All About Halle Bailey's Parents, Courtney and Doug Bailey

Courtney and Doug Bailey supported their daughter’s dreams from a young age

Halle Bailey is thankful for her strong support system, which includes her parents, Courtney and Doug Bailey.

The singer and actor rose to fame as part of the musical duo Chloe x Halle with her older sister Chloe Bailey. More recently, Halle has landed major film roles like Ariel in the 2023 live-action remake of The Little Mermaid and Nettie in the upcoming remake of the 1985 drama film The Color Purple.

Courtney and Doug have supported their daughters' careers since the beginning. After both sisters were born in Atlanta and raised in nearby Mableton, Georgia, the family moved to Los Angeles to further their artistic ambitions.

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The duo gained attention for their YouTube covers and were eventually signed to Beyoncé’s record label Parkwood Entertainment.

Behind the scenes, Doug worked as a stockbroker and he took the reins as Halle and Chloe's manager when they were first coming up. Though neither had any prior connections to the entertainment industry, both parents nurtured Halle’s apparent natural talent and supported her pursuits.

“Sometimes it’s been hard for us to believe in ourselves, but we have such a great support system in our parents and Beyoncé, who’s always letting us know to trust our art and our instincts,” Halle told TIME in 2018.

Here’s everything to know about Halle Bailey’s parents, Courtney and Doug Bailey.

They have four children

In addition to her sister, Chloe, Halle has an older sister, Ski, and a younger brother, Branson.

Ski (pronounced “sky”) was often behind the camera when her sisters were filming their YouTube covers.

"We burned [the song] on a CD, put it in our stereo, and our older sister was behind the tripod,” Chloe told PEOPLE in 2023. “She would press 'play' with her toe as she was paying attention to the camera."

Unlike her siblings though, Ski only dipped her toes in Hollywood by working on TV production crews and getting involved in PR for Halle and Chloe during the start of their careers. Still, Ski aspires to become a filmmaker and currently works as a paralegal in Charleston, South Carolina.

In a 2023 interview with British Vogue, Halle spoke about her close relationship with her brother Branson. “I am obsessed with my siblings,” she said. “But with my baby brother, when I was younger, whenever we would get in trouble and they would try to discipline Branson, I would always be like, ‘No, no, no! Leave him alone.’ ”

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They’ve shared the story behind Halle’s name

During a May 2023 appearance on Live with Kelly and Mark, Halle addressed the glaring similarity between her and Halle Berry’s names.

When host Kelly Ripa asked if her parents “contemplated” the coincidence, the singer replied, "Yes, well, my family, we've always loved Halle Berry. I mean, she's amazing. And originally when I was a baby, they wanted to name me Hailey but my last name is Bailey. So that wouldn't have worked."

She continued, "And they ultimately decided Halle, and it's very similar to Halle Berry. But there's no one else I would rather have a similar name to 'cause she's so cool."

They supported Halle’s early acting and musical pursuits

From a young age, Halle’s parents could see that both she and Chloe had talent and made efforts to nurture their potential.

Courtney was largely responsible for her daughters’ foray into acting.

“Our mom would always have the camera in our face, and she realised we were children with a lot of personality who [liked to] perform,” Halle said in a 2020 interview with The Guardian. “She was like: ‘My children are talented, what can I do?’ So we got into the acting industry, we’d do commercials for Gap and little things.”

Doug, on the other hand, helped Halle hone her musical talent despite his lack of experience. “He tries to sing around the house but he’s tone deaf,” Chloe said, adding that he helped his daughters Google information about songwriting while they looked up instrument tutorials.

They influenced her music taste

Courtney and Doug played a major role in the kind of music Halle grew to love and eventually, create for herself.

“My mom has a pretty voice, but she never wanted to sing,” the grown-ish star told British Vogue in 2023. “And my dad can’t sing at all. I’m the baby sister, so I would do whatever Chloe and Ski would, and they were always running around singing.”

She continued, “But we were a musical family in the sense that my parents were always playing great music for us: Jill Scott, Janelle Monáe and OutKast, Marsha Ambrosius and Erykah Badu. All the deep R&B, soul, bluesy music was what we grew up hearing.”

They moved their family to L.A. for their daughters’ careers

In 2012, Courtney and Doug moved their family across the U.S. from Atlanta to L.A. to help their kids earn better opportunities.

“We knew that being out here was definitely better for the music scene,” Halle said in a 2018 interview with TIME. “Our mom and dad made the decision to move us with our family. We instantly fell in love; the sun was shining. It makes you a happier person.”

Chloe added that while the sisters started performing around Atlanta, the change in scenery was ultimately necessary. “It was fun, but deep in our hearts we always knew it was something we wanted to take seriously,” she said.

Doug was Halle's manager in the beginning

Doug served as manager to both Halle and Chloe in the early Hollywood days. Following the release of their EP Sugar Symphony in 2016, the former stockbroker told Billboard that his daughters were working on their first full-length album.

At the time, Beyoncé had recently featured Chloe x Halle as her opening act on the European leg of her Formation Tour. Doug said the “Single Ladies” singer had “creative input on the record.”

Halle drew on her relationship with Doug for her role in The Little Mermaid

In a 2022 interview with Variety, Halle said that she used her and Doug’s bond to inform her character Ariel’s relationship with her father, King Triton (played by Javier Bardem), in The Little Mermaid.

“I would always talk about [how] my dad is like a mirror of King Triton; he’s always been so overprotective of my sister and I,” she said. “That’s one of the things that we love about him — the way he loves."

Halle continued, "When I had scenes with Javier, I just pulled from my experience with my own father: how deep that love is, and how strong and protective they get.”

Halle moved out of her parents home after filming The Little Mermaid

After moving to L.A. with her family 11 years prior, Halle moved out of her parents’ home and into her own apartment once she wrapped filming on The Little Mermaid.

In an interview with Glamour in 2023, the star shared that she actually lived in the same building as Chloe.

“It’s nice because we’re neighbors and she’s always there when I need her, but we have our own space,” Halle said.

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