Cleopatra Coleman

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 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 professional film and television 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. In 2020, Cleopatra played Trina in the quirky independent comedy "The Argument", directed by Robert Schwartzman. 
In 2021 she played the bubbly and charismatic Sarah, the female lead of The Right One, a romantic comedy that was written and directed by Ken Mok and released through Lionsgate.