Archive · 18 Jun 2025
Netflix Adapts 'My Brilliant Career' as New Series
Netflix is making a TV show based on the book 'My Brilliant Career'!
It's about a girl named Sybylla in the 1890s in Australia who dreams of being a writer.
The show will star Philippa Northeast as Sybylla, along with other actors.
It's being filmed in South Australia by a company called Jungle Entertainment.
The show is about bringing this Australian story to a new audience.
The people making the show are excited to share this classic story.
Netflix will adapt Miles Franklin's 'My Brilliant Career' into a series.
The series will follow Sybylla Melvyn, an ambitious girl in 1890s Australia.
Philippa Northeast will star as Sybylla, with Christopher Chung, Anna Chancellor, and Genevieve O'Reilly also in the cast.
The series will be produced by Jungle Entertainment in Adelaide, South Australia.
Chloe Rickard, Liz Doran, and Alyssa McClelland are executive producers.
- Who
- Philippa Northeast will play Sybylla Melvyn; Chloe Rickard, Liz Doran and Alyssa McClelland are executive producers.
- What
- Netflix is adapting the Australian novel 'My Brilliant Career' into a series.
- When
- Production will take place in South Australia.
- Where
- Adelaide Studios and various locations across South Australia.
- Why
- To bring a classic Australian story to a new audience.
- Show Title
- My Brilliant Career
- Based on
- Novel by Miles Franklin
- Starring
- Philippa Northeast, Christopher Chung, Anna Chancellor, Genevieve O’Reilly
- Production Company
- Jungle Entertainment
- Filming Location
- Adelaide, South Australia