British newcomer stars in new Netflix drama Fate: The Winx Saga

Elisha Applebaum stars in the young adult drama, which is a live-action reimagining of Winx Club, the Italian cartoon series by Iginio Straffi

By Francine Wolfisz
  • Francine Wolfisz is the Features Editor for Jewish News.
18 December 2020, 11:47 am
Fate: The Winx Club Saga Season 1. Hannah van der Westhuysen as Stella, Eliot Salt as Terra, Abigail Cowen as Bloom, Elisha Applebaum as Musa, Precious Mustapha as Aisha in Fate: The Winx Club Saga Season 1. Cr. Jonathan Hession/NETFLIX © 2020

Up-and-coming British actress Elisha Applebaum stars in Netflix’s young
adult drama Fate: The Winx Saga, which airs next month.

The six-part series from The Vampire Diaries’ Brian Young, who serves as showrunner and executive producer, is a live-action reimagining of Winx Club, the Italian cartoon series by Iginio Straffi.

Applebaum plays Musa, one of five fairies who attend Alfea, a magical boarding school in the Otherworld where they must learn to master their powers while navigating love, rivalries and the monsters that threaten their very existence. 

The coming-of-age series also stars The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina actress Abigail Cowen and Grantchester star Hannah van der Westhuysen, alongside Eliot Salt (Normal People) and Precious Mustapha (Endeavour).

  • Fate: The Winx Saga airs on Netflix from 22 January 2021

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