Madison Bailey

Madison Bailey is a pansexual actress who came out publicly in May-June 2020, at age 21, in a TikTok post and a subsequent Instagram Live Q&A. She has spoken about choosing the word pansexual because it most accurately captures her experience of attraction: "I want to choose somebody based on a soul connection, and that just makes the most sense for how I feel." Bailey identifies as Black and mixed-race and has spoken about the intersection of her racial and queer identities, including the experience of being a visibly queer young Black woman in the entertainment industry. She is best known for playing Kiara Carrera in Netflix's teen adventure drama Outer Banks (2020). She has been in a public relationship with Mariah Linney, a former University of North Carolina Charlotte basketball player, since 2020, and has used that visibility to normalize pansexual relationships and LGBTQ+ identity for the show's primarily young audience.