Madison Bailey

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Madison Bailey Loves Love (Elite Daily)

Ahead of 'Outer Banks' Season 3, star Madison Bailey discusses her upbringing, her relationship with girlfriend Mariah Linney, and her love for love.

“There’s so much celebration and love in the queer community,” says Bailey, adding, “I’m not denying that there is a journey to get there. “For people to know that I’m someone that they can come to who is a safe place means the world. Both because of Linney’s ability to “make the rest of the world fall away,” as she wrote in an but I’m lowkey a sad f*ckin girl,” she [recently wrote on Twitter](https://twitter.com/madisonbailey/status/1603121843539677184).) “My parents set such a good example for love and what it means to love people unconditionally.” “I’m going to make a mistake, I’m not by any means the most perfect candidate,” she concedes. “There’s so much love to go around and so much more love that needs to be in circulation,” Bailey says. She’s the daughter of a successful restaurant owner but has a passion for environmentalism and an adventurous spirit that has earned her a spot as an honorary Pogue. The pair met when Bailey [slid into Linney’s DMs in 2020](https://www.elitedaily.com/dating/madison-bailey-relationship-history), asking her to [“chat and chill.”](http://elitedaily.com/dating/madison-bailey-relationship-history) That June, they [hard launched their relationship](https://www.j-14.com/posts/outer-banks-madison-bailey-mariah-linney-relationship-timeline/) on both Instagram and TikTok. “I was extremely aware of what the fans wanted, so I wasn’t really caught off-guard when I saw it in the script this year,” Bailey says of things heating up between Kiara and co-star Rudy Pankow’s character. After high school, Bailey pursued both acting and modeling — she’s currently a Fenty Beauty spokesperson — and following a turn on the CW’s Black Lightning playing Wendy, a teenager with the ability to control the air, in 2020 Bailey landed a spot on the show that would serve as her breakout: Netflix’s Outer Banks. [first same-sex couple](https://people.com/tv/niecy-nash-and-jessica-betts-make-history-first-same-sex-couple-on-essence-cover/) to appear on the cover of Essence magazine. And the importance of these two women of color being photographed amid such a tender, intimate embrace — for all the world to see — isn’t lost on Bailey, who identifies as pansexual.

Madison Bailey doesn't mind 'getting personal' with her fans (Port Lavaca Wave)

Madison Bailey "doesn't mind getting personal" with her fans. The 24-year-old actress has amassed almost seven million followers on Instagram since taking on the role of Kiara Carrera in the hit Netflix drama series 'Outer Banks' and loves being able ...

'Outer Banks' Star Madison Bailey on Season 3, Coming Out as ... (Them)

The actor talks with Them about finding queer community and opening up about mental health on social media.

I want to send a message of being yourself and being the truest version of yourself no matter how messy it is, and also acknowledging that I’m not my truest version. But I think I wanted to share so much so that I had the realest response that I could get. I’m so inspired by people I’ve never met and never heard of. I’m not blind to the position that I’m in of being a great influence on people my age, on younger people. I feel like I’ve learned so much and I really see the content that I want. Single-handedly the nicest person I’ve ever met in this industry and otherwise. I love women’s basketball. So the more I’m myself, the more people gravitate towards my energy. Yes, I love it. I look at my tags a lot and open my DMs and I get a lot of really beautiful stories and beautiful messages from people. I saw in some interviews that you and your girlfriend met on social media. This position that I’m in is so new to me.

Madison Bailey On Hidden Treasure, Coming Out & Finding Her Tribe (Pride.com)

The Outer Banks star opens up to PRIDE about her character's season 3 journey and why she has no room in her life for the haters.

And of course, I would like the honor of doing that and being that representation because, you know, pulling from my own life, and I would be honored to show that representation in our show,” she shares. And a little bit of a battle of her trying to merge both of her worlds into one.” Kiara is one of the few characters who straddle the world between the haves (the Kooks) and have-nots (the Pogues), so discussion of class and privilege inevitably come up in her story. “I feel so empowered playing her and championing the spirit of young people who know what they want and are fighting for what they want. “I’m happy that we get deeper into the history of where the gold even came from. “I think Kiara is where the wind takes her kind of girl,” says Bailey “[Kiara and JJ have] had this chemistry. “And I get the most wonderful messages, comments, DMs, of people telling me how I’ve inspired them and how I’ve shown them that being yourself is the best option.” And has a little bit of that push and pull this season.” As for which character she would like to see Kiara explore her bisexuality with, Bailey doesn’t specify. “I think you can expect more of Kiara following her heart and passion. This season is them trying to figure out what that chemistry means and where that lands them. So it’s less of a decision to come out and more of a decision to be an open book with people,” Bailey tells PRIDE. For some, that kind of transparency and an accompanying vulnerability would have been frightening, but for Bailey, it was a no-brainer.

The Iconic Madison Bailey: A Rising Star in Queer Storytelling (NNN)

Kie is a character Bailey seems to connect to emotionally, bringing an incredible depth to her version of the arc – with Bailey's own experience as a pansexual, ...

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