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Liv Hewson is an Australian actor and playwright. Hewson was born in Canberra and grew up in the suburb of Hughes. They attended Alfred Deakin High School and Canberra College. They began acting as part of the Canberra Youth Theatre. Hewson's mother, Angela, is a public servant and their father, Tony, is a psychologist. Hewson has three brothers. Growing up, their family watched a lot of American television shows, such as The Simpsons and Futurama, which Liv said made it easy to act with a US accent.

Mia is an Australian actress, born and raised in the country's capital, Canberra. She is the daughter of photographers Marzena Wasikowska and John Reid. Her mother is Polish and her father is an Australian of British ancestry. She has an older sister, Jess, and a younger brother, Kai. At age eight, her family moved to Poland for a year.

At age nine, Mia took ballet classes with dreams of becoming a professional ballerina. However, an injury prevented this from happening and she quit at age fourteen. Mia turned to acting, having been excited by European and Australian cinema. She was attending Canberra High School, but left to pursue her career as an actor.

She had just turned 15 when she landed the role of Lilya in Suburban Mayhem (2006). Her breakthrough role came when she was cast as Alice in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010).

The Australian actor Alex O'Loughlin was born in August 1976.

Alex started out his film career in 2004, when he starred in Oyster Farmer (2004) as Jack Flange. The following year, he returned to the big screen as Michael Carter in Feed (2005), a movie that he also co-produced and helped write. Also released that year was a movie titled Man-Thing (2005), in which Alex played Deputy Eric Fraser.

However, his most recent role in a feature film was that of "Marcus Bohem" in The Invisible (2007). Alex acted in the Australian miniseries Mary Bryant (2005) as the title role's husband. He made his way to American serialized television in The Shield (2002) as Detective Kevin Hiatt, the newest member of the strike team. Alex can be seen as Marshall in the movie August Rush (2007), and also in Whiteout (2009). In 2005, he was nominated for the Australian Film Institute's Best Lead Actor in Television for his role in Mary Bryant (2005). In 2006, he was nominated for the Logie Awards' Silver Logie in the same category and role.

Patrick Brammall, born March 30, 1976, is an Australian actor and writer. He is best known for his roles as Sean Moody in the ABC comedy A Moody Christmas (2012), as Leo Taylor in Series 5 of Channel Ten's Offspring (2014-2016), as Sergeant James Hayes in the ABC series Glitch (2015-2019), and as Andy Bouchard in Evil (2019-2022).

An icon of the Australian screen, Sigrid Thornton has starred in many of the films now regarded as classics of the Australian cinema. They include George Miller's box office hit The Man From Snowy River (Fox Classics), The Lighthorsemen (RKO), directed by Simon Wincer, Slate Wyn And Me (Hemdale) and The Man From Snowy River II (Disney - Touchstone). Her stellar television career highlights include the Australian landmark series Seachange for ABC TV, The Boy In The Bush for UK's Channel 4 opposite Kenneth Brannagh and BBC - ABC Co Pro The Far Country opposite Michael York. Sigrid's miniseries 1915 for BBC - ABC was followed by HBO's highly acclaimed All The Rivers Run and Paradise (Guns Of Paradise) for CBS in the US. Ratings winner Little Oberon and Nine's smash hit Underbelly - The Golden Mile continue to consolidate her unique position in the Australian film and television landscape.

All The Rivers Run proved a hugely popular mini-series throughout the USA, China, Eastern and Western Europe (Sigrid was awarded top foreign personality in Sweden). Veteran producer of Dallas and Knots Landing David Jacobs created the female lead Amelia Lawson in his CBS series Paradise (Guns Of Paradise) specifically for Sigrid. She was the first Australian actress in a starring role in a US network series. The show ran for several seasons and Sigrid was awarded the highly prestigious Cowboy Hall of Fame award for best T.V. contribution to Western Heritage.

Sigrid has received multiple awards, award nominations, honors and medals for her work in front of and behind the cameras as well as onstage. Sigrid's stage awards include Best Actress for the sell out Australian tour of The Blue Room. Sigrid toured nationally co-starring with Oscar winner Brenda Blethyn in Alan Bennett's Talking Heads. Her most recent stage performance as Desiree in Sondheim's A Little Night Music with co star Anthony Warlow at the Sydney Opera House garnered rave reviews.

The comedy drama Seachange, with Sigrid in the central role as Laura, became an Australian sociological phenomenon and an unprecedented ratings success for the National broadcaster. The term 'SeaChange' became part of the cultural vernacular and the show's content and characters were dissected around the water cooler and in the national press. Sigrid received numerous awards and nominations for her performance. Sigrid received widespread praise for her work in Nine's smash hit drama Underbelly - The Golden Mile playing 'hardball' federal investigator, Gerry Lloyd. Australian audiences also recently discovered Sigrid's pioneering roots in the highly regarded biographical series, Who Do You Think You Are?

From the outset of her career as a child actor, Sigrid has been warmly embraced by audiences and critics. They have supported her forays into an unusually diverse range of formats and genres, with the national press coining the phrase 'The Sigrid Factor'.

Sigrid has acted as MC for Australian appearances by international luminaries including Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama and was MC for the Centenary of Federation joint sittings of the Australian Parliament. In 2003 Sigrid was honored as one of the top 100 Australian Entertainers of the century by the Variety Club and she is depicted in an honorary mural in central Melbourne's 'Walk of the Stars'.

Sigrid has also worked extensively behind the cameras on behalf of the film and television industry, the arts and various charities. She has served several terms as a director of both the Australian Film Institute and Film Victoria and was patron of Women in Film and Television. Sigrid was appointed to the Federal Government's Commercial Television Production Fund in 1995. In 1999 she was invited by the Premier of Victoria to chair the Victorian Film & Television Taskforce, whose recommendations revitalized the Victorian film and television industry. Sigrid continues her extensive work with charities including World Vision, Reach Foundation and Vision Australia's Braille reading program for children. She serves as a director of Malthouse Theatre.

Most recently Sigrid has completed a US publicity tour of Michael Rymer's feature Face to Face that won numerous awards. She is in post production on independent US feature Heads We Do, which has an anticipated release in 2013.

Lara Cox was born on 6 March 1978 in Canberra, Australia. She is an actress, known for Kangaroo Jack (2003), The Makeover (2009) and Heartbreak High (1994). She is married to Jeff Springer. They have two children.

Matthew Le Nevez was born on 10 January 1979 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. He is an actor, known for Man-Thing (2005), Offspring (2010) and Howzat! Kerry Packer's War (2012).

One of Australia's leading actors, Lincoln Younes stars in the celebrated Paramount+ drama LAST KING OF THE CROSS as the central character "John Ibrahim" opposite Academy Award nominated actor Tim Roth. He recently completed filming on the much anticipated second season which is currently on air.

He followed this with the Stan Original dark-comedy C*A*U*G*H*T appearing alongside Academy Award winning actor Sean Penn. Lincoln made a special guest appearance on the period comedy GOLD DIGGERS for ABC/CBS and the hugely popular Binge Original Series STRIFE opposite Asher Keddie. In 2019 Lincoln starred as "Danny" in GRAND HOTEL for ABC US, executive produced by Eva Longoria, before being cast in the coveted role of "Benjamin" in the television adaptation of THE LOST BOYS for THE CW which ceased production due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

First appearing on Australian television screens in the role of "Romeo Kovac" in the celebrated Foxtel series TANGLE opposite Ben Mendelsohn - Lincoln received the 2013 ASTRA Award for Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor. His other television credits include "Ollie" in AFTER THE VERDICT for Channel Nine, as well as roles in the special event SBS drama DEAD LUCKY, Channel Nine's LOVE CHILD and DOCTOR DOCTOR, ABC TV's BARONS and HIDING. Channel Seven's CITY HOMICIDE and his portrayal of 'River Boy' Casey Braxton in Seven's HOME AND AWAY which garnered national and international acclaim. Heralded for his starring role as Hassim in Abe Forsythe's feature film DOWN UNDER, Lincoln has also appeared in THE WEDDING PARTY and in Forsythe's latest feature LITTLE MONSTERS.

In 2023, Lincoln was nominated for the Silver Logie for Most Popular Talent. He was nominated again this year for Best Lead Actor In A Comedy for his performance in C*A*U*G*H*T.

Stef Dawson is an award winning actress, known most notably for playing 'Annie Cresta' in The Hunger Games Series, as well at the lead in numerous independent films including 'The Paper Store' opposite Penn Badgley, for which she won a best actress award at Oxford International Film Festival, as well as the lead in 'Painted Woman', a female driven western now available on STARZ. Growing up in Australia, she fell in love with an obscure sport called 'Vaulting' (gymnastics on horseback) and still loves to ride. As well as acting, Stef studied Opera extensively and can sing in many languages, including Vietnamese and Mandarin.

Stef Dawson has a passion for female driven, diverse and complex stories that shine the light on our humanity to find beauty in the broken bits. Selected as one of 8 women for the Australian International Women in Screen Workshop New York, led by female film and television professionals, she has now transitioned to writer and filmmaker as well as acting, her writing is informed by a career as an actress and a determination to tell vital stories in today's world. She is now a finalist in the ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship with her screenplay 'Two Bridges', which tells the story of an isolated opera student who forms a friendship with an elderly Chinese woman living in 'Two Bridges' New York. Penned before and during the pandemic and the loss of her sister, Stef hopes this film will demystify the 'other' and when the world teaches us to build a wall, build a bridge instead.

Sibylla Budd was born on 19 September 1976 in Canberra, Australia. She is an actress, known for The Bet (2006), The Secret Life of Us (2001) and September (2007). She is married to Peter Carstairs. They have two children.

Tim Burns was born in 1953 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. He is an actor and cinematographer, known for Mad Max (1979), Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) and The Chain Reaction (1980).

Rupert Reid is an Australian actor of stage, film and television, who began his screen career in the Australian drama Heartbreak High (1994) from 1995-1997. Later he went on to appear across television and film, before joining the cast of Blue Heelers (1994) from 1999-2001. He is perhaps best recognized by American audiences for his role in the cult Sci-Fi film sequels The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003) both in 2003 as Commander Lock's Lieutenant.

Sarah Bishop is an Australian comedy actor, writer and director. She is known for voicing the lead role of Sarah on YOLO: Crystal Fantasy on Adult Swim, and for her work as one third of the sketch comedy group Skit Box.

Skit Box have achieved over 140 million hits online for several viral videos including Activewear. They were named among the 10 Australian Female Comedians You Need to Know on MamaMia, received the Genre Excellence Award for their live show at the 2015 Sydney Comedy Fringe Festival, created an Activewear follow up video with British pop star Ellie Goulding, and performed on stage at the Sydney Opera House as part of the 2019 Just for Laughs Festival. And in 2016 they created, wrote, starred in and co-directed a sketch comedy TV series Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am a NBC Universal Seeso Original and a co-production with ABC Australia.

A staple of sketch comedy in Australia, Sarah has written, performed in and/or directed sketches for multiple tv shows including The Moth Effect on Amazon, Kinne Tonight on Ten, Black Comedy on the ABC and The Slot on the Comedy Channel.

Her directing work includes several TVCs through Revolver including Isowhey starring Celeste Barber, and Tourism Australia starring Luke Hemsworth. In 2019 she was a Directors Attachment to Peter Duncan (Rake) on the TV series Operation Buffalo (starring Ewen Leslie, James Cromwell & Jessica De Gouw) with Porchlight Films and a creative team that included Producer Vincent Sheehan, Academy Award-winning Production Designer Colin Gibson and award-winning cinematographer Martin McGrath (Muriels Wedding). In 2020, she co-directed and starred in the web series Ding Dong I'm Gay which was funded through Screen Australia and nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Online Series.

In 2022 she graduated from the Second City Film School, and has continued with regular training as part of the Second City Conservatory in Chicago, and classes at The Annoyance.

She holds dual citizenship in Australia and the UK.

Mick Molloy was born on 11 July 1966 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. He is an actor and writer, known for Crackerjack (2002), Bad Eggs (2003) and The Jesters (2009).

Sarie Kessler was born on 22 June 1957 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. She is an actress, known for I.C.U. (2009). She is married to Doug Robbie. They have four children.

Daniel Graeme Maloney was born to a motor mechanic and legal secretary in Canberra, Australia on the 19th of December, 1981. He graduated with a Bachelor of Dramatic Art from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2003. Known for his roles in Knowing (2009) and The Eternity Man (2008).

Merridy Eastman is an Australian actress and best selling author. Having graduated from NIDA, Merridy has worked extensively in theatre for Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, STC of SA, Belvoir, Malthouse, Shakespeare in the Park, the Ensemble Theatre and many more. On television she has played guest roles on everything from Neighbours (Network 10) to the award winning Rake (ABC TV), and has been a regular cast member on various drama comedy series including Packed to the Rafters and Always Greener, both for Channel 7. Merridy was also a Playschool presenter for 4 years. Merridy's first book, There's A Bear In There (a humorous memoir of her year working as a nervous receptionist in a Sydney brothel) was published in the UK, Germany, NZ and was a national best seller in Australia. Merridy has had two more books published by Allen and Unwin: Ridiculous Expectations & How Now Brown Frau, and has contributed to anthologies for publishers including Penguin and Pan MacMillan. Merridy is currently a regular cast member of the new series Back To The Rafters, filming in Sydney, produced by Amazon and Seven Studios, while writing her fourth book and a play commissioned by ABC Radio.

Woody Eney was born on 8 June 1937 in Canberra, Australia. He was an actor, known for Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993), Firefox (1982) and Jagged Edge (1985). He was married to Bobbie Sharon Loving. He died on 16 January 2017 in Richmond, Virginia, USA.

Bibari Maeda was born on 8 August 1948 in Canberra, Australia. She is an actress, known for The Face of Another (1966), Son of Godzilla (1967) and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000).

Tim Ferguson was born on 16 November 1963 in Canberra, Australia. He is an actor and writer, known for Spin Out (2016), DAAS Kapital (1991) and DAAS: The Edinburgh Years (1991). He is married to Victoria ?. They have three children.

Takaya Honda is an accomplished Australian actor, television presenter, and filmmaker, best known for his roles as Dr. David Tanaka on Neighbours, Josh in A gURLs wURLd, and Klaus Thomson in The Family Law. Born in Canberra and raised in Sydney, Takaya discovered his love for performance early, attending Barker College and later pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Communication (Media Arts and Production) at the University of Technology Sydney. Though initially interested in pursuing baseball at a college level in the United States, Takaya shifted his focus to the arts after discovering his passion for drama.

Takaya's acting journey began on stage, performing in numerous Shakespeare productions with the Sport For Jove Theatre Company, where he played notable roles such as Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Paris in Romeo and Juliet, and Dennis in As You Like It. His work on stage led to representation in the acting industry and paved the way for his television career. Takaya made his on-screen debut in A gURLs wURLd, followed by appearances in The Code, Skin Deep, and as a presenter on ABC3's My Great Big Adventure. He later joined the beloved children's program Play School, showcasing his ability to connect with audiences of all ages.

Takaya's role as Dr. David Tanaka on Neighbours became a defining part of his career. His portrayal of a complex and relatable character earned him widespread acclaim over his eight-year tenure, during which he participated in the show's groundbreaking same-sex marriage storyline-marking a historic moment for Australian television. His character's eventual on-screen death was one of the most impactful moments in the series' history, cementing Takaya as a respected figure in the industry. Following the show's initial cancellation, Takaya returned to Neighbours in 2023 to provide a fitting conclusion to David's storyline.

Off-screen, Takaya is a dedicated advocate, having served as an Ambassador for Dementia Australia since 2017, a cause close to his heart following his mother's diagnosis with Alzheimer's in 2009. His work with Dementia Australia includes hosting their Memory Walk & Jog events, where he combines empathy with his presenting skills to create engaging and meaningful experiences.

In his personal life, Takaya married his partner Amy Schwab in 2020, and the couple announced in 2024 that they are expecting their first child. With a dynamic career that spans acting, presenting, and filmmaking, Takaya Honda continues to captivate audiences with his versatility, passion, and dedication to making a positive impact both on and off the screen.

Reshad Strik was born on 22 June 1981 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. He is an actor and producer, known for The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007), Don't Look Up (2009) and Newcastle (2008). He has been married to Gamze Özçelik since 8 June 2024. He was previously married to Sabina Pitic.

Brianna Keilar was born on 21 September 1980 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. She is a writer and producer, known for Gossip Girl (2021), The Situation Room (2005) and CNN Newsroom (1989). She has been married to Fernando Lujan since 30 December 2016. They have one child. She was previously married to Dave French.

Kylie Watson was born on 7 May 1978 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. She is an actress, known for Home and Away (1988), Blood Brothers (2011) and The Newtown Girls (2012).

Danielle Collins was born in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. She is an actress and writer, known for A Guide to a Perfect Wedding (2021) and The Education System (2022).