georgia. After the second season's release, Ginny & Georgia became the most-watched title from January to June 2023 on Netflix, with a combined 967.2M hours viewed between seasons one and two. In May 2023, Ginny & Georgia was renewed for a third and fourth season. The third season was released on June 5, 2025.
Around this time, Clark began to dabble in projects linked to the horror genre. Clark played a lead role in Lenin M. Sivam's thriller film The Protector, which premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival on July 28, 2022. Clark also starred in five episodes of the 2022 web series Ezra; she was also credited as a producer, writer, and director. In 2024, Clark starred in two horror films which screened at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival in Toronto: Pins & Needles and Scared Shitless. At that year's festival, Clark won the Vanguard Award.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2017 | Joey Awards | Best actress in a short film | Blue Heart Emoji | Won | |
| 2017 | Joey Awards | Best Series Regular or Leading Actress in a TV Series 16 Years & Over | Degrassi: Next Class | Nomitated | |
| 2019 | ACTRA Awards | Best Ensemble | Tokens | Nomitated | |
| 2024 | Blood in the Snow Film Festival ("Bloodies") | Vanguard Award | Pins & Needles, Scared Shitless | Won |