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Kristina Bogic is stepping into the spotlight as Anya, the Lions’ co-captain in Netflix’s new sapphic series, The Body, which premieres on November 11.
Created by Quinn Shephard,The Body follows a 2004 Catholic school dance team as they deal with a new-member initiation gone wrong. Much like The Crucible, which Shephard revealed was an inspiration for the series, the schoolgirls start claiming to have “prophetic visions,” setting off “mass hysteria in their town.”
Helming the series is Kristina Bogic, a fresh face who recently appeared on Shut Up Evan as one of Netflix’s YA stars, alongside Anna Cathcart (XO, Kitty), Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Never Have I Ever), Nikki Rodriguez (My Life with the Walter Boys), and Miku Martineau (Crew Girl). As Evan Ross Katz put it, Bogic is “sure to make an impression in the dark and twisty teen psychological drama The Body.”
Scroll to get to know Kristina Bogic, including what she’s shared about filming The Body, her career thus far, and more.
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Who is Kristina Bogic?
Bogic is an Australian actress and singer who grew up dreaming of doing burlesque. Ahead of The Body, she described the series as “camp but through such a grounded lens,” before spilling, “I’m so bad with secrets. I wish I could just tell you the plot because I’ve been watching my mouth…”
According to Bogic, she landed the role when she was freshly 18, taking a few liberties in her audition. “I like left everything I knew, and I flew to Toronto, and I did like eight weeks of dance rehearsals and like, I absolutely bulls**ted my way into getting this role,” she explained. “They’re like, ‘Can you dance?’ I’m like [laughing], ‘Can I dance?’”
Who does Kristina Bogic play in The Body?
Bogic plays Anya Butler, who has been teased as “Our Lady of Perpetual Confliction.” During a preview for the series, Anya tells the team, “We’re not going to tell anybody about the party. We’re not going to tell anybody about the drugs. And we’re going to delete all our photos.” Yikes!
Having deeply connected with her character, Bogic explained, “The show means so much to me, and I think I found and learned so much about myself through Anya… Anya really wants to do the good thing all the time, and she just comes from such a good place.” She also revealed that, getting into character, she would listen to “Pushing It Down and Praying” by Lizzy McAlpine and a lot of Rihanna, Radiohead, and early 2000s music.
If there’s one thing she’s hoping fans will take away from the series, she explained, “I think to be kinder to yourself. To be gentle with yourself. I think you have to be honest with yourself to, I guess, work through everything.”
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What has Kristina Bogic been in before?
While Kristina Bogic is primarily a fresh face for American viewers, she has previously starred in Playing Gracie Darling, where she did, in fact, play Gracie Darling, and a short film called Howl, where she played Lila. She also won the Wyndham Rising Stars Competition at age 12, where she debuted her single, “Learn My Limits.”
The Body, Season 1, November 11, Netflix