Acting

BARKAA

Place of birth

Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia

Known for

Acting

Credits

3 titles

Official site

For BARKAA, born Chloe Quayle, music is power. She’s a proud Barkindji woman and mother who raps about important issues that have affected her personally, and those experienced collectively by Blak Australia. Her recent songs ‘Our lives matter’ and ‘I can’t breathe’ – the latter a collaboration with Murrawarri artist DOBBY (Rhyan Clapham) – became prominent cultural anthems during the 2020 Bla©k Lives Matter protests that swept across so-called Australia in the wake of the brutal police killing of African American man George Floyd. BARKAA’s playlist is about survival. Bringing together community anthems, she opens her playlist with ‘Welcome’ by DOBBY, then ‘Smoking ceremony’ by Skinnyfish S…

Known for

7.5

Adam Hills, one of Australia's favourite comedians and winner of Edinburgh's Best of the Fest award, is joined by two team captains, comedian and actor Alan Brough and radio breakfast announcer Myf Warhurst, as well as brave personalities who enjoy having long forgotten embarrassing stories laughed about on national television. Two teams go head to head as they sing, shout and delve deep into the recesses of their collective minds to help earn their team an extremely inglorious victory.

Spicks and Specks

2005

BURN GENTLY is an exploration into the ins and outs of the music industry, its growth, pressures, expectations and its hardships, through the lens of Australia’s many influential artists, contributors and industry professionals.

Burn Gently

2023

A series of games and quiz rounds explore the people and history of Australia, exactly the way people weren't taught in school.

Big Backyard Quiz

2024

Film credits

2020s · 2 titles