By Anadya Narain
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Halle Bailey is an American singer and actress best known for being one half of the musical duo Chloe x Halle. Here is everything you need to know about the Little Mermaid star.
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Halle Bailey was born on March 27, 2000. She is 23 years old and is an Aries because of her late March birthday.
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Halle is the other half of the contemporary R&B duo, Chloe x Halle together with her older sister Chloe. The two started out performing covers on their YouTube channel.
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Although she is the younger of the two, Halle holds her own on vocals. She told Rolling Stone that she is a big fan of jazz.
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Bailey’s first big role was in 2006 in Last Holiday. More recently, she and her sister Chloe Bailey played twins Sky and Jazz Forster on Grown-ish.
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Halle is next starring in Oprah’s movie adaptation of the musical, The Color Purple. Bailey plays Nettie, Celie’s younger sister, who runs away from their abusive household.
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The Chloe x Halle duo opened for Beyoncé on not one, but two tours (in 2016 and 2018), and even had a cameo in her visual album, Lemonade.
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Lastly, Halle Bailey is the first Black actress to play Ariel. Unfortunately, when the news dropped that Bailey was the new Ariel.
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