Evie Ferris (born 18 February 1997) is an Australian ballerina and supporting member of children's band

The Wiggles The Wiggles are an Australian children's music group formed in Sydney in 1991. The group are currently composed of Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce and Tsehay Hawkins, as well as supporting members Evie Ferris, John Pearce, Ca ...

. Ferris was born in

Cairns Cairns (, ) is a city in Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. The population in June 2019 was 153,952, having grown on average 1.02% annually over the preceding five years. The city is the 5th-most-p ...

, Australia, and attended

St Andrews Catholic College , motto_translation = Journey together , established = , type = Systemic, co-educational, primary and secondary day school , denomination = Roman Catholicism , patron = Saint Andrew , founder = Lauretta Graham , principal = ...

until year 7. She began dance and performing arts classes at the age of four. By 2007 she had a supporting role in

The Australian Ballet The Australian Ballet is the largest classical ballet company in Australia. It was founded by J. C. Williamson Theatres Ltd and the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust in 1962, with the English-born dancer, teacher, repetiteur and direct ...

's production of Don Quixote. Ferris was one of eight dancers to earn a role after auditioning with 150 other young dancers, and she was a puppet in the story in the Man of La Mancha. In 2010, at the age of twelve, she moved to

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

to join the

Australian Ballet School The Australian Ballet School is the premier ballet training facility in Australia, located in Melbourne. History The Australian Ballet School was founded in 1964 as the primary training facility for The Australian Ballet by Dame Margaret Scot ...

. She toured with the school's Dancer's Company in 2014 and 2015 and undertook a student exchange to

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in 2015. In 2015 she was selected to join The Australian Ballet, where she was the second indigenous ballerina after

Ella Havelka Ella Havelka (born 1989) is an Australian ballet dancer who is the first Indigenous person to join The Australian Ballet. Early life Havelka was born in Dubbo, New South Wales, and is a descendant of the Wiradjuri people. She was raised by a s ...

. In 2021, Ferris was selected to join The Wiggles as an auxiliary member as part of its expanded line-up. She appeared as the second blue Wiggle originally but has changed to be the second yellow Wiggle. As a

Taribelang The Taribelang are an Aboriginal Australian people of central Queensland. Country The Taribelang lived on of territory around Bundaberg, and inland to near Walla, and north as far as Baffle Creek. Their territory also extended along the lower ...

and Djiabugay woman, she is the first Indigenous Australian to be a member of the group.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferris, Evie Australian ballerinas The Wiggles members Living people 1997 births Indigenous Australian dancers People from Cairns