List of Famous people born in Adelaide, Australia
Sia
Sia Kate Isobelle Furler is an Australian singer and songwriter. She started her career as a singer in the acid jazz band Crisp in the mid-1990s in Adelaide. In 1997, when Crisp disbanded, she released her debut studio album, titled OnlySee, in Australia. She moved to London and provided vocals for the British duo Zero 7. Sia released her second studio album, Healing Is Difficult, in 2001, and her third, Colour the Small One, in 2004.
Samara Weaving
Samara Weaving is an Australian actress and model. Weaving began her career in her home country, landing her first role on the series Out of the Blue (2008). She came to prominence with her portrayal of Indi Walker on the soap opera Home and Away (2009–2013), for which she received an Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) nomination for Best Female Performance in 2011.
Teresa Palmer
Teresa Mary Palmer is an Australian actress, writer, model and film producer. She began her career with roles in such films as Bedtime Stories (2008), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010), and Take Me Home Tonight (2011). She received further recognition for starring in the films Warm Bodies (2013), Lights Out (2016), Hacksaw Ridge (2016), and Berlin Syndrome (2017). She also starred in, co-wrote, and co-produced the drama film The Ever After (2014), with her husband Mark Webber.
Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt is an Australian semi-retired professional tennis player and former world No. 1. He is the most recent Australian to win a men's singles Grand Slam title.
Adam Scott
Adam Derek Scott is an Australian professional golfer who plays mainly on the PGA Tour. He was the World No. 1 ranked golfer, from mid-May to August 2014. He has won 31 professional tournaments around the world, on many of golf's major tours.
Kate Fischer
Katherine Helen Fischer, now known as Tziporah Atarah Malkah, is an Australian-American former model and actress.
Rhea Ripley
Demi Bennett is an Australian professional wrestler, currently signed with WWE where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Rhea Ripley. She is the inaugural NXT UK Women's Champion and a former NXT Women's Champion. She is also the only person to have won both titles, and the first female Australian champion in WWE history.
Joe Ingles
Joseph Howarth Ingles is an Australian professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the Australian national team. He primarily plays at the small forward and shooting guard positions. He is the Utah Jazz all-time leader in 3 pointers made.
Athanasios Kokkinakis
Athanasios "Thanasi" Kokkinakis is an Australian professional tennis player. In the second round of the 2018 Miami Open, Kokkinakis defeated then World Number 1 Roger Federer.
Damon Herriman
Damon Herriman is an Australian actor known for his film and television work in Australia and the United States. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Dewey Crowe in Justified. He portrays the cult leader and criminal Charles Manson in the Netflix series Mindhunter and in the Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.