From The Sleepover Club to directing porn: Caitlin Stasey has had a wild career.

Caitlin Stasey is back in the news for her leading role in the Amazon Prime comedy Class of '07 but the Australian actress has had a long and really, really interesting career trajectory that's worth revisiting. 

If you're not familiar with the name Caitlin Stasey, you'll definitely remember her face.

The Melbourne-born actress first appeared on our television screens playing Francesca 'Frankie' Thomas in the teenage television series, The Sleepover Club. 

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After the success of the show, Stasey played Rachel Kinski on Neighbours and later landed the lead role of Ellie Linton in the film adaptation of John Marsden's bestseller Tomorrow When the War Began.

From 2013 to 2016, she had a recurring role as Clare in Josh Thomas' Please Like Me, followed by various recurring roles in American television series'.

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Outside of her acting roles, Stasey has always been passionate about supporting women’s sexuality and body positivity.

In January 2015, the actress posed completely nude for her new website, Herself.com, a site that examines the female experience and celebrates women of all shapes, backgrounds and gender identities.

In 2020, she uploaded a photo of her backside to Instagram, where someone had drawn a love heart on both her bottom and breasts.

And then, a couple of years ago, Stasey announced she had started directing porn.

In January 2021, she uploaded a video to Instagram, promoting a film titled, U Up. It was her directorial debut.

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The 30-year-old who's living in Los Angeles, sat down with WWD to explain how she had started directing adult films for the female-led website, Afterglow, whose aim is to empower women.

"It’s a queer-run and operated company. It’s a very cool group of women making some very good stuff," she told the publication.

While Stasey had planned on directing some pornographic films in LA, the COVID-19 pandemic made it difficult to do so.

"We were all set to make several films in February, but things have gotten really, really dicey out [in LA]," she explained.

"Making a regular film during COVID-19 is tough – making a pornographic film during COVID-19? Virtually impossible."

But while she was adding this new career venture to her resume, Stasey continued to act. 

In 2021, she landed one of the lead roles in Edward Burn's TV series Bridge and Tunnels. And then in 2022 she appeared in the hit horror movie, Smile, which collected over $US200 million at the box office. In fact, that's Stasey's face doing the titular smiling on the cover. 

Now, she's taken on the role of Saskia in the eight-part survival comedy series, Class of '07. Besides Stasey, the Amazon Prime show has brought together a strong cast of Australian talent including Emily Browning, Megan Smart, Steph Tisdell, and Claire Lovering. 

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