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Varvara Rodchenko

The fifth and final season of Outer Banks just premiered on Netflix on August 20, starring Madelyn Cline, Jonathan Daviss, Chase Stokes, and Madison Bailey. “I wanted to give everything that I could to this character for the last time,” Bailey shared in an interview with L’Officiel last month, as the series wrapped its last 10 episodes. She also mentioned how grateful she was for her role as the fearless Kiara, and said she was happy for her character to get an ending that completed her story, adding that they “finished strong”.
The 27-year-old actress has also recently appeared in an advertisement campaign for American speciality footwear retailer Journeys, starring in their back-to-school video alongside Anna Cathcart.
But how exactly did Madison Bailey get into acting, and did you know she was adopted by her parents as a baby?
How was Madison Bailey cast in Outer Banks?

Before Bailey became an actress, she was a teen model and had signed with a modelling agency at 14, according to her interview with Vogue Australia in 2020. She landed her first on-screen role in the television thriller series Constantine in 2015. “Shortly after that, I began home-schooling to pursue acting full time,” she said in the same interview.
As for the breakout hit Outer Banks, Bailey revealed that she had to audition on tape twice before she booked the role. After her second try, the actress was invited for a reading, both individually and with other cast members, including Cline, with whom she became friends. Bailey told Vogue Australia that she “genuinely couldn’t believe it” when she landed the role just a couple of minutes after the reading, and that she went on to call her father right away.
What is Madison Bailey’s background?

Adopted by her parents as a baby, Bailey is the youngest of seven – she has three older sisters and three older brothers. “My oldest [sibling] is my parents’ biological child, and then they adopted six more children. So we’re a miscellaneous group of kids. We’re all so different,” the actress told Only Natural Diamonds magazine.
Bailey’s mother sadly passed away in 2018, when the actress was 19. Following the tragic event, Bailey posted a heartfelt tribute on her Instagram page, calling her mother “the most loving, the most caring, the most honest and kind”.
Who is Madison Bailey’s ex-girlfriend?

Bailey dated basketball player Mariah Linney for almost five years before their rumoured break-up in April 2025, when they unfollowed each other on social media. The actress had hard-launched their relationship on Instagram in June 2020, after coming out as pansexual just a month earlier. The two never publicly acknowledged their split.


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Meet Madison Bailey, who plays Kiara in Outer Banks – now in its final season

Madison Bailey attends a fan event for Netflix’s Outer Banks Season 5 in Los Angeles on August 15. Photo: AFP

(From left to right) Outer Banks cast members Carlacia Grant, Drew Starkey, Madison Bailey, Chase Stokes, Jonathan Daviss and Madelyn Cline attend a fan event for Season 5 of the Netflix show in Los Angeles on August 15. Photo: Getty Images/AFP

Madison Bailey with her Outer Banks co-stars in August. Photo: @madisonbaileybabe/Instagram

Madison Bailey with Mariah Linney in 2024. Photo: @mofiyah99/Instagram

Meet Obsession star Inde Navarrette’s rumoured boyfriend, Nick Aiello

Obsession star Inde Navarrette and singer-songwriter Nick Aiello often show affection for each other in their Instagram posts. Photos: @indenavarrette, @nickaiello/Instagram

Nick Aiello is good friends with singer Joshua Bassett. Photo: @joshuabassett/Instagram

Nick Aiello keeps his relationship with Inde Navarrette low-key, but has fuelled speculation with his social media posts. Photo: @nickaiello/Instagram

Nick Aiello studied musical theatre. Photo: @nickaiello/Instagram

Meet Hayes Warner, the pop singer who makes her acting debut as Debbie in The Shards

Kaia Gerber and Hayes Warner (right) attend a launch party for FX’s The Shards in Glendale, California, on August 5. Photo: Getty Images/AFP

(From left to right) Kaia Gerber, Igby Rigney, Hayes Warner and Evan Rachel Wood attend the world premiere of FX’s The Shards in New York on July 27. Photo: AP

Hayes Warner is a rising pop singer. Photo: @hayeswarner/Instagram

Hayes Warner and Loren Gray collaborated on the former’s single “Breadcrumbs”. Photo: @hayeswarner/Instagram

Meet Jill Wagner, who plays Bobby in Taylor Sheridan’s Lioness

Jill Wagner plays Bobby, a CIA special activities division operative, in Taylor Sheridan’s spy thriller Lioness. Photo: Getty Images/AFP

(From left to right) Laysla De Oliveira, Nicole Kidman, Zoe Saldaña and Jill Wagner at the Lioness Season 3 premiere in New York in July. Photo: AFP

Jill Wagner’s father was in the US Marine Corps. Photo: @jillwagner/Instagram

Jill Wagner in Season 3 of Lioness. Photo: @jillwagner/Instagram

Jill Wagner and her family lives on a farm in Tennessee. Photo: @jillwagner/Instagram

Meet Ted Danson’s daughter, Kate, who joined him on the TV Academy Hall of Fame red carpet

Ted Danson and Kate Danson attend the 2026 Actor Awards in Los Angeles on March 1. Photo: Getty Images

(From left to right) Ted Danson, his daughter Kate Danson and his wife Mary Steenburgen attend the 28th Television Academy Hall of Fame ceremony in Los Angeles on August 13. Photo: AFP

Kate Danson is Ted Danson’s daughter with his second wife, Casey Coates. Photo: @katedanson/Instagram

Kate Danson made her on-screen debut back in 1989. Photo: @katedanson/Instagram

Kate Danson welcomed her son Sonny in 2024. Photo: @katedanson/Instagram

Meet Ella Rubin, who plays Annie in Sterling Point

Ella Rubin plays Annie Jacobson in coming-of-age drama Sterling Point. Photo: Getty Images

Ella Rubin (left) and Bo Bragason in Sterling Point. Photo: TNS

Ella Rubin at the premiere of The Idea of You in 2024. Photo: @ellarubin1/Instagram

Ella Rubin painting as a child. Photo: @ellarubin1/Instagram

Ella Rubin and Skyler Gisondo at a Fear Street: Prom Queen event in Los Angeles in May 2025. Photo: Getty Images

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The actress started out as a teen model before landing her breakout role in the Netflix series starring Madelyn Cline, Jonathan Daviss and Chase Stokes


The actress started out as a teen model before landing her breakout role in the Netflix series starring Madelyn Cline, Jonathan Daviss and Chase Stokes.


Meet Madison Bailey, who plays Kiara in Outer Banks – now in its final season

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}The actress started out as a teen model before landing her breakout role in the Netflix series starring Madelyn Cline, Jonathan Daviss and Chase Stokes

The actress started out as a teen model before landing her breakout role in the Netflix series starring Madelyn Cline, Jonathan Daviss and Chase Stokes