Northeast’s performance, which emanates joy and a guileless sensuality, deserves to be as much of a launchpad to stardom. The six-part miniseries, which was released last month, is no less a discovery—the hidden gem of the summer, if not the year.

Far better than the overly rote and tired “Bridgerton.” The key difference is it features an earthier, more developed female presence at its core — the fiery and unsinkable 17-year-old Syblla Melvyn (Philippa Northeast in an incomparable performance that gives us a writer heroine to cheer on).

The new series, created by Australian writer/producer Liz Doran, has a peppier, less ambiguous feel — less tone poem than modernized fable, filtered through the ongoing yen for Jane Austen love triangles and marriage plots (Netflix is actually launching a new “Pride and Prejudice” series later this fall). It’s a lot of fun.

My Brilliant Career is a fun series that’s made very watchable by Philippa’s Northeast’s lead performance. At times, it tries to get a bit too stylish, but those moments are outweighed by the story and performances.

This series is a charming coming-of-age tale.

There are many people to credit for this buoyant “Brilliant Career,” including its developer and co-writer Liz Doran. But it is Philippa Northeast as Sybylla who is the shiny thing from which we cannot avert our eyes. Viewers will experience an almost chemical reaction in watching the performance.

The supporting cast are all pretty good, though nobody brings much gravitas so fun lines (such as “I think no man should have to defend anything he says after midnight”) don’t tend to land with much force. Though that’s not the case with Northeast: she’s a delight.