Sybylla Melvyn — My Brilliant Career Character Profile

About Sybylla Melvyn

Headstrong, free-spirited young woman dreaming of writing or performing arts. Sent to her wealthy grandmother, she navigates courtship, rejects marriage proposals twice to pursue independence, and completes her novel manuscript.

Sybylla Melvyn — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Judy Davis

Appears in

My Brilliant Career (1979)

Role

Protagonist

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• Aunt Helen (Wendy Hughes)
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• Grandma Bossier (Aileen Britton)
• Frank Hawdon (Robert Grubb)
• Horace (David Franklin)
• Aunt Gussie (Patricia Kennedy)
• Uncle Julius (Peter Whitford)
• Mother (Julia Blake)
• Father (Alan Hopgood)
• Mrs. Butler (Bobbie Ward)
• Pub Drinker (James Moss)