Apple Cider Vinegar (TV series)
Apple Cider Vinegar is a 2025 Australian drama television limited series released on Netflix and produced by See-Saw Films, based on the 2017 book The Woman Who Fooled the World by journalists Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano. It stars Kaitlyn Dever and Alycia Debnam-Carey as wellness guru Belle Gibson and Milla Blake, respectively, who use their platforms to promote alternative medicine. Gibson fools her following and the world with a fake cancer diagnosis, while Milla convinces her mother to join her in eschewing scientifically prescribed medical treatment. The series received generally positive reviews.
Premise
The show follows Belle Gibson as she commits fraud by pretending to have cancer to promote alternative medicine. Gibson launches a wellness recipe app and cookbook, but soon her lies are uncovered.Cast
- Kaitlyn Dever as Belle Gibson
- Alycia Debnam-Carey as Milla Blake
- Aisha Dee as Chanelle, Milla's friend and Belle's assistant
- Tilda Cobham-Hervey as Lucy, cancer patient and fan of Belle
- Mark Coles Smith as Justin Guthrie, Lucy's husband
- Ashley Zukerman as Clive, Belle's partner
- Phoenix Raei as Hek, crisis manager
- Susie Porter as Tamara, Milla's mother
- Matt Nable as Joe, Milla's dad
- Catherine McClements as Julie, Belle's book publisher
- Essie Davis as Natalie, Belle's mother
- Chai Hansen as Arlo, Milla's partner
- Richard Davies as Sean
- Edwina Wren as Fiona, the mother of the brain cancer-illed boy.
- Kieran Darcy-Smith as Andrew Dal-Bello
- Doris Younane as Dr. Chidiac
- Sibylla Budd as Tara Brown
- Jeremy Stanford as Dr. Walsh
- Kate Lister as Jordan
Production
Samantha Strauss created Apple Cider Vinegar and wrote the series with Anya Beyersdorf and Angela Betzien. The series is based on the 2017 book The Woman Who Fooled the World by journalists Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano. All episodes are directed by Jeffrey Walker, while Walker and executives at production companies See-Saw Films and Picking Scabs, along with Dever, serve as executive producers.On 15 December 2023, it was announced that the series had gone into production. The series filmed in and around Melbourne, Australia with funding secured from Screen Australia and VicScreen.
The trailer was released on 19 November 2024. A second trailer for the series was released on 16 January 2025, with a release date of 6 February 2025.