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the big break

Charlotte Nicdao counts herself lucky to have already ticked off a major career goal. The Melbourne actor currently stars as Poppy Li in Apple TV+’s , a comedy series about the outsized personalities at a fictional video-game development studio. “My pinnacle goal when I was starting out was to get a lead role in a workplace comedy – something like ,” Charlotte says. At HQ, she gets to do exactly that, alongside co-star (and alum) Danny Pudi to boot. Created by Charlie Day, Megan Ganz and Rob McElhenney, is relatively young as far as sitcoms go. But for Charlotte, it’s the dream job. “I feel

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