Mikaela Phillips

At 25years of age Mikaela Phillips is one of Australia's most youngest and emerging breakout talents! In 2018, Mikaela became one of the youngest ever show runners in TV history, at the age of 22yrs old, knocking off and following in the footsteps of OC creator & Gossip Girl Producer Josh Schwartz who previously held the record, for youngest show runner at age 26. A Producer, Actress and Presenter, Mikaela already has worldwide credits under her belt, has broken records in her fields and is known for her work in both producing and acting as Lead character, Faith Morgan in the Australian TV Drama Series [Counter Play] airing on Amazon Prime and Australia's Channel Nine Network. Born in Melbourne, Victoria Australia, Mikaela Phillips began her career in acting at the young age of six years old. She was cast to play a younger version of Gigi in Victoria's largest and most successful music theatre companies CLOC Theater's musical production of the 1958 movie Gigi. Mikaela then went on to pursue acting both at school and out of school with various acting classes and productions, in which many she was a leading role. Some productions have included My Fair Lady as Eliza Doolitte and Swan Lake Breathes as Odette. Going on and pursuing acting further into her teen years. Moving to LA with her mum, Mikaela began taking on more roles in pilots for TV/Film and portraying characters in original theatre, video and film works of her mother's who is a successful author, playwright and screenwriter. Having trained with some of the best studios, coaches and professional in the USA and Australia, Mikaela turned her interest and love for entertainment and being in front of the camera to her journalistic and reporting side. Her charismatic and innovative conversational style of reporting led her, at the young age of 18, to become the youngest person ever to become a host for the world's largest online network, "Afterbuzz TV." Averaging over 23 million downloads per week, Afterbuzz TV is created by E! News Host and Emmy Award winner Maria Menounos and producer Keven Undergaro. With many a-list celeb interviews under her belt already, Phillips has proven she is one to watch out for! Driven, resilient, hard working and enthusiastic, Mikaela has achieved greatness in her only blossoming hosting career.