It’s one of Australia’s most loved - and groundbreaking - novels, and now Miles Franklin’s 1901 book My Brilliant Career is being brought to life in a Netflix series made right here in SA.
The dramatic adaptation will create hundreds of local jobs and will be the single biggest investment by a TV series in the history of the state.
Supported by the State Government through the South Australian Film Corporation’s Screen Production Fund, the production is expected to inject $17 million into the state’s economy.
The SAFC and Netflix have also partnered to create four training roles to work on My Brilliant Career - a production design assistant, costume assistant, costume maker/machinist attachment and safety attachment.
The estimated 450 jobs to flow from My Brilliant Career will be created across key creatives, crew, extras talent and through the engagement of around 260 local small businesses.
Created by award-winning Jungle Entertainment (Good Cop/Bad Cop, Population 11) and produced by South Australian producer Paul Ranford of Jetty Films (Territory, Stateless), My Brilliant Career will see various locations across the state transformed for the period production, with filming set to take place at the SAFC’s Adelaide Studios and across Adelaide, the Southern Barossa region and the South-East.
Harnessing the world-class skills of a majority South Australian crew, the production will also create skilling and training opportunities for up-and-coming local crew through a special Netflix and SAFC attachments initiative.
First published in 1901, My Brilliant Career resonated deeply with a rising generation of young Australian women who longed for the freedom to s
hape their own destinies.
The star-studded cast includes Philippa Northeast (pictured, Territory, The Newsreader) as Sybylla and Christopher Chung (pictured, Slow Horses, Blitz) as Harry, as well as Anna Chancellor (My Lady Jane, Outrageous), Genevieve O’Reilly (Andor, The Dry), Kate Mulvany (Hunters, Elvis), Jake Dunn (What It Feels Like For a Girl, The Ballad of Renegade Nell), Alexander England (Black Snow, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart), Sherry-Lee Watson (Thou Shalt Not Steal, Heartbreak High) and Miah Madden (Paper Dolls, The Clearing).
My Brilliant Career is the second major Netflix series to be made in South Australia in as many years following Outback drama Territory, which premiered in 2024 as the streamer’s No. 1 show in Australia and No. 2 in the world.
SAFC CEO Kate Croser said the corporation was "delighted to welcome Netflix back to South Australia and Adelaide Studios along with award-winning production company Jungle Entertainment for the new series adaptation of My Brilliant Career".
"The SAFC is proud to support this exciting new series which will harness the world-class skills of a majority South Australian crew, led by top South Australian producer Paul Ranford, and which will once again provide a showcase for our state’s screen production capability, talent and endlessly beautiful locations," she said.
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