Headed to Summer Bay: Aussie actor and influencer Maddison Brown joins the cast of Home and Away

West Australian

18-05-2025

She's starred alongside Nicole Kidman, acted on American drama Dynasty and been a brand ambassador for luxury labels like Miu Miu, Tiffany & Co and Dior Beauty. But get ready to see Aussie actor and influencer Maddison Brown in a whole new light, as she takes on a role in popular Aussie soap, Home And Away
The 28-year-old social media star, who boasts almost a million followers across her accounts (she recently launched a successful
beauty brand
) is headed to Summer Bay in early June playing Jo Langham, a woman with connections to someone already living in the Bay.
'It's a very fractured, complicated relationship,' says Brown, speaking to us from Sydney.
'There's a lot of drama to come as the storyline evolves and I'm excited for fans to get to know Jo and her backstory.
'It's Home And Away, and Summer Bay wouldn't be Summer Bay without high drama and conflict, so it's going to be super exciting.'
For Brown, scoring a role on the long-running series is something of a dream come true having grown up watching and enjoying the show.
'It was my childhood dream to be on Home And Away — it was the be all and end all,' she says.
'I acted as a child, and whenever teenagers from the acting company I was with as a five-year-old would be cast on the show, playing a student at Summer Bay High or something like that, even if they only had one line, I would think they were Meryl Streep and the biggest celebrity ever!
'It was a big part of my childhood, and a big part of my upbringing, so this feels really full circle.'
Brown comes to the show with a stacked CV, having previously worked on a number of high-profile film and television projects.
Her breakthrough came via the film Strangerland, in which she played Lily, the daughter of Nicole Kidman and Joseph Fiennes' characters.
A role in The Kettering Incident followed (she played a younger version of Elizabeth Debicki's character), before Brown, who also has a successful international modelling career, scored her first major role stateside, as Kirby Anders in the remake of the popular US drama series, Dynasty.
With many Aussie actors beginning their careers in Summer Bay
before
heading overseas, Brown's career trajectory feels back to front — but she wouldn't have it any other way.
'Yeah, I know. It's funny,' she concedes. 'But I am really happy to be back in Australia.'
A return home was always on the cards for Brown, who grew up in Sydney but moved to the US for her modelling career as a teen. She launched her skincare brand, Outside Beauty & Skincare alongside her sister, Allyson, 2½ years ago and, as the company grew, so too her desire to head home after years overseas.
'Being in LA, after the (writers') strikes, I just felt like I was ready to spend some time in Australia,' she says.
'The business has really been growing exponentially, so we really needed another person on the ground.
'Then, a little after I moved, the Home And Away opportunity came up, and it was perfect — it meant I got to be in the same place for a while, for the business and for work.'
And she's scored at least one new fan: after using her skin care on set, Brown's ex-co-star, Lynne McGranger, who has since left the show after a record run playing Irene, is a convert!
'One of the make-up girls was like 'Oh Lynne, do you want to try it?' and she was like 'Absolutely!',' Brown says.
'She loved it!'