Cast
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Vivienne Powell (Louisa McCrae)
Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, Vivienne holds a Master of Creative Arts (in classical/opera singing) from the University of Newcastle, Australia. As a classical artist, she has studied with eminent vocal coaches, including renowned Australian conductor Richard Gill.
Vivienne has studied acting at NIDA (Sydney), the Howard Fine Acting Studio (L.A.), and Ted Brunetti Studio (L.A.). She has also studied Improv with Bill Applebaum of the Actors Improv Studio (L.A.) and Alexander Technique/Animal Studies with the esteemed Jean-Louis Rodrigue in Los Angeles.
Vivienne’s background in the performing arts is diverse, having been an opera singer (Opera Australia, Pacific Opera), concert artist (Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven Societies of Australia & Japan, Symphony of Australia), cabaret performer (solo show Sentimental Journey, Seymour Centre, Sydney), musical theatre performer (Sydney Gilbert & Sullivan Society, Savoy Arts Company), as well as an actress in TV and film (Ugly Benny, Beautiful Destroyer, Khali the Killer).
Vivienne can be seen in the role of Bertie’s Mom in Seasons 1 and 3 of Judd Apatow’s Love (Netflix), the sultry Lilian Fleet in season 8 of Shameless (Showtime), and as Old Rhonda in The Last Anniversary (Binge/AMC), starring Miranda Richardson and Teresa Palmer and produced by Nicole Kidman’s Blossom Films.
In 2016, Vivienne played Susan in Ruben Guthrie for the Australian Theatre Company in Los Angeles. For her work, she received a Broadway World nomination. Other theatre credits include Bridget in Bridget and Iain (Short + Sweet, Hollywood), Hope in Almost, Maine (Between the Buildings, Melbourne), and Linda in the world premiere of You Are the Blood (Spinning Plates, Melbourne).
On the international front, Vivienne was the lead in the haunting, award-winning short, Song From A Blackbird, which screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014; as well as the heartbreaking Bridget and Iain, as a mother struggling with her son’s addiction. In Le Miroir, which won numerous international awards, Vivienne was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 2020 New York/Long Island Film Festival for her transformation into the enigmatic Hungarian opera singer, Madame B.
The culmination of Vivienne’s lifetime of work in the performing arts is her solo theatre play, DIVA, which premiered to much acclaim in Los Angeles in November 2024.
SYDNEY VOICE CAST
Eden Shifroni (Singing voice of Lizzy)
Australian-Hungarian soprano Eden Shifroni is quickly establishing herself as one of Australia’s leading young singers, winning the 2024 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition and receiving its most prestigious award, the Marianne Mathy Scholarship. In September 2025, Eden will relocate to London to join the prestigious Royal College of Music Opera Studio as the recipient of the Alastair Jackson International Opera Award.
Operatic highlights include Pamina in The Magic Flute at the Vienna Summer Music Festival, Musetta in La bohème and Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica at the Mediterranean Opera Festival in Sicily and Poppea for the Sydney Conservatorium and NIDA’s Australian premiere of Elena Kats-Chernin’s re-orchestration of Monteverdi’s The Coronation of Poppea. Eden created the role of Ada Crossley in the opera Percy by Australians John Matthews and Margery Smith, and originated the role of Jess in Track Works, a new site-specific pastiche opera at Sydney’s Mortuary Station.
Concert appearances include Vaughan-Williams’ Benedicte with Willoughby Symphony Orchestra and Eric Zeisl’s Requiem Ebraico with the North Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Eden made her Pinchgut Opera debut in 2025, appearing in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen.
Eden is the recipient of the Dame Nellie Melba Scholarship, the Patrick & Vivian Gordon Award, and the Ryman Healthcare Opera Scholarship with Melba Opera Trust. In 2024, she received the JSRB Foundation Award at the Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Award Finals. She was awarded the audience prize and named the overall winner of the Demant Dreikurs Scholarship Song Competition and was a finalist in the 2022 Elizabeth Todd Lieder Competition. Eden holds a Bachelor of Music (Classical Performance) and a Master of Music Studies (Opera Performance) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
www.edenshifroni.com
Yannick Lawry (Singing voice of Jean, voice of Policeman)
Yannick trained as an actor at ArtsEd, London and currently lives in Sydney, Australia where he works as a bilingual (English/French) actor, voiceover artist and counsellor.
Yannick is the co-founder of Australian independent theatre company Clock and Spiel Productions where his stage credits include a national tour as Screwtape in The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis, Lewis in Freud's Last Session by Mark St Germain, and Dr Kelekian in Wit by Margaret Edson. Recent TV credits include Artful Dodger (Disney, 2023), Limitless (Disney, 2022) and Paper Dolls (Paramount, 2023). Film credits include 2022 feature, Get Free, 2018 feature Trust, and the award-winning short film, The Malicious. As a voiceover artist, Yannick runs his recording studio - Studio Under The Stairs - in Sydney where he mentors emerging voice artists and at which he records his own work including commercials, documentaries such as the award-winning Hell on Earth series and major audiobook titles such as Sincerely, Me and The Bookshop Detectives.
More information available at www.yannicklawry.com
Christine Greenough (Voice of Nurse)
Christine is an Actor/Director/Producer with over 50 years experience in theatre film and TV. She has studied at Maggie Haber studios and with Howard Fine in LA and Australia. Asa professional stand-up storyteller, Christine has told to children and adults throughout Australia, Asia and US. Recently she performed her one woman show “Who’s Up Next” at the Sydney Fringe Festival. Christine loves all genres of story and has performed/told in all venues from pubs to main stage.
Leon Josling (Voice of Julien)
Leon is a fourth generation actor and has a talent for art, accents and music. He is studying voice over technique and commenced singing classes this year. He and his mother recently traveled to France, staying with a French family and learning about French cuisine and culture. In 2018, he won an art competition for his unique canvas of a returned serviceman. In 2023, he was a finalist in a film competition with his short documentary film, Wonderous Felines, which he wrote and narrated. He has appeared in a number of screen productions alongside his mother, including the films; Distance to Now, Art Ache and the award winning short film 6ate7.
Leon has enjoyed portraying the role of Julien.
LOS ANGELES VOICE CAST
Cerris Morgan-Moyer (Voice of Lizzy)
Cerris Morgan-Moyer was born in Cornwall (UK), trained at Central School of Speech and Drama in London, and has since enjoyed a career on stage, screen and radio in Los Angeles and internationally as a dual national playing UK, US and French roles.
Cerris’ film/TV credits can be found here. Regional theatre includes: Steel Magnolias, Legacy of Light, Pride and Prejudice, Under Milkwood, Jane Eyre, Tribes, Sisters of the Winter Madrigal, Old Times, The Body and Last Summer at Bluefish Cove. In New York, Cerris worked with such companies as Gorilla Rep and Faux Real Theatre Company: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, King Lear, The Taming of the Shrew, Faust, Fun Box Times Square, The Naked Show and Where I’m Headed.
Cerris’ voice is featured in a variety of audio dramas and audiobooks, animated series, video games and campaigns. In addition to her career as an actor, Cerris is also a tarot reader, travel junkie and animal lover. www.cerrismorganmoyer.com
www.insidevoicetarot.com
Tina Kobas (Voice of Mum)
Born in Australia to first generation Greek parents, Tina is heavily inspired by mythology and ancient Greek Theatre. Her first leading role was in her high school play, playing Dracula’s mother in “Dracula Spectacular”.
She has performed in numerous plays in Australia and New York City, and recently starred in Australian Theatre Company's production of "Speaking in Tongues" at The Matrix Theatre, Los Angeles. (Winner of outstanding performance in a lead role - Stage Scene LA).
Her film credits include, "There's Something about Lizzy", "Caravaggio and my Mother the Pope", "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3", "To Gamillio Party" which topped the box office in Greece.
Lee Shorten (Voice of Professor Blakely)
Lee Shorten is a multidisciplinary Asian Australian actor best known for playing Sgt Yoshida on Amazon Studio's The Man in the High Castle and Kazumasa Sakai in Ghost of Tsushima. Lee was nominated for a Jessie Award for Best Supporting for his turn as Jung in Pacific Theatre's run of Kim's Convenience. Lee graduated from Law School (University of Newcastle) in 2009 and worked as a lawyer for several years before he decided to pursue a career in the arts.
Earl T. Kim (Voice of Dale Reiseman)
Earl T. Kim is an international actor, theatre-creator, filmmaker, voiceover artist, and performer currently based in Los Angeles, California. His work has been seen on stages in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, Japan, South Korea, Russia, the United Kingdom, and throughout the US. He holds an MFA in Acting from East 15 Acting School in London, and a BFA in Contemporary Performance from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado.
Selected Credits: Film/Television- The OA Part II (Netflix), Avengers: Age of Ultron (Marvel/Disney), Shameless (Showtime), Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CW), Training Day (CBS), 2 Broke Girls (CBS) Radio- The Octoroon (BBC Radio 3), Theatre- Sumo (La Jolla Playhouse - World Premiere), Botticelli in the Fire (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co. - US premiere), Book of Days (Arcola Theatre - London, UK premiere), Macbeth (Shakespeare’s Globe - London), The Three Sisters (GITIS-Moscow), Cabaret (QPAC/Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre- Aus/NZ) Interactive- Norio in Ghost of Tsushima, Takamori Saigo in Rise of the Ronin.
More info at rltkim.com or catch earl streaming at twitch.tv/earlofsammitch
Paige Bounassi (Voice of Italian Reviewer)
Paige Bounassi was originally born in Manhattan, New York. From an early age she starred in off Broadway musicals and stage productions. Since living in Los Angeles, Paige has found herself both in front of and behind the camera in various roles. From acting in short films and music videos to Production Coordinating and Assistant Directing. Now, she has landed several voice over roles on various Netflix shows, audio books, commercials, viral Tik Tok videos and YouTube commentary channels.