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2027 Ambassadors

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Christopher Chung

Actor

BAFTA TV and Actor Award nominated Christopher Chung performed on some of the most renowned UK stages before expanding his career onto the screen.

Christopher recently starred in the six-part Netflix adaptation of the beloved Australian novel My Brilliant Career. The series follows ‘Sybylla’, a young and unconventional woman who dreams of becoming a writer. Christopher stars as ‘Harry Beecham’, an affluent landowner with whom ‘Sybylla’ enters into a blossoming romance, one that forces her to choose between her career ambitions and the more traditional path of marriage. The series has reached number two globally on Netflix.

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Christopher is widely known for his role as ‘Roddy Ho’ in the critically acclaimed, BAFTA and Emmy winning Apple TV+ series Slow Horses, based on the award-winning spy novels by Mick Herron. His series regular role as the tech-savvy ‘Roddy’ is a firm fan favourite. For his work on the series, Christopher was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category at the 2025 BAFTA Television Awards. He was also nominated for a 2025 Actor Award as part of the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series category. Christopher reprised his role in the fifth series of Slow Horses to critical acclaim, with the Washington Post declaring “This is Chung’s moment…delivering a performance that’s plausible, specific and hilarious”, whilst The Daily Telegraph concurred “the fifth series of this sublime spy thriller belongs to Christopher Chung…”. He will return in the show’s upcoming sixth series on 16th September.

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Chris has also joined the voice cast of Netflix’s Charlie Vs The Chocolate Factory, alongside Kit Connor, Taika Waititi, Nicola Coughlan, Helen Bonham Carter and Kate Winslet. The animated film will open globally in theatres on 5th November 2027.

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In 2025, Christopher joined the ‘Whoniverse’, making his debut in the flagship BBC and Disney+ TV series, Doctor Who as ‘Cassio Palin-Paleen’ in ‘The Well’, an episode which marked the suspenseful return to one of the series’ most iconic villains, ‘the Midnight Entity’. In the year prior, he starred in the BAFTA nominated film Blitz, directed by Steve McQueen, alongside Saoirse Ronan, Harris Dickinson, Benjamin Clémentine and Stephen Graham.

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On stage, Christopher originated the role of ‘Kurt Kelly’ in the West End debut of Heathers, a musical adaptation of the cult classic film, directed by Andy Fickman for the Theatre Royal Haymarket.

Christopher’s previous credits also include Here Lies Love for the National Theatre, directed by Alex Timbers, and Romeo & Juliet for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.

Chloé Hayden is an award-winning speaker, TED talker, AACTA winning actor, author of bestselling book ‘Different, Not Less,’ content creator with over a million followers and over a billion views, and a powerful disability rights activist and advocate. The heart of which these all intersect being her passion for creating change, celebrating diversity, and pushing towards a better future.

 

Now, Chloé is a powerhouse in advocacy and a worldwide known name, sparking change to everyone that hears her message, demanding a future where everyone has an equal chance to thrive, and where differences are no longer belittled, but celebrated. 

 

Chloé stars in 3 seasons of Netflix’s smash hit series ‘Heartbreak High’, which in its first season soared to number 1 in Australia, and top 10 in more than 45 countries and won an International Emmy, and in it’s second season won the AACTA for best drama series.  In Playing Quinni, Chloé made history, becoming Australia’s first ever mainstream autistic actress.

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Chloe Hayden

Actor

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Gemma Chua-Tran

Actor

Gemma Chua-Tran is an award-winning actor, best known for her role as Sasha So on all three seasons of Netflix's global hit series Heartbreak High. She voiced the role of Willow in the animated film Lesbian Space Princess that won 2026 AACTA Awards for Best Independent Film and Best Original Song (which Gemma voiced and co-wrote). Most recently Gemma wrapped shooting a lead role on the hotly-anticipated Gundam feature for Netflix. She currently appears in the main cast of the highly-acclaimed Australian ABC crime drama series Dustfall, which premiered at this year's Series Mania in France and received the Audience Award. She also leads the cast of the Irish-Australian martial arts comedy feature film Kung Fu Deadly, which made it's world premiere at Fantastic Fest in Texas earlier this year.


Gemma's professional debut was at the age of fourteen, playing the lead role of Anusha in ABC Australia's Mustangs FC across all three seasons. Other screen credits include Ladies in Black (ABC), Diary of an Uber Driver (ABC) and Back of the Net (Disney Channel). Amongst a number of short films, her performance in Clap received a nomination for Best Actor in a World Short at SOHO film festival in 2020.

On stage, Gemma starred in Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Laurinda in 2022 and will lead Belvoir Theatre's original stage production of The Coconut Children later this month.

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George Pullar

Actor, Writer, Producer

Queensland-born actor, writer and producer George Pullar is making his mark across Australian film and television. With acting credits spanning Deadloch, Posthumous and Evil Dead Burn, Pullar is expanding his career behind the camera, co-writing, producing and starring in the upcoming Australian feature ‘Bull’  directed by Jeffrey Walker. With a growing slate of projects in development, Pullar is part of an exciting new generation of Australian screen talent building stories from the ground up.

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