Harley Bird
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Born | Harley Fiona Riley (2001年12月13日) 13 December 2001 (age 23) Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England |
Other names | Harley Riley |
Alma mater | Manchester School of Theatre |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2007–present |
Harley Fiona Riley (born 13 December 2001),[1] [2] better known by her stage name of Harley Bird, is an English actress.[3] She was the third as well as the longest running voice of Peppa Pig , taking on the role in 2007 and leaving in 2020. The role was taken over by Amelie Bea Smith.
Early life and education
[edit ]Harley Fiona Riley[4] was born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester in Northern England to Gill and Craig Riley, the second eldest of four children, with two sisters and a brother.[5] Bird attended Tring Park School for the Performing Arts in Hertfordshire on their Tring Park Associates programme before enrolling into the main school.[6] She went on to graduate from the Manchester School of Theatre in 2023 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Acting.[7]
Career
[edit ]At age five, she was signed to Alphabet Kidz Talent Agency. A month later she gained the voice role of Peppa in the children's animated series Peppa Pig . She replaced the previous actors, Lily Snowden-Fine and Cecily Bloom. She first voiced Peppa on the 2007 "Peppa's Christmas" special and continued to voice the character for seasons 3, 4, 5 and the first half of the 6th. She voiced Peppa Pig on "The Official BBC Children in Need Medley" and various other pieces of show merchandise.[8]
Bird's TV appearances and radio broadcasts include a behind-the-scenes feature on CBBC's Newsround [9] and an interview in character as Peppa on BBC Radio One's Chris Moyles Show .[10] She became the youngest British Academy Film Award winner when she won the Performer award at the 2011 BAFTA for her voice-artist work as Peppa Pig.[11] [12]
Bird announced that she was leaving the role of Peppa Pig on 31 January 2020, after 13 years and 185 episodes in the role.[13] She was succeeded in the role by Amelie Bea Smith.[13]
Bird starred as Daisy in Blueberry, a 2009 short film which won the Audience Award at the Cinequest Film Festival,[14] She also starred as Piper alongside Saoirse Ronan [15] in Kevin Macdonald's How I Live Now , released in 2013.[16] She also starred in Goodbye, a radio drama by Morwenna Banks, her Peppa Pig co-star, that aired on BBC Radio 4 alongside Olivia Colman, Natascha McElhone, Darren Boyd, Alison Steadman, and John Simm.[17] In 2017, Bird played the lead role of Sammy in Disney Channel's webisode series, So Sammy.[18] In 2024, Bird starred in the Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black as Winehouse's best friend Juliette Ashby.
Filmography
[edit ]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007–2020 | Peppa Pig | Peppa Pig and Baby Alexander | Voice |
2009 | Blueberry | Daisy | Short film |
2010–2014 | Hailey and Friends | Mika | Dubbed Voice |
2013 | How I Live Now | Piper | Film |
2013 | Goodbye | Maddy | BBC Radio 4 drama |
2013–2020 | Milkshake! | Peppa Pig | Voice |
2014 | Doctor Who | Ruby | Episode: "In the Forest of the Night" |
2017 | So Sammy | Sammy | Disney mini series |
2024 | Back to Black | Juliette Ashby |
References
[edit ]- ^ "12 today! I love my pressies....!x". Twitter. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ Iuzzolino, Sarah; Lewis, Hannah; Matthews, Donovan; Vieni, Izzy (29 December 2017). "Harley Bird, voice of Peppa Pig, talks with Long Island kids". Newsday. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Alphabet Kidz talent agency". Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ "Pipers Corner School Pupil wins Children's BAFTA". UK Boarding Schools. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ Thompson, Melissa (25 January 2015). "Meet TV's Peppa Pig... the 13-year-old girl from Rochdale". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ Barns, Sarah (16 January 2015). "'I'm Peppa Pig' Meet Harley Bird, 13, the voice behind the world's most famous cartoon hog". Express. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "Harley Bird". Manchester School of Theatre. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Peppa Pig star Harley Bird on 10 years oinking", BBC News, 21 March 2017, retrieved 21 March 2017
- ^ "Harley Bird: The Voice Behind Peppa Pig" . Retrieved 8 August 2012. BBC Newsround, 9 February 2012
- ^ "Chris Moyles Guests 2011" . Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ "BAFTA Children's Awards Winners 2011". Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ Woods, Judith (22 December 2011). "Why middle-class England is potty about Peppa Pig". The Daily Telegraph . Archived from the original on 23 December 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Peppa Pig voice actor Harley Bird quits after 13 years". The Guardian. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ "Blueberry". Archived from the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ "Saoirse Ronan to star in How I Live Now". Studio Magazine. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ "Press release for "How I Live Now" film". 25 June 2012. Archived from the original on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2012.Meg Rosoff blog
- ^ "John Simm joins Olivia Coleman, Natascha McElhone & Olivia Poulet for 'Goodbye'". 27 October 2013.
- ^ Taylor, Frances (14 February 2017). "Miranda Hart makes foray into children's TV with new Disney web series So Sammy". Radio Times. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
External links
[edit ]- Harley Bird at IMDb
- Harley Bird at Spotlight
- "Screen Daily - Shooting Starts on Kevin MacDonald's "How I Live Now"" . Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- "Manchester Evening News - The 10 Year Old Girl from Rochdale who is a global TV star as the voice of Peppa Pig". 21 January 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- "BBC News - Voice of Peppa Pig, Harley Bird, wins a BAFTA". BBC News. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the Manchester School of Theatre
- English child actresses
- English television actresses
- English voice actresses
- Actors educated at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
- Actresses from Rochdale
- 21st-century English actresses
- People from Tring
- Actresses from Hertfordshire