Bailey plays Kiara Carrera, or Kie, on the show.
Kiara quickly became a fan favorite, shooting Bailey into stardom.
HerInstagramalone has 5.8 million followers!
But there’s so much more to Bailey than her role in “Outer Banks.”
Unfortunately, stage fright stopped her from taking her musical career much further.
“It makes me really nervous!”
Bailey also seems to have found a way to work around her nerves by sharing covers on social media.
She’s even learned to play the ukulele and piano to accompany herself.
She and many of her siblings were adopted
Madison Bailey comes from a big family.
She toldV Magazinethat her parents had one child biologically and then fostered several children over the years.
They eventually adopted six, including Bailey.
As the youngest of the seven siblings, Bailey has three older sisters and three older brothers.
Sadly, her adoptive mother passed away in 2018, as Bailey shared onTwitter.
Clearly, she’s not scared to take on new challenges and characters.
This might be due in part to her admiration forScarlett Johansson’s acting career.
It’s what’s on the inside, boo."
But for Bailey, sharing this part of herself has been an overwhelmingly good experience.
As she said during the same Live, “It was worth it.
I feel happier that I can just be so open and honest.”
Prior to that, sparks began flying between the two on the video-sharing app TikTok.
That’s right: They had the most Gen-Z start to their relationship ever.
Fortunately, the relationship didn’t have to stay entirely online.
The two have been quite public about their relationship online, and many fans seem to love the couple.
One wrote “BEST COUPLE.”
While another commented, “When’s the proposal??”
It can damage self-image, make it hard to regulate emotions, and negatively impact relationships.
However, when properly managed, those with BPD can have perfectly fulfilling lives and relationships.
Bailey toldEntertainment Tonightthat she was diagnosed with BPD at age 17.
Since then, she’s been figuring out how to live with it one day at a time.
Bailey is open about her diagnosis on social media and in interviews and often works to dispel its stigma.
Bailey told Entertainment Tonight that she manages BPD through meditation andcrystalsand by being aware of her own triggers.
She also said there are some upsides to the diagnosis.
My music taste changes often," she shared.
“I have a very broad personality, which allows me to connect with a lot of people.”
Educate yourself, educate your children, your friends, your family."
The show uses these two groups to explore the class divide, which Kiara is caught between.
But after moving out, she said people began to treat her differently.
“I think not fitting in anywhere is something a lot of mixed people specifically struggle with.”
And it was that feeling of not fitting in that helped her play Kiara so flawlessly.
Funnily enough, Madison Bailey grew up in North Carolina, though her hometown Kernersville is more inland.
“Obviously, the story is fiction, but the atmosphere felt real.
Bailey told theWinston-Salem Journalthat her sister had never worked as a stunt double before the show.
“I talked with the stunt coordinator and it was such a chill show …
It’s amazing they gave us that opportunity and experience together,” Bailey said.
“From then on I never wanted to do anything else,” she said.
From there, she dove straight into auditioning.
She worked at a studio where she helped record audition tapes and taped her own auditions.
Clearly, her work paid off.
Suddenly, the small-town girl was widely popular and being talked about all over the internet.
One article byNew Facedeclared, “It’s Madison Bailey’s world,” as the headline.
My family has a really funny way of keeping me grounded, and I love them for that.”
The show flew her to Charleston to audition in person, and she “booked it that day.”
Most of the other characters had already been cast when Bailey booked her role.
As soon as Madison Bailey got cast as Kiara, she started exploring those relationship dynamics.
Maybe having that extra backstory is what helped the group’s chemistry work so well.
Bailey said she loves how different all the characters are on the show and seeing how they work together.
And so we connect because we’re all solo.
We’re all our own entity," she said.
