Halle Bailey

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Summary

Halle Bailey is an actor and singer who first rose to prominence as part of the music duo Chloe x Halle. Her screen work includes Grown-ish, The Little Mermaid, and The Color Purple. She has described black representation on screen as important, spoken about the impact of seeing a Black Ariel on young black girls, and joined her sister in delaying an album release and honoring George Floyd and Breonna Taylor during performances in support of Black Lives Matter. In 2024, she performed at a Kamala Harris fundraiser; no public record of DEI roles or queer advocacy is established.