During season 4 of The Walking Dead, Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) encountered a woman in the woods outside of the prison who made viewers take notice as it appeared walkers could talk. In “30 Days Without an Accident,” while checking the perimeter of the prison finds what he thinks is a walker eating a boar. Suddenly, the creature calls out to Rick.
Kerry Condon is the actress who portrayed Clara, the woman that looked like a walker, who was in the woods searching for food to take back to her camp. She begged Rick for help as she and her husband hadn’t eaten in days and wondered if they could join his camp. He gives her the little food he carried with him and tells her he has to ask her three questions and checks to see if she is armed.
As she leads Rick to their camp, Clara tells him that she and her husband were destined for their honeymoon when the outbreak occurred. Something appears off with this woman and Rick is watching their surroundings closely. As they arrive at the camp, she says, “Rick is going to help us,” an when Rick looks away, she lunges at him with a knife.
This is when it is revealed that her husband had become infected, and she kept his decapitated head because she couldn’t bear to be parted from him. She stabs herself in the abdomen and begs Rick to allow her to turn. Before she dies, she asks what Rick’s questions were, he asks them, discovering the only person she killed was herself. He asks the final question, “Why?” to which she replies, “You don’t get to come back from things.”
Clara’s reanimted form appeares in three episodes during the fourth season of the series.
Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and Clara (Kerry Condon) – The Walking Dead _ Season 4, Episode 1 – Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC /
In 2023, Condon was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Supporting Actress category for her portrayal of Colin Farrell’s long-suffering sister in The Banshees of Inisherin. Jamie Lee Curtis won the award for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once. The other nominees included Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once; and Hong Chau, The Whale.
Condon has recently made headlines with a new role in the horror movie Night Swim. The movie also stars Fear the Walking Dead actor Gavin Warren, who portrayed Finch, the son of Dwight (Austin Amelio) and Sherry (Christine Evangelista). Wyatt Russell, who also stars, is also a member of TWD Family with his role in The Walking Dead Webisodes: The Oath.
Night Swim is scheduled to release on January 5, 2023. The movie follows the Waller family, who move into a new house. One of the features of the home is a pool, which the entire family can enjoy. They soon discover that a dangerous supernatural entity inhabits the pool.
