Trivia: While at drama school, lived with classmate Cate Blanchett. A week after graduating, cast as Juliet in Bell Shakespeare Company's 1993 production of Romeo and Juliet and as Jilly in the film The Custodian (1993). Met husband Justin Kurzel in 1996, when he was a set designer at the Sydney Theatre Company and she was in a Belvoir Street production of A View from the Bridge. Sprained her ankle, dislocated her knee and broke a rib doing stunts for Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.

Trivia: Esteemed British supporting actress and voice artist Miriam Margolyes has worked on radio, television, stage, and in many prestigious feature films. She launched her career in her native England but came to the U.S. after winning the Los Angeles Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Flora Finching in Little Dorrit (1988). After settling in L.A., Margolyes starred in the short-lived CBS television series Frannie's Turn. As a voice artist, Margolyes provided the characterization for Babe's mother in the Oscar-nominated Babe (1996), as well as voicing the role of the glowworm in James and the Giant Peach (1996), in which she also played one of the wicked aunties.

Trivia: Born in Saudi Arabia to Australian parents, she moved to Australia when she was 12. As a teenager, took dancing, singing and acting classes at Sydney's Brent Street School of Performing Arts, Participate Film Academy and the Screenwise Film & TV School for Actors. Made her feature-film debut as a dancer in Razzle Dazzle (2007). Performed with the Sydney Theatre Company in its production of Our Town in 2010. Learnt to operate AK-47 assault rifles and ride dirt bikes for her breakout role in Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010). Made her recording debut, contributing vocals to Melbourne musician Dan Webb's single "Sleep (ft. Ashleigh Cummings)", in 2014.

Trivia: First role on television was playing a reporter on the children's show C'Mon Kids in the late 1980s. Rose in prominence playing Charlotte in the medical drama All Saints from 2002 to '09. Has an extensive career on the stage, including performing in the Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Shark Fin Soup and The Ensemble Theatre's production of Sleeping Beauty.

Trivia: Moved from New Zealand to Australia at the age of 17; broke, he slept on the streets and lived in a factory. Worked as a bouncer in Sydney's Kings Cross before pursuing acting. First TV role was as Nick on children's series Ship to Shore (1993). Took a break from acting and worked as a farmhand before playing farmer Alex Ryan, from 2001 to '08, in TV series McLeod's Daughters. Gained 15 kilograms to play Frank O'Rourke in the 2012 TV series Underbelly: Badness. Has taught drama at his alma mater NIDA.

Trivia: Character actor Joel Tobeck specialized in ominous portrayals, particularly those in fantasy adventure sagas. From project to project, Tobeck's extremely unique and unconventional look set him apart from the pack, often (though not always) inclining him to creepy villainous roles. Tobeck's credits officially date back to the mid-'80s, but he first achieved a high profile during the following decade with guest work on the small-screen series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. On that program, Tobeck played a string of characters including the bellicose war god Strife and the malevolently prankish deity Deimos, both of whom caused extreme trouble for Hercules over the course of multiple episodes. Next, Tobeck joined a cast of thousands and worked under the aegis of Peter Jackson on the fantasy opus The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), where he played an Orc lieutenant. If this assignment seemed a dramatic step up from what had preceded it, however, the best was still yet to come. The actor reached something of a career high in 2007, with a sequence of back-to-back roles in theatrical releases. That year, he tackled the offbeat part of Damien in the aggressively eccentric and offbeat character comedy Eagle vs. Shark, landed a supporting turn in the the vampire horror film 30 Days of Night, and also appeared in the mythical children's fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.