Kaitlyn Dever’s New Netflix Show Continues An Impressive 6-Year Trend That Began With Her 98% RT Crime Miniseries

Kaitlyn Dever stars as Belle Gibson in Netflix's newest miniseries, Apple Cider Vinegar, and her performance has already garnered praise. The series follows a wellness influencer as she builds her social media following through a cooking app and cookbook, gaining a reputation as a survivor of brain cancer. However, the real Belle Gibson never had cancer, and was revealed as a fraud in 2015. Apple Cider Vinegar is based on a true story, but it cleverly keeps audiences guessing at what's real and what's fake throughout Belle's rise and fall.

In Apple Cider Vinegar's ending, Belle is finally exposed for her false claims of cancer and for charity fraud as she is forced to finally admit the truth. However, Kaitlyn Dever's complex performance hints that even Belle is not sure of how much of her story is true anymore. Unsurprisingly, the great new Netflix series has already garnered critical approval, and has quickly become one of Kaitlyn Dever's best roles. In fact, Apple Cider Vinegar even continues an impressive trend in Dever's career that she began with 2019's Unbelievable.

After Apple Cider Vinegar, All 3 Of Kaitlyn Dever's Miniseries Are Critically Acclaimed

All 3 of Dever's Miniseries Have Been Very Impressive

While Apple Cider Vinegar is brand-new and getting a lot of attention right now, Kaitlyn Dever has actually been in three acclaimed miniseries. The streak began in 2019 with the Netflix limited series Unbelievable. Unbelievable details the connected stories of a rape survivor, played by Dever, and two police officers investigating serial rapists several states away, played by Toni Collette and Merritt Wever. Though the subject matter is very difficult and heartbreaking, Unbelievable's story is told gracefully and focuses on the pain and healing process that survivors go through.

Miniseries	RT Critics Score	RT Audience Score
Unbelievable (2019)	98%	89%
Dopesick (2021)	89%	94%
Apple Cider Vinegar (2025)	82%	NA

Strangely, all three of Kaitlyn Dever's highly rated miniseries are based on true events, as the third show, Dopesick, focuses on the real opioid epidemic in the United States resulting from Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family attempting to market OxyContin as safe and non-addictive. Dever's performance as an injured young woman who develops an addiction to OxyContin received praise following the series' release. She was even nominated for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her performance.

Kaitlyn Dever's Apple Cider Vinegar Success Makes Her Debut In The Last Of Us This Year Even More Exciting

Dever's Great Performance In Apple Cider Vinegar Bodes Well For Her Next Role

Kaitlyn Dever's next big project is the acclaimed series The Last of Us, and her performance in Apple Cider Vinegar only creates more anticipation for her debut. While the show is not a miniseries, it is exciting to see Dever working on more series, since the format has been so good at highlighting how great of an actor she is. While several of the movies that she has been in, like Booksmart and No One Will Save You, have been thoroughly entertaining, Kaitlyn Dever's shows have given her the chance to explore her characters in greater depth.

The series format has obviously been successful for Dever thus far given how much praise her performances have drawn, and hopefully, her role in The Last of Us will follow suit. While The Last of Us clearly has a very different plot and tone to Apple Cider Vinegar, Kaitlyn Dever's roles so far have all been quite different. If anything, this change reflects how much range she has and how talented she is at making characters believable, and this is certainly the case for her portrayal of Belle Gibson in Apple Cider Vinegar.