My Brilliant Career Took Years of Rejection

Have you ever watched the person you love most get everything you ever wanted? Did you harden around envy, or shrink with comparison? Were you able to find happiness for their success?

Philippa Northeast, Logie nominated and lead of Netflix’s My Brilliant Career, is a star quickly rising. Her most significant role? The little sister of our producer, Bridge.

Joining us as a guest host, Producer Bridge, alongside Hugh, Josh and Ryan, discuss the years of failure and rejection behind the scenes of Pip’s overnight success.

Constantly aware of the need to prove herself a success, Philippa is completely vulnerable about the obsession that came from certain rejections, and her anxiety which manifested itself as trichotillomania.

Offering a unique and intimate perspective, both Bridge and Josh reflect on their respective siblings’ success, and how that has shaped their own identity.

It’s sibling vs sibling, and only one will make it out alive (kidding, it has a happy ending).

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Meet Producer Bridges Little Sister
5:43
Pips Brilliant Career From Home Away to Netflix Star
11:39
Middle Child Syndrome
19:28
Sibling Comparison Cricket and Drama Solos
20:55
Finding Success Straight Out of High School
22:56
Selfbelief vs Selfdoubt Why Pip Took The Leap and Bridget Didnt
25:30
Feeling Overshadowed and Under Pressure
28:00
Becoming an Unemployed Clown
29:17
The Sensational Potter Backup Plan
34:01
Getting Undressed Again
35:46
The Hollywood Grind
37:32
Lockdown Isolation and Growing Doubt
46:15
Obsession born from Rejection
51:49
What Loneliness in the Acting Industry Feels Like
52:46
The Body Keeps Score Trichotillomania
54:47
Healing Journalling Yoga Grounding
57:04
The Hallmark Offer That Changed Everything
1:03:39
The Downside of Growing Up Next To A Rising Star
1:07:29
Choosing Pride Over Jealousy
1:09:49
The Upside of Losing to Claudia Karvan

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