Ky Baldwin (born 10 April 2001) is an Australian singer, songwriter, dancer and actor. He is known for his music videos on his
YouTube
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channel.
Early life
Ky Baldwin was born in April 2001 in
Sydney, Australia. Although his youth was mainly spent playing sports, at the age of six he started tap dancing with Dein Perry's "Tap Pups". From there Baldwin continued to learn other genres such as hip hop and jazz.
Acting career
At age seven, Baldwin was cast as "Trouble" in ''
Madame Butterfly
''Madama Butterfly'' (; ''Madame Butterfly'') is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.
It is based on the short story " Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Lut ...
'' performing at the
Sydney Opera House. Other theatre roles have included Gustave in
Andrew Lloyd Webber's ''
Love Never Dies'' and a performance in
Dylan Thomas's ''
Under Milk Wood
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'' at the Sydney Theatre Company. He played Michael Banks in Disney's ''
Mary Poppins It may refer to:
* ''Mary Poppins'' (book series), the original 1934–1988 children's fantasy novels that introduced the character.
* Mary Poppins (character), the nanny with magical powers.
* ''Mary Poppins'' (film), a 1964 Disney film sta ...
'' in
Auckland, New Zealand
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.
At age nine, Baldwin entered into ''
Australia's Got Talent'' with his own tap dancing routine. He became that year's youngest semi-finalist, but exited the series after it fell to the judges' vote.
Baldwin has featured in other Australian series including ''
Spirited
''Spirited'' is an Australian television Supernatural fiction, supernatural comedy-drama series made for subscription television channel W that aired for two seasons, 2010 and 2011.
The series stars Claudia Karvan as dentist Suzy Darling, wh ...
'', ''
East West 101
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'', ''
Underbelly: Razor.'' He provided the voice of Little Nutbrown Hare in the animated series ''Guess How Much I Love You'' (Season 1 & 2). In 2014, Baldwin was a semi-finalist in the inaugural season of ''
The Voice Kids
''The Voice Kids'' is a version of ''The Voice'' TV series franchise in which children participate.
Versions
The first such variation was '' The Voice Kids'' from the Netherlands, which was followed by other international variants:
: Franchise wi ...
'' as part of
Team Delta.
Baldwin was cast as the young
Peter Allen in the two-part TV
biopic, ''
Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door''. In April 2016 he won the
and a
Logie Award
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(Graham Kennedy Breakthrough Star of Tomorrow) for this role.
Baldwin has collaborated with DreamworksTV and
Disney Channel and he has been chosen as a Disney Diary Vlogger. He works with DreamWorks for their "Songs That Stick" series.
The actor co-starred in the 2022
Nickelodeon Movies
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The division has earned n ...
remake, ''Snow Day.'', which streams as of Dec 21, 2022, on
Paramount+
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.
Baldwin now lives in Los Angeles.
Music career
Baldwin released his first EP "The Beginning" in 2014 and ''The Beginning'' with five original songs including "You Make Me Wanna Dance", "Do You Remember", "We're Young", "Lara" and "It's Time". The EP also included three cover songs.
In May 2017, Baldwin released the first single from his second EP "Dare to Believe" called "Just Dance", which was a finalist on Musical.ly's "Next Wave: May". Baldwin's single Invisible is a duet with Jillian Shea Spaede
Jillian Shea Spaeder Official website Spaeder has also been featured in three of Baldwin's YouTube videos including We Don't Talk Anymore, Perfect and ColdWater.
Baldwin's original songs include:
*You Make Me Wanna Dance
*Lara
*Do You Remember
*It's Time
*Why
*Just Dance
*Summer Song
*Goodbye
*Dear Mom
*Depression Is A Monster
References
External links
Ky Baldwin Official websiteKy Baldwin YouTube channel
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2001 births
AACTA Award winners
Australian pop singers
Living people
Logie Award winners
21st-century Australian singers
21st-century Australian male singers