Madison Taylor Bates is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as young Selena Quintanilla in Netflix’s Selena: The Series (2020).
Wiki/Biography
Madison Taylor Baez was born on Thursday, February 24, 2011 (age 9; as of 2020) in Orange County, California. Her zodiac sign is Pisces.
Selena Quintanilla as a child
She studied music at Molly’s School of Music in Orange County. She is taking vocal training with American songwriter and singer Heidi Rojas (as of 2020). She is also taking acting training at Gray Studios, founded by actor David Barry Gray.
appearance
Eye Color: Brown
Hair color: Brown
Family and Race
She is of Hispanic descent. Her father’s name is Chris Baez; her father manages her work.
Madison Taylor Bates’s father
Her mother’s name was Mary Bates.
Madison Taylor Bates and her mother
Profession
singing
Madison was introduced to music by her father when she was three years old. When she was four, he was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. Over the next few years, she continued to study music and dedicated her career to keeping her father happy and healing during his multiple surgeries and chemotherapy. She sang to him at his bedside every day during his hospital stay; she learned songs from his iTunes collection and sang to him. She then began singing in Orange County and later throughout California at charity, cancer and sporting events as well as local fairs and schools. She first took to the national stage when she sang the national anthem in stadiums and arenas for hundreds of thousands of fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Galaxy and Harlem Globetrotters. She was later known as America’s “National Anthem Girl.”
Madison Taylor Bates and her mother
In 2020, she released her debut Christmas album, Blingle Bells.
Actor
She made her film debut in the American short film The Tooth Racket (2019), playing a “girl”.
Madison Taylor Baez in The Tooth Racket (2019)
Madison made her television screen debut as young Selena Quintanilla in the Netflix series Selena: The Series (2020).
Madison Taylor Baez in Selena: The Series (2020)
Favorite things
- Food: Cheeseburgers, Chiki cheese fries, chocolate chip cookies
- Artists: Bruno Mars, Freddie Mercury, Adele
- Songs: “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom” by Selena Quintanilla, “Respect” by Aretha Franklin, “I Want You Back” by The Jackson 5
- Baseball team: Los Angeles Dodgers
- Basketball team: Los Angeles Lakers
- American football team: Los Angeles Rams
- Movie: Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Facts/Trivia
- In her free time, she enjoys drawing, playing soccer and cooking. She also likes hanging out with friends or playing video games.
- She met Selena Quintanilla through her parents, who were big fans of the singer. When preparing for the role of Selena, she drew inspiration from the movie Selena (1997). According to her,
I watched the movie and researched her, she’s one of my idols and she inspired me to follow my dreams. I also visited Corpus Christi, Texas, Selena’s hometown, and met several members of the Quintanilla family. I watched all of Selena’s singing videos from her entire career, especially when she was my age. I learned to sing in Spanish, which was fun, and learned a little Texas accent. When I first got into character, the stylist had to cut my long hair to my shoulders and give me the hairstyle of a young Selena. Then I put on the clothes from the time, and I remember standing there looking in the mirror and saying WOW!! I was a young Selena. It was a surreal moment. ”
- She plays six instruments and particularly enjoys playing the piano and electric guitar.
Madison Taylor Bates plays piano
- She loves dogs very much and has two dogs named Jax and Oreo.
Madison Taylor Bates and her pets
- She has appeared in commercials for brands such as Fuji, McDonald’s, Chevrolet and Walmart.
Madison Taylor Baez stars in McDonald’s commercial
- She also has a YouTube channel where she posts covers of songs. Her channel has over 800,000 subscribers.
- She also sang Beyoncé’s song “Listen” on the ABC comedy show Kids Say The Darndest Things.
Madison Taylor Baez in “Kids Say the Worst Things”
- She has also appeared on other national television shows including Good Day LA Show, !E Channel, Inside Edition, Telemundo, NBC4 California Live Show, NBC6 Florida In The Mix Show, CBS2, NBC4, FOX11, KTLA5, KCAL9, and ABC7 News Stations.
- She was named one of the ten “Latinas Under 25 Who Are Poised to Make a Difference in Hollywood” by Hola Magazine.
- Her film The Tooth Racket (2019) won the Best Comedy Award at the Hollywood Just 4 Shorts Film Festival.
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