Chelsea Clark

Chelsea Clark (born May 5, 1998) 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 (2010) and Life with Boys (2011). 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. which was nominated for best ensemble at the ACTRA Awards in 2020.

Beginning in 2021, Clark played Norah, a member of the MANG group (Max, Abby, Norah, Ginny), 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.

Filmography Film Film Year Title Role Notes 2010 The Overture Geraldine Short film 2017 Blue Heart Emoji Her Short film 2018 Greta Follows Rivers Sasha Short film 2019 Resolve Allie Short film 2022 The Protector Evelyn Film 2024 Scared Shitless Patricia Film Pins & Needles Max Post-production

Television Television Year Title Role Notes 2010 Rookie Blue Dhara Singh Season 1, episode 7: "Hot and Bothered" 2011 Life with Boys Stacey 3 episodes 2015 The Stanley Dynamic Chelsea 5 episodes 2016 Degrassi: Next Class Webisodes Esme Song Main role 2016–2017 Degrassi: Next Class Esme Song Main role; 28 episodes 2018 Good Witch Katie Season 4, episode 6: "Match Game" 2019 Tokens Roxy 4 episodes 2020 Let's Go Luna! uestEverq moneKati / Patra Voice Season 2, episode 12: "The Mystery of the Mask/Movie Monday" 2021 Kung Fu Chloe Soong 3 episodes 2021–present Ginny & Georgia Norah 30 episodes 2022 Hudson & Rex Imari Johnson Season 4, episode 9: "Impawster Syndrome" Ezra Kylo Konstine 5 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2017 Joey Awards Best actress in a short film Blue Heart Emoji 2017 Joey Awards Best Series Regular or Leading Actress in a TV Series 16 Years & Over Degrassi: Next Class 2019 ACTRA Awards Best Ensemble (shared) Tokens 2024Blood in the Snow Film Festival ("Bloodies")Vanguard AwardPins & Needles, Scared Shitless