"Outer Banks" Season 2 introduces viewers to Cleo (Carlacia Grant), a resourceful person from the streets of Nassau. Her various hustles and coincidental meetings with the Pogues turn her into a surprisingly staunch ally for the team, and she's eventually fully indicted in their inner circle. According to Elle, this character arc very much reflects Grant's path behind the scenes, as she joined the cast as a relative outsider, and ended up being welcomed in the close-knit group of the show's young actors with open arms.
Cleo's fairly sporadic role in the show means that while she might be Team Pogue, a comparative lack of backstory still makes her something of a wild card. If you ask Grant, though, Cleo does very much have a history — and an extremely elaborate personality, as well. Though you haven't seen much of it onscreen yet, Grant has crafted a complex personal history for Cleo, which involves childhood discussions with the character's grandmother, playlists on the kind of music Cleo would enjoy, and even reading up on Egyptian history — after all, the character's full name is Cleopatra. All of this work has certainly paid off, since Cleo is a fully realized character who clearly has plenty of nuance. "She's smarter, faster, better than everyone else, but she's smart enough to not show it," the actress said.
