Madison Bailey is an American actress and model born on January 29, 1999 in Kernersville, North Carolina, USA. She is widely known for her character Kiara "Kie" Carrera in the Netflix series Outer Banks.
Growing up in Kernersville, Bailey's first goal was to become a singer; When stage fright made this path difficult, she turned to acting and modeling at the age of fifteen. He started his professional career around 2015, and in his early years he starred in Constantine and Mr. He appeared in guest roles in TV series such as Mercedes.
Career
Her first regular role in her career came in The CW series Black Lightning, where she joined the cast in 2018. She played Wendy Hernandez, a young metahuman who can control the weather, for two seasons.
Outer Banks, which premiered in 2020, made Bailey internationally known. In the adventure series set on an island community off the coast of North Carolina, she played Kiara, who is among the poor young people called "Pogue", even though she comes from a wealthy family, and remained in the main cast in all seasons of the series.
In the same period, he also expanded into cinema; He starred in productions such as Impractical Jokers: The Movie (2020) and Supercool (2021). She played the character of Lucy Field in the time travel-themed thriller Time Cut, released on Netflix in 2024, and was also part of the film's production team.
In addition to her TV and film work, Bailey also does modeling; With the success of Outer Banks, he became one of the remarkable young actors of his generation.