Holy Hysteria! Meet the Rising Stars of Netflix’s ‘The Body’
Spooky season is almost over, but this year, the haunting won’t end with Halloween. That’s because Quinn Shepard’s spicy drama The Body, described as “a love letter to all the ’90s and Y2K teen movies and erotic thrillers,” premieres on November 11.
Before we head to Catholic High School with the Lions dance team, we’re taking a deep dive into the careers of the young stars dancing their way into our hearts (or nightmares?) in The Body. While the series has cast mainly fresh faces for American viewers, viewers may recognize High School Musical: The Musical: The Series star Sofia Wylie, The Pitt alum Jackson Kelly, and Finding Her Edge heartthrob Cale Ambrozic.
While filming, the cast got incredibly close. Geena Meszaros told People, “We started out with a month of dance rehearsals before we started filming. It was seven hours a day of rehearsals, and I felt like that was very, very bonding.” Get to know the cast of The Body below!
The Body, Season 1, November 11, Netflix
Kristina Bogic as Anya
Kristina Bogic is a 19-year-old actress, singer, and dancer from outside of Melbourne, Australia, playing Anya. At 12, Bogic won the Wyndham Rising Stars Competition, where she debuted her single, “Learn My Limits.” While The Body is her American breakout role, she previously starred in the Australian series Playing Gracie Darling.
Ahead of the series premiere, director Quinn Shepard shared, “This was Kristina’s first time doing an American accent, and she had such an unbelievable transformation, even just in the prep for this, doing her hair, learning her accent. It was really amazing to get to see all the girls blossom and really come into their characters.”
Sara Boustany as Elise
Actress Sara Boustany, 23, is best known for playing Miranda in PEN15, Isabel in Hello Beautiful, and 14-year-old Lucy Jane in Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings. Boustany is from Lebanon but moved to Los Angeles as a teen. She joins The Body cast as Elise, Anya’s co-captain of the Lions Dance Team. In the trailer, Elise offers the “Prince of Darkness” their newest member, Grace (Wylie), as a “most holy virgin sacrifice.”
Geena Meszaros as Lisbeth
Geena Meszaros is set to portray eyebrow-less Lisbeth. Ahead of the series, Meszaros told People, that Lisbeth “felt like my dream character to play.” She added, “I was like, ‘Please, please, please, please, please let me get it, please let me get it.’ Crying on the floor. You can just tell that so many years of thought went into [the series]. It’s just so beautifully done all the way around.” She previously had roles in The Order, Wayward, and more.
Jackson Kelly as Leo
If you’ve seen The Pitt, you might recognize The Body‘s Jackson Kelly, who’s currently in his blond era. He played David Saunders during four episodes of the medical drama, as well as Marcus in Imperfect Women and Grant Collins in Chucky. He joins The Body as Lisbeth’s brother, Leo. Louisa Krause, who played Sapphire Stagg in Superman, plays their mother, Catherine.
Sofia Wylie as Grace
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series favorite Gina Porter is back! After winning our hearts in the Disney+ series, 22-year-old actress, singer, and dancer Sofia Wylie, from Arizona, is returning to our screens as Grace in The Body. Before her time at East High, Wylie appeared in Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn and Andi Mack.
Shirley Chen as Maddie
Shirley Chen is a ’22 Harvard University grad who is returning to high school for The Body! When Chen was announced as a member of the cast, she posted that playing Maddie in The Body was a “dream come true.” She’s previously starred as Krista in the Sundance Film Festival movie Beast Beast and Joan in Slanted, where she starred alongside McKenna Grace and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan.
Orlando Norman as Steven
Your Fault: London and The Map That Leads to You actor Orlando Norman plays Steven in The Body. He’s a 27-year-old Australian actor from Adelaide who won the Best Actor award at the Berkshire International Film Festival for his short film Dipsomaniac. He’s also dating Aurora Perrineau, who plays Chantel in Every Year After.
Kyra & Phallon Pierce as Bailey & Brit
Yes, The Body twins are played by two people, not one! Kyra and Phallon Pierce are 19-year-old identical twin sisters who are both studying Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan. Per their website, they are “newly selected rookies with the Detroit Pistons NBA Dance Team.” They’ve also appeared in Chicago Fire and South Side.
Marcel Ruiz as Tyler
The Body‘s Tyler is played by Marcel Ruiz, a 23-year-old actor from Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. He’s best known for playing Alex Alvarez in Netflix’s One Day at a Time. He earned his spot on InStyle’s 2026 Breakthrough List, where he shared that his first role was in a Puerto Rican milk commercial.
Cale Ambrozic as Benji
Romance lovers may know Cale Ambrozic as Brayden Elliot in Finding Her Edge. The 23-year-old Canadian actor is taking some time off the ice for a role in The Body. Along with Finding Her Edge, Ambrozic appeared inWe Were Liars as Blake Beaumont and in Hotel Cocaine as Howard.
