Maddison Brown

Maddison Amy Brown (born 23 April 1997) is an Australian actress and model. She began her acting career with a role in when she was seven years old, followed by appearances in '' Strangerland'' and '' The Kettering Incident''. She is known for her role as Kirby Anders in the CW prime time soap opera ''Dynasty''. After returning to Australia in 2024, Brown joined the main cast of soap opera ''Home and Away'' as Jo Langham.

Early life

Brown has two older sisters and her sister Allyson played basketball for Australia. At the age of 5, Brown began acting and then started modeling at age 12. When Brown was 16 she left high school and Australia to pursue a modeling career in New York City. Her parents came with her for the first few trips, but then she was on her own.

Career

Acting

At the age of seven, Brown made her acting debut in the 2004 television movie ''Go Big'' starring Justine Clarke. Speaking to ''Wonderland Magazine'' in 2015, Brown stated that acting as a child helped her deal with rejection which made her first few years as a model easier.

Soon after moving to New York, Brown was cast as Lily, the daughter of Nicole Kidman and Joseph Fiennes' characters in the 2015 drama film '' Strangerland''. She described the experience as "wonderful" and "career-altering".

In 2016, Brown co-starred in the Australian drama series '' The Kettering Incident'', played the younger version of Elizabeth Debicki's character.

In 2018, she joined the cast of The CW prime time soap opera ''Dynasty'' playing the role of Kirby Anders. The show was filmed in Atlanta and it took Brown some time to adjust due to homesickness.

Brown stars as Dani in Kelsey Taylor's feature film debut ''To Kill A Wolf'', a modern adaptation of the ''Little Red Riding Hood'' story.

After returning home to Australia, Brown joined the main cast of Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'' as Jo Langham. She made her first appearance on 9 June 2025.

Modelling and skincare business

Some of the brands Brown has modelled for are Calvin Klein, Miu Miu, Jason Wu and Jasper Conran. Brown is an ambassador for Pantene and Longines.

Brown founded the skincare and sunscreen brand Outside Beauty & Skincare with her sister Allyson Popovic in January 2023. They were inspired to create a sunscreen after the death of their father's best friend from melanoma. Outside Beauty & Skincare has become one of Australia's most popular SPF beauty brands. At the beginning of the 2025 Australian summer, the SPF50+ Lip to Cheek balm became a best seller, with one selling every four seconds. In October 2024, Outside Beauty & Skincare was picked up by fashion brand DISSH, and it launched on Adore Beauty two months later.

Personal life

Speaking to ''Vice'' in 2014, Brown said that she had trouble connecting to people her own age because she had lived on her own overseas and had been working for so long. Despite missing out on the Australian high school rights of passage such as the school formal and schoolies week, Brown stated she did not mind too much because she is not into partying or drinking.

Brown resided in the United States until October 2024. She lived in Atlanta while working on ''Dynasty'' and later West Hollywood.

When speaking to ''Harper's Bazaar Australia'' in 2020 about how women are perceived in Hollywood, Brown stated "Women still definitely have to be ten times nicer and work ten times harder to be given the same opportunities as men in Hollywood. And you often hear about women being labelled as divas or difficult to work with, but you hear that far less about the men. That's because we, as a society, are more ready to label women as difficult".

In April 2024, Brown spoke up on her TikTok about having experienced an hostile work environment created by one of her male co-stars, who allegedly was inappropriate to her during sex scenes, scared her and was later arrested for domestic battery.

Brown is engaged to New Zealand actor Simon Mead.

Filmography

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1997 births
21st-century Australian actresses
Actresses from Melbourne
Australian television actresses
Living people
Australian expatriate actresses in the United States