Lucy Freyer
Australian actress (born 1996)
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Lucy Freyer (born 1 March 1996) is an Australian stage, film and television actress.[1]
Lucy Freyer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 March 1996 Sydney, Australia |
| Education | Juilliard School (BFA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2023–present |
| Television | Adults |
Early life and education
Freyer grew up in Cremorne in Sydney, Australia. Her father is a racehorse breeder and her mother works in real estate.[2]
Freyer attended Wenona, an all-girls high school in North Sydney, and studied at the Australian Theatre for Young People, a youth theatre company whose alumni include Rose Byrne, Nicole Kidman, and Toni Collette. In 2014, a 17-year old Freyer moved to New York City after being accepted to Juilliard, where she trained in acting for the next four years.[2] She graduated from Juilliard in 2020.[3]
Career
Freyer’s first on-screen acting role after graduation was in 2023 film Paint in which she appeared alongside Wendi McLendon-Covey, Owen Wilson and Michaela Watkins.[4][5] Between January and April 2023, she played Esther in the off-Broadway play The Wanderers by Ann Ziegler, alongside Katie Holmes and Sarah Cooper for the Roundabout Theatre Company at the Laura Pels Theatre.[6][7][8] For her performance as Esther, Freyer won the Theater World Award.[9]
In 2024, Freyer played Regina Simonivic in the podcast series The Justice for which she and her cast mates were nominated for the Ambies award for best performance in audio fiction.[10]
Freyer plays Billie in the FX comedy series Adults (originally developed under the name Snowflakes), created by The Tonight Show writers Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw and executive produced by Nick Kroll, about five housemates in Queens, New York.[11][12][13]