Geraldine Viswanathan

Geraldine Viswanathan ( ; born 20 June 1995) is an Australian actress. She gained recognition for her roles in the films Blockers, Hala (2018), Bad Education (2019), and Thunderbolts* (2025). She had a recurring role in the series Janet King (2017) and starred in the TBS comedy anthology Miracle Workers (2019–2023).

Early life Viswanathan's father, Suresh Viswanathan, is a doctor who works in nuclear medicine and is of Tamil descent from India. Her mother, Anja Raith, is from Switzerland of Swiss-German descent and was raised by a father who was a filmmaker and ballet dancer. Raith attended musical theatre school in London before getting married and settling down in Newcastle. She is an artist.

Viswanathan grew up with a younger sister and a deep love of horses and animals. She attended the Hunter School of the Performing Arts, Newcastle, where she was in drama class.

In 2015, Viswanathan was shortlisted for the Heath Ledger Scholarship. In 2017, Viswanathan joined the cast of ABC's drama series Janet King in the role of Bonnie. Viswanathan was a reader in casting rooms, and was the reader for the Australian casting process for Crazy Rich Asians. Refinery29 referred to her as "the film's breakout star". In the same year, she was cast in the Netflix film The Package and the drama film Hala which went to Sundance Film Festival. The Hollywood Reporter included her in its "Next Gen Talent" list as one of "20 rising stars among the blockbuster breakouts and small-screen discoveries who are shaking up the industry". In 2019, Viswanathan played Rachel in the film Bad Education, which is based on a true story of an embezzlement scandal. She received critical acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival for the film, which received two Emmy nominations.

Viswanathan next starred in The Broken Hearts Gallery (2020) as a gallery assistant who struggles to give up items from past relationships. About the film, she noted that she feels fortunate to represent brown girls on screen, and appreciated that her mother in the film is blonde and looks a lot like her real mother. Viswanathan also voiced the role of Tawnie in season six of BoJack Horseman.

In January 2024, Viswanathan was cast in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thunderbolts*, assuming the role previously held by Ayo Edebiri. The film was released on 2 May 2025.

Filmography

Television +Television Year Title Role Notes 2015 Lost Angels Sarah 2017 The Y2K Bug AddisonEpisode: "High School River" Janet King Bonnie Mahesh Recurring role (series 3), 8 episodes 2018 Nippers of Dead Bird BayEpisode: "The Riff Raff" 2019–2023 Miracle Workers Eliza Hunter (season 1) Alexandra "Allie" Shitshoveler (season 2) Prudence Aberdeen (season 3)Freya Exaltada (season 4) Main cast 2019–2020 BoJack Horseman Tawnie (voice) Recurring role (season 6), 3 episodes 2021 Saturday Morning All Star Hits! Lottie Wolfe3 episodes 2022 Three Busy Debras Narrator (voice) 8 episodes 2025 Poker Face Jenny Episode: "One Last Job" Digman! Parisha (voice) Episode: “The Eligible Arky”

Awards and nominations Organizations Year Category Work Result Ref. Hollywood Critics Association 2020 Next Generation of Hollywood Herself 2022 Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie Miracle Workers