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Shareena Clanton is a proud Wongatha/Yamatji and Noongar/Gitja woman from Wadjak Noongar Boodja (Perth). Her father is Etowah Cherokee, Blackfoot and African-American from Alabama. Her grandmother's father left the Cherokee reservation when he was younger and her grandfather's mother (who is Blackfoot) used to have to walk five paces behind her husband in public due to her darker skin. Her last name Clanton is of French origins due to her great-grandfather's paternal heritage and slavery from the French. Her mother's last name "Yarran" is a traditional name from Balladong country in Western Australia.

Shareena is a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

Nominated for a 2013 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award in the Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama category for her role as Lilly in Redfern Now (2012).