Coleman started her professional film and television career in her home country of Australia as a teenager In 2005, when she was cast in a main role in the sci-fi teenage drama
Silversun for
ABC and
Seven Network. Coleman went on to appear in other Australian television programs, including
The Elephant Princess,
Blue Heelers, ''
Holly's Heroes, Wicked Science, City Homicide and Rush''. In 2008, Coleman appeared in a stage production of
Simon Stephens'
Motortown with Melbourne's
Red Stitch Actors Theatre, receiving positive reviews. In 2011, a first project for Coleman/Coleman productions, alongside her father, Mick Coleman, co-wrote, executive-produced, and starred in the short film
Trains. In 2014, Coleman was cast as a series regular in the
Fox ensemble comedy series
The Last Man on Earth. In 2016, Coleman guest-starred in the series
Better Things. A year later, she wrote, produced, and starred in the environmental
Syfy thriller
Hover. She starred as Sadie Lewis in the 2017
Showtime comedy
White Famous. In 2019, she guest-starred in Gregg Araki's
Now Apocalypse, and the series
Sorry for Your Loss. She appeared as Rya in the
Jim Mickle directed
Netflix film
In the Shadow of the Moon (2019). In 2020, Coleman played Trina in the Robert Schwartzman directed quirky independent comedy
The Argument. In 2021, Coleman played Sarah, the female lead of
The Right One, a romantic comedy released through
Lionsgate, and starred in the music video for "Ceremony" by
Deftones, directed by
Leigh Whannel. Also in 2021, she played Grace Pell and worked alongside
Michael Keaton and
Kaitlyn Dever in the miniseries drama
Dopesick. In 2023, she starred in a film directed by Samuel Bodin and co-starring
Lizzy Caplan and
Antony Starr, playing Miss Devine in
Cobweb (2023). She then starred alongside
Alexander Skarsgard and
Mia Goth in
Brandon Cronenberg's film
Infinity Pool (2023). She also starred as Devra Bloodaxe in
Zack Snyder's
Netflix original sci-fi fantasy epic
Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (2023), and
Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver (2024). ==Personal life==