Full Name Harley Riley Name Harley Bird | Occupation actor Nationality United Kingdom Role Actress | |
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Movies How I Live Now, Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band Nominations British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer Similar People George MacKay, Kevin Macdonald, Lily Snowden‑Fine, Tom Holland, Meg Rosoff | ||
Harley bird peppa pig interview on bbc breakfast news
Harley Bird (born Harley Riley, 13 December 2001) is an English actress and voice-over artist. She is currently known as the third and current voice of Peppa Pig.
Contents
- Harley bird peppa pig interview on bbc breakfast news
- Harley bird on cbbc newsround
- Early and personal life
- Career
- Filmography
- References
Harley bird on cbbc newsround
Early and personal life
Bird was born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester as Harley Riley. Bird lives in Tring, Hertfordshire with her parents, Gill and Craig Riley. Bird is the second eldest of four children and has two sisters, Taylor and Olivia and a brother called Rosco. She used to attend Tring Park School for the Performing Arts on their Tring Park Associates programme, before enrolling into the main school and she currently attends Pipers Corner School.
Career
At age 5 she was signed to Alphabet Kidz Talent Agency. A month later she gained the role of Peppa in the children's animated series Peppa Pig. She replaces the previous actors Lily Snowden-Fine and Cecily Bloom. She voiced Peppa for seasons 3, 4, and 5 of the series. In her role, she has lent her voice to Peppa Pig in The Official BBC Children in Need Medley, as well as various other pieces of show merchandise. She is a keen kickboxer.
Bird has made a number of TV and radio appearances, including presenting a behind the scenes feature on CBBC's Newsround and being interviewed in character as Peppa on BBC Radio One's Chris Moyles Show. She became the youngest British Academy Film Award winner ever as she won the Performer award at the 2011 British Academy Children's Awards for her voice-artist work as Peppa Pig. Harley is nominated for 'Most Promising Newcomer' at the British Independent Film Awards 2013.
Bird also starred as Daisy in Blueberry, a 2009 short film which won the Audience Award at the Cinequest Film Festival, She also starred as Piper alongside Saoirse Ronan in Kevin Macdonald's How I Live Now, released in 2013. Bird currently plays the lead role of Sammy in Disney Channel's webisode series, So Sammy.