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"    Photo: Getty Images   ELLE&amp;#039;s Women In Television invitee and Aussie-born actress Adelaide Clemens continues her streak as a Hollywood ing\u00E9nue. This time, as the bible-believing, stepsister-in-law (and possible love interest) to Daniel Holden in Rectify\u2014the first scripted drama from the Sundance Channel. The series follows Holden who\u2014after serving two decades of a death row sentence for rape and murder\u2014finds himself released due to advanced DNA technology. Yet, his complete exoneration hangs in the throws of a flawed justice system as well as his small town&amp;#039;s unflinching prejudice. Yet, Clemens&amp;#039;s character, Tawney Talbot, sees Holden differently. &amp;quot;If you were entrenched in religion day in and day out [like Tawney], you&amp;#039;d draw parallels between Daniel and Jesus&amp;#039;s rising,&amp;quot; said Clemens.   &amp;quot;Daniel is given a new life. Even though Tawney probably hasn&amp;#039;t gone farther than Louisiana, she still has the guts to walk up to [Daniel], and ask him these bold questions about life on death row.&amp;quot; Clemens\u2014whose looks have been compared to Michelle Williams\u2014is popping up more places than the small screen. In addition to Rectify \u2013which airs today on the Sundance Channel\u2014she also scores screen time as Catherine in Baz Luhrmann&amp;#039;s hotly anticipated The Great Gatsby and as Mia (opposite Keanu Reeves) in Generation Um.... We sat down with the star to chat due process, Hollywood living, and how she feels about having a famous doppelg\u00E4nger. You joined Zosia Mamet and Georgia King for ELLE&amp;#039;s Women In Television photo shoot. How does posing for the camera compare to acting?  I find them to be very different. In a photo shoot, you have to be very comfortable in your own skin. It&amp;#039;s all about confidence boosting and putting on armor. I&amp;#039;m so used to being someone else in front of the [film] camera or being on stage and having my character as this barrier. So, with a photo shoot, you are putting on armor; whereas with a film, you are making yourself vulnerable.  You have three high-profile projects hitting screens everywhere. What made you say yes to each?  [For Rectify,] it wasn&amp;#039;t a matter of saying yes or no. It was, &amp;quot;Please, please cast me.&amp;quot; It was the script and the show&amp;#039;s creator Ray McKinnon. [For Generation Um...], it was the character Mia. She was just a complete enigma to me. When I first signed on, to be honest, I didn&amp;#039;t completely understand her. So, trying to get into her head space [was appealing]. [And for The Great Gatsby,], that was just my dream. It is honestly the dream project. My all time favorite film has always been [Luhrmann&amp;#039;s] Romeo + Juliet. It is the perfect film, because it has Leonardo DiCaprio, Baz Luhrmann, and Shakespeare all in one package. I&amp;#039;ve watched it over 34 times. Every Christmas.  In Rectify, Daniel returns home to a world he does not recognize. Similarly, you spent much of your childhood in new places\u2014China, France, and Australia. How did you cope with that?  I remember vividly one distinct memory of arriving in Hong Kong and being the only blonde haired girl in this sea of international students, and thinking, &amp;quot;Oh, my God. There&amp;#039;s no hiding here.&amp;quot; [But,] I thrive in adversity. I know that&amp;#039;s a really bold thing to say about yourself, so please don&amp;#039;t make that your headline. I really like being thrown into the works. Many actors, I have found, have this as a common trait. We had to, as children, adapt to various situations with either a military family or things like that. [Growing up,] I was always excited to [move and] meet new people; but I always knew there was a bit of a time limit. So, there was no mourning what you&amp;#039;ve left behind, it was more embracing what you have in front of you.  Have you\u2014or has your character\u2014determined Daniel&amp;#039;s innocence or guilt?  None of us\u2014as actors or characters\u2014have been told whether or not Daniel did [the crime]. I think that&amp;#039;s really clever. At first, it was so strange for shooting purposes, but I&amp;#039;m really glad they did that. We live the psychology that those characters live, which is a mixture of frustration and ease in the unknown. You kind of don&amp;#039;t want to know, because then you&amp;#039;d have to rule someone out of your life, or you&amp;#039;d have issue with your justice system.  Have you had any Hollywood-ish moment since moving to L.A.?  I live a very weird life here. People find it very strange. I&amp;#039;m [actually] running a half marathon on Sunday. So, I&amp;#039;ve literally been running all over L.A. lately and getting stuck in far-fetched places. And then, calling my friends and saying, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ll take you out to lunch, if you pick me up.&amp;quot; Overall, I have a very ground-level view of it. It&amp;#039;s not all the glitz and glamour that people think.  Have you met your doppelg\u00E4nger Michelle Williams?  No, not yet.  How often do you hear that?  I hear that quite a bit. I love it. I do love it. It&amp;#039;s a huge compliment. I think she&amp;#039;s incredibly beautiful. Not only that, but to be in the company of an actress\u2014whose career I highly admire\u2014there&amp;#039;s no loss there. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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