First audition at age 3 with Beyoncé
Chloe Bailey's very first audition was at age 3, where she played a younger version of Beyoncé's character in a film and met Beyoncé on set.
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Chloe Bailey: Relationship Red Flags & Redefining Success
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Jul 1, 2026
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Age 3: The First Time She Met Beyoncé on Set
At 6:47 · chapter starts 6:45
Alex reveals the extraordinary fact that Chloe's very first acting audition was at age 3, for a role playing a younger Beyoncé. What follows is a cascade of remarkably specific childhood memories: a yellow-pink sunflower dress, mints she hated so much they had to wrap them in strawberry candy to keep filming, Beyoncé picking her up and swinging her at the wrap party. Then there's the story of 5-year-old Chloe and 3-year-old Halle crawling across a red carpet to reach Beyoncé in a diamond dress, only for Halle's baby locs to get caught in the hem. These are the details of a life that was entangled with Beyoncé's world from the very beginning — long before anyone signed anything.
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