Q&a / Alycia Debnam-Carey, Dior’s first Australian ambassador, on Sofia Coppola, Sigourney Weaver and Cate Blanchett, and coming Netflix releases It’s What’s Inside and Apple Cider Vinegar

May 11, 2024

Alycia Debnam-Carey, Dior’s first Australian ambassador, talks about stanning Sofia Coppola, Sigourney Weaver and Cate Blanchett, and her roles in Fear the Walking Dead and Amazon Prime’s The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (pictured). Photo: Handout

Alycia Debnam-Carey is best known for her roles in Amazon Prime hits Fear the Walking Dead and The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart – but 2 new Netflix projects look set to change that fast

Style caught up with the Australian actress at Dior’s pre-autumn 2024 show in New York, which fittingly paid homage to legendary silver-screen goddess Marlene Dietrich

Alycia Debnam-Carey may not be a household name yet but if you watched her in series such as Hulu’s Saint X and Amazon Prime’s The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, you know the 30-year-old actress is one to watch.

Born in Australia and now based in Los Angeles, Debnam-Carey has been acting from a very early age and had her big break almost a decade ago in hit drama series Fear the Walking Dead.

A still of Alycia Debnam-Carey in Fear the Walking Dead. Photo: AMC Studios

She is also Dior’s first Australian ambassador, a recent development that has turned her into a red carpet darling.

We caught up with Debnam-Carey at the Dior pre-autumn 2024 show in New York, held at the Brooklyn Museum, which paid moving homage to legendary silver-screen goddess Marlene Dietrich.

How does it feel to be the first Dior ambassador from Australia?

It’s very special and exciting. It’s such an incredible fashion house and a family that I’m very excited to be part of.

Alycia Debnam-Carey before the Dior pre-autumn 2024 show in New York in April. Photo: Handout

Is there anything you discovered about the brand that really struck you?

I learned so much about the history and about Christian Dior himself. When I was in Paris I did this huge tour and went to [the brand’s birthplace] 30 Avenue Montaigne and the museum, La Galerie Dior, which was incredible and every single aspect of the house is so rich in history. Now I have so much more appreciation for it.

Were you always into fashion as a young girl growing up?