Harley Bird

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. The role was taken over by Amelie Bea Smith. She was Peppa Pig for 13 years. Early and personal life Harley Fiona Riley was born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester in Northern England. She lives in Tring, Hertfordshire, with her parents, Gill and Craig Riley. She is the second eldest of four children, and has two sisters and a brother. Bird attended Tring Park School for the Performing Arts on their Tring Park Associates programme before enrolling into the main school. 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. She voiced Peppa Pig on "The Official BBC Children in Need Medley" and various other pieces of show merchandise. Bird's TV appearances and radio broadcasts include a behind-the-scenes feature on CBBC's Newsround and an interview in character as Peppa on BBC Radio One's Chris Moyles Show. She became the youngest British Academy Film Award winner when she won the Performer award at the 2011 British Academy Children's Awards for her voice-artist work as Peppa Pig.