Rainbow Wedell (born 10 April 2001) is an Vanuatu born Australian actress. She is best known for her main roles as Ruksy Tevala in the low fantasy series The Bureau of Magical Things (2018–2021) and as Claire Zomer in the Paramount+ supernatural teen drama School Spirits (2023–present).
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Early life
Wedell is of ni-Vanuatu and Finnish heritage. She was raised in Queensland, Australia, and has described having a nomadic childhood that involved living in multiple countries. She began modeling at an early age and was discovered for her first acting role at about the age of 10 during a modeling class, Wedell describes this as the first time she realized she wanted to be an actress. She was home schooled and began university studies at 16 years old, pursuing health sciences, biomedicine, for a couple of years without completing a degree.
Career
She made her television debut on the sci-fi series Terra Nova as a background villager, she was about 10 years old.
