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Baykali Ganambarr (born 30 August 1994) is an Yolngu actor and dancer. He received the 2018 Marcello Mastroianni Award for his role in The Nightingale and was nominated for the 2019 AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the same role.
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Ganambarr is not a trained actor, but those who've worked with him have described a charismatic performer who moved with ease between dancing on stage and acting on screen. He took to dancing from a young age before the internet opened up a world of possibilities. "I started dancing culturally when I was around five, six years old, and then getting...
He relocated to Darwin for high school, and as a teenager became involved with Corrugated Iron Youth Arts, where he recently returned to train young people as an alumnus. Jane Tonkin, the organisation's executive producer, recalled putting Ganambarr before a camera for the first time and seeing him take to it like a duck to water. "They really just...
Ganambarr said family were close at mind when he accepted the award, particularly his mother, who died of cancer when he was a teenager. "For me to achieve this award is such an amazing thing because ... when I was 15 years old, I made a promise to myself that I would make her proud and achieve many goals in my life. "This is one of them." The acto...
Baykali Ganambarr is a 24-year-old dancer from Arnhem Land who won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Talent at the Venice Film Festival for his role in The Nightingale. He started dancing at a young age and mixed cultural and hip-hop styles, and was scouted by director Jennifer Kent for her film set in convict-era Tasmania.
Baykali Ganambarr is an Australian actor and singer, born in Alice Springs in 1993. He has appeared in films such as The Nightingale, The Furnace and The Royal Hotel, and won two awards and four nominations.
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Aug 8, 2019 · Baykali Ganambarr is a newcomer who starred in The Nightingale, a film about colonialism in Tasmania. He talks about his journey from a remote Aboriginal community to the big screen, and his passion for sharing his culture through dancing and acting.
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Baykali Ganambarr was born on August 30, 1993 in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. He is an actor, known for The Nightingale (2018), The Furnace (2020) and The Royal Hotel (2023).
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Dec 11, 2020 · Aboriginal dancer turned actor Baykali Ganambarr is following in the footsteps of his inspiration, David Gulpilil. But with opportunity comes responsibility.
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Aug 8, 2019 · Baykali Ganambarr, an Australian actor and dancer, talks about his award-winning performance as Billy, an Aboriginal tracker in Jennifer Kent's film. He shares his experiences of learning Palawa kani, a near-extinct language, and working with a fierce and strong director.
