Indiana Marie Ella Massara (born 23 August 2002), sometimes shortened to just Indiana, is an Australian singer, actress, model, and Internet personality. Massara has been named one of Kiss FM's youngest New Next Up Artists.

Early life and education

Massara was born in Coolbinia, a suburb of

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. She is of

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descent. Massara was a "tom-boy" as a child with an interest in sports. She initially stayed in Australia with her grandparents while her parents and older brother Presley left for

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so he could pursue acting. Indiana attended Mercedes College in the

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before making the decision to join them.

Career

Massara walked the

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runway at the age of 13. Massara began working with Brat in 2017 when she landed the role of Rooney Forrester in '' Chicken Girls'', a character she would also play in various series and films for the network such as ''Attaway Appeal'', '' Chicken Girls: The Movie'', ''Holiday Spectacular'', ''Intern-in-Chief'', the lead in ''Rooney's Last Roll'', as well as cameos in ''

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'' and ''Stuck''. She also hosted ''Brat Chat'' alongside Darius Marcell and performed the theme song for ''Red Ruby'', "Run You Down". Massara released her debut single, "Drama" featuring Stoppa, in 2017, which made it into the top ten chart on

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. She has been in the top three on

multiple times as well as receiving radio play in the United States, Australia, and Canada. Massara has released several singles including "Smoke In My Eyes", "In Your Dreams", "Do Yourself A Favour" and "Apology" featuring 24hrs in 2018 and "That Day", "I Think We're Alone Now" in 2019, and "Squeeze" in 2020. As of 2018, she was working on an EP. In October 2018, Massara went on her first ever tour alongside Tayler Holder, Zach Clayton, and Joey Birlem with Swipe Up Live in Australia. Massara opened for

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, and

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at 103.7 KISS-FM's Kiss the Summer Hello in June 2019. In June 2020, Massara started a podcast with her friends Zach Justice and Jared "JareBear" Bailey titled ''Dropouts''. A number of public figures have featured on the podcast as guests, such as

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, Nick Turturro, and Mike E. Winfield. In 2022, Massara joined the ''Broken Road'' podcast. Massara played Paige in the 2021 film '' Hero Mode''. Massara also played Jess in 2023 film ''

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". As of December 2022, she has 1.9 million and 4.9 followers on Instagram and TikTok respectively.

Artistry

Massara takes inspiration from

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, Khalid, Jack & Jack, and Beyonce. Her early inspirations include

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and

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Discography

Singles

* "Drama" featuring Stoppa (2017) * "Smoke in my Eyes" (2018) * "Do Yourself a Favour" (2018) * "In Your Dreams" (2018) * "Apology" featuring 24hrs (2018) * "I Think We're Alone Now" (2019) * "That Day" (2019) * "Over It" (2019) with Jules LeBlanc and Aliyah Moulden * "Run You Down" (2019), ''Red Ruby'' theme song * "Say It Back" (2019) * "Squeeze" (2020) * "Brainstorm" (2021) from '' Hero Mode'' * "Hopeless" (2022) with

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Music videos

Filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

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