The young star Halle Bailey was recently in the news because of the racist backlash against her landing the role of Ariel in the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid. But who is Halle Bailey?
You may know her as one half of the duo Chloe X Halle. The 19-year-old duo was born in Atlanta, Georgia but raised in L.A. Both sisters had small roles in films like Last Holiday (2006) and 2012 Disney TV movie Let It Shine.
The sisters write and produce all their own music and started their career with talent shows and YouTube covers. Parkwood, Bey's entertainment company signed the duo after Beyoncé herself saw a YoutTube video of Halle and Chloe covering "Pretty Hurts."
In 2016, Halle made a cameo in "All Night" along with sister Chloe in Beyoncé's Lemonade visual album. The sister duo toured with Beyoncé and Jay-Z in 2018.
The sisters also star in the spin-off of Black-ish,Grown-ish, which they wrote and produced the theme song for. Halle plays Skylar, an outspoken and edgy athlete.
Her character in Grown-ish is the complete opposite of her real-life personality. A soft-spoken and cheerful individual, she and her sister promote positivity and kindness above all else.
Before her role as Skylar, Halle starred in an episode of House of Pain as Tiffany. Also, Chloe x Halle's song "Warrior" was featured in Ava Duvernay's A Wrinkle in Time (2018).
The sisters are very vocal with their activism. Halle explained some of the lines in the song "Fake" on Chloe X Halle's 2018 album The Kids Are Alright in an interview wi
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