Baykali Ganambarr Explained
| Baykali Ganambarr |
| Birth Date: | 30 August 1994 df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Occupation: | Actor |
Baykali Ganambarr (born 30 August 1994) is an Yolngu actor and dancer from Elcho Island (Galiwin'ku).[1] 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. He was nominated for the 2021 AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in The Furnace.
After posting Youtube videos of himself dancing, Ganambarr joined Djuki Mala. While still with the group, he was cast in The Nightingale which was his first acting role. In the film, which was released in August 2019, he played an Indigenous Tasmanian tracker named Mangana/Billy.
Ganambarr is from the Yolngu people and speaks Yolngu Matha.[2] Ganambarr's older sister Rarriwuy Hick is an actress who appears in Cleverman.
In 2024 Ganambarr began performing in the musical 'Big name, No blankets, a musical about the origins of the Warumpi Band, in which he plays the role of Sammy Butcher.[3] [4] Ganambarr grew up will another band member George Rrurrambu Burarrwanga who used to spear fish with his family.
Notes and References
- News: Garrick . Mat . 2024-08-06 . Decades after bursting out of the Red Centre, Warumpi Band's story returns to the territory . 2024-08-07 . ABC News . en-AU.
- News: Quinn . Karl . 11 December 2020 . 'Not to be a big head or anything': rising star on why he pursued acting . Sydney Morning Herald . live . 10 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210209095035/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/he-s-only-been-in-two-films-but-baykali-ganambarr-has-all-the-makings-of-a-star-20201211-p56mq1.html . 9 February 2021.
- News: Tongue . Cassie . 2024-01-12 . Big Name No Blankets review – Warumpi Band musical is a joyous, rollicking tribute . 2024-08-07 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
- Web site: 2023-10-25 . Big Name, No Blankets . 2024-08-07 . Ilbijerri . en-AU.
