Education
McClelland was educated at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts in Sydney. McClelland attended the University of Technology, Sydney, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication in Media Arts and Production.
McClelland was educated at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts in Sydney. McClelland attended the University of Technology, Sydney, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication in Media Arts and Production.
From the age of sixteen she trained and performed with the Australian Theatre for Young People in Sydney and, in 2001, she received a scholarship that enabled her to study abroad with the Atlantic Theater Company in New New York McClelland received an Australian Film Institute Award nomination for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in Television in 2005 for her role in the Network Ten telemovie Small Claims. McClelland is known for her roles in the feature films A Manitoba"s Gotta Do, The Bet, Deck Dogz and the Australian television series Rake, Home and Away, Dance Academy and Canal Road among other roles.
Alyssa has performed lead roles in productions with the Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company, including the play The Shape of Things in 2002/2003, as well as the Belvoir Street Theatre in Sydney.
She was chosen to be the face of the January Logan jewellery campaign in 2005, following in the footsteps of other January Logan ambassadors Rose Byrne, Rachael Taylor, and Teresa Palmer. McClelland has directed many short films, music videos and commercials.
She directed and produced the short film Nic and Shauna which became a finalist in Tropfest 2010, the largest short film festival in the world. In 2012 she was awarded the Woman of Style Award by the magazine InStyle for her work across film.