Biography
Phoebe Jane Elizabeth Tonkin is an Australian actress. Born in Sydney in 1989, she trained at the Australian Theatre for Young People from the age of twelve and graduated from Queenwood School for Girls.
Tonkin began her career with the lead role of Cleo Sertori in the Australian series H2O: Just Add Water (2006–2010). She made her film debut as Fiona Maxwell in Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010). After relocating to the United States, she appeared as Faye Chamberlain in The Secret Circle (2011–2012) and as Hayley Marshall in The Vampire Diaries (2012–2013) and The Originals (2013–2018).
Her later credits include Jane Thornton in Babylon (2022) and Frances Bell in the Netflix series Boy Swallows Universe (2024), for which she received the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
