Jillian Nguyen
Jillian featured in Noora Niasari’s debut feature film Shayda opposite award winning Iranian actress Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, which premiered at Sundance 2023. Other notable credits include voicing the lead character of Arkie in the animated feature film Scarygirl and the main cast role of Eden in television drama One Night for Paramount+, working alongside Jodie Whittaker and Yael Stone. She also played the female lead in the
ABC’s flagship series for 2022, surfing drama Barons, which can also be seen on CW in the US, and the co-lead in romantic sci-fi feature Loveland, directed by Ivan Sen and co-starring Ryan Kwanten and Hugo Weaving. Other screen credits include Kiwi comedy feature film Millie Lies Low from director Michelle Savill, which premiered at the 2022 Berlinale, series White Fever for the ABC, Netflix series Clickbait, and The Clearing for Disney+.
Jillian has trained at L’Ecole Philippe Gaulier and is a graduate of the 16th Street Actors Studio in Melbourne. She holds a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Media Communication, from the University of Melbourne. Jillian was born Huyen Dieu at Sungai Besi refugee camp in Malaysia, and both of her parents are Vietnamese, with Chinese heritage on her mother’s side. She immigrated to Australia when she was 14 months old.
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