Harley Bird
British actress
Harley Fiona Riley (born 13 December 2001), better known by her stage name of Harley Bird, is an English actress. She was the third as well as the longest running voice of Peppa Pig, taking on the role in 2007 and leaving in 2020, having held the role nearly for 14 years. The role was taken over by Amelie Bea Smith.
Early life and education
Harley Fiona Riley was born on 13 December 2001 in Rochdale, Greater Manchester in Northern England to Gill and Craig Riley, the second eldest of four children, with two sisters, Taylor and Olivia and brother Rosco. Bird attended Tring Park School for the Performing Arts in Hertfordshire on their Tring Park Associates programme before enrolling into the main school. She went on to graduate from the Manchester School of Theatre in 2023 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Acting.
Career
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.
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