Chiara Aurelia de Braconier d'Alphena (born September 13, 2002[1]) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the films Gerald's Game (2017) and Back Roads (2018). She starred as Jeanette Turner in the Freeform teen drama Cruel Summer (2021).
Early life
Aurelia was born in Taos, New Mexico[2] to Frederic de Braconier d'Alphen and Claudia Kleefeld. De Braconier d'Alphen, who died when Aurelia was three, was from Leuven, Belgium, the great nephew of Édouard Empain and a descendant of Peter Paul Rubens. Kleefeld is the daughter of singer and actor Tony Travis and author and poet Carolyn Mary Kleefeld, and the granddaughter of builder Mark Taper.[3][4] Aurelia has one sibling, sister Giverny.[5]
Aurelia grew up in Albuquerque. She began acting in school productions and local drama classes when she was five. From the age of 11, she split her time between Albuquerque and Los Angeles pursuing her career.[2][6] She studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute.[7]
Career
Aurelia began her career as a child actress with small film and television roles as well as appearances in short films such as Dead Celebrity (2014).[8] She played a younger version of Carla Gugino's character in the 2017 film adaptation of Stephen King's Gerald's Game,[9] and portrayed Misty Altmyer in Alex Pettyfer's 2018 directorial debut Back Roads,[10] both earned her Young Entertainer Awards.
^Aurelia, Chiara (November 2, 2021). "Chiara Aurelia is the next obsession". abookof.us (Interview). Interviewed by Takashi, Dino. New York. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
