My Brilliant Career: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Sybylla is a shockingly modern young woman with one searing ambition - to be a writer, while her family is determined to marry her off. With an irrepressible taste for fun, Sybylla breaks every convention of 1900 Australia as she searches for a story that will allow her to write her way to independence. For her, the choice between adventure or marriage seems easy, until she falls in love. Will Sybylla marry, or will she risk it all for a creative life?

Series details

• Title: My Brilliant Career
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Romance, History
• Premiere date: 2026-08-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 2026-08-13
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Netflix
• Typical episode runtime: 46 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.7/10
• TVMaze ID: 85474
• IMDb ID: tt37352716
• TVDB ID: 465292

Cast and credited roles

• Philippa Northeast — Sybylla Melvyn
• Christopher Chung — Harry Beecham
• Anna Chancellor — Mrs Bossier
• Genevieve O'Reilly — Helen Bell
• Kate Mulvany — Augusta Beecham
• Jake Dunn — Frank Hawden
• Miah Madden — Betty Kirby
• Sherry-Lee Watson — Nell Kirby
• Alexander England — Julius Bossier

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-08-13; final listed air date 2026-08-13; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from My Brilliant Career on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.