[1] Clive was born to an English father and a Mexican-American mother[2] and grew up in a village in Oxfordshire.

She attended the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York City, graduating in 2014.

[3] That December, at age 23, Clive was diagnosed with a macroadenomas brain tumour.

"[5] In 2019, she secured a main role as 24-year-old Marnie MacCauley,[3] who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder and is plagued by disturbing sexual thoughts,[6] in the Channel 4 British television series Pure.

[6] In 2021, she starred in the premise pilot for an eponymous television sitcom adaptation of Britney aired on BBC Three in November that year,[7] although it was not picked up to series.