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The Beautiful Lie is an Australian television drama that airs on ABC. The six-part series is a contemporary re-imagining of Leo Tolstoy's classic novel Anna Karenina. It is directed by Glendyn Ivin and Peter Salmon and produced by Endemol Australia's John Edwards and Imogen Banks. It premiered on Sunday 18 October 2015 at 8:30pm. Screenwriter Alice Bell made the decision to turn Anna and Xander into sports stars to heighten the transgressiveness of a wife leaving her husband.
Original Release
10/18/2015 on ABC
US Release
10/18/2015
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Sarah Snook | Anna Ivin |
Rodger Corser | Xander Ivin |
Sophie Lowe | Kitty Ballantyne |
Celia Pacquola | Dolly Faraday |
Daniel Henshall | Kingsley Faraday |
Benedict Samuel | Skeet Du Pont |
Catherine McClements | Tess Du Pont |
Alexander England | Peter Levin |
Dan Wyllie | Nick Levin |
Robert Menzies | Phillip Ballantyne |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Episode #1.1 | Sunday, 18 October 2015 |
2 | Episode #1.2 | Sunday, 25 October 2015 |
3 | Episode #1.3 | Sunday, 01 November 2015 |
4 | Episode #1.4 | Sunday, 08 November 2015 |
5 | Episode #1.5 | Sunday, 15 November 2015 |
6 | Episode #1.6 | Sunday, 22 November 2015 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Sarah Snook | Anna Ivin |
Rodger Corser | Xander Ivin |
Sophie Lowe | Kitty Ballantyne |
Celia Pacquola | Dolly Faraday |
Daniel Henshall | Kingsley Faraday |
Benedict Samuel | Skeet Du Pont |
Catherine McClements | Tess Du Pont |
Alexander England | Peter Levin |
Dan Wyllie | Nick Levin |
Robert Menzies | Phillip Ballantyne |
Gina Riley | Catherine Ballantyne |
Marlon Williams | Dylan |
Lewis Fletcher | Kasper Ivin |
Harrison Molloy | Riley Faraday |
Artemis Ioannides | Gabriela |
Fiona Harris | Helen |
Maia Thomas | Crystal |
Ali Barter | Theresa |
Milla Cormack | Olive Faraday |
Rubie Kirkwood | Olive Faraday |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Janeen Faithfull | Executive Producer |
Carole Sklan | Executive Producer |
Mark Fennessy | Executive Producer |
John Edwards | Producer |
Imogen Banks | Producer |
Ross Allsop | Producer |
Alice Bell | Producer |