Bianca Bradey

Bianca Bradey is an Australian actress who starred in Wyrmwood and its sequel Wyrmwood: Apocalypse.

Early life and education Bradey was raised in a bushland area of Sydney. She wanted to be an actor from a young age, joining drama clubs and performing in plays and musicals during her school years and completing acting as part of her Higher School Certificate. After her high school graduation, she abandoned acting, due to struggles with shyness, stage fright and the fear of failure. In her early twenties, Bradey explored other career paths, before enrolling at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) at the age of 25, where she studied screen acting. before eventually landing her breakout role as Brooke in 2014 indie Aussie zombie action-horror film Wyrmwood. She worked on the film for around eighteen months, and prepared for the role by training in kickboxing and circuit training with an MMA trainer. The film premiered at Fantastic Fest in Texas and screened in Los Angeles and Sydney, becoming an international cult hit. In 2016, she landed a role in sci-fi film The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume One, alongside Kellan Lutz, Rachel Griffiths and Isabel Lucas. She also played the title role in short film Nancy in Hell, based on the cult horror comic of the same name by Spanish writer El Torres.

Bradey was next cast as the lead in a U.S. film, but two days before production began, her visa fell through and the film proceeded without her. The film was shot in Lapland, in northern Finland, in minus 30 degree temperatures, where she also performed her own stunts, including fight scenes and gun work. That same year, she also had an ongoing role as manipulative stepmother Alma in web miniseries The Pet Killer.

Bradey then reprised her role as Brooke in the long-awaited Wyrmwood sequel, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse in 2021.

Personal life Bradey's fitness training in preparation for her role in Wyrmwood led her to eventually becoming a qualified Pilates instructor.

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