Fletcher O'Leary

Fletcher O'Leary was born in Victoria, Australia. His mother was a primary school theatre teacher and his father was a financial businessman. O'Leary has one younger brother and one younger sister.^[2] He shares a birthday with his brother and his father.^[1]

O'Leary attended Warranwood Primary School, where his mother taught, and then Eltham High School. He played football for a local team as well as trained in dance.

O'Leary was cast in the Australian soap opera Neighbours in 2007, where he played Mickey Gannon until 2009.^[3] His younger brother Blake originally auditioned for Mickey at the same time,^[4] but instead was cast as Ben Kirk.

For his role as Mickey, O'Leary was nominated for "Best Child Actor (Under 16)" at the 2008 Digital Spy Soap Awards.^[5] The same year also saw O'Leary nominated for "Best Young Actor" at the Inside Soap Awards.^[6] In 2009, O'Leary was again nominated for "Best Young Actor" at the Inside Soap Awards.^[7]