Yde was born in Sydney, Australia. At the age of two, she moved to Los Angeles, California. She is a dual citizen of both the United States and Australia.[7] In 2008, her family moved to Rancho Santa Fe, California, and she began taking acting and music lessons at age 6 the following year. She and her family moved back to Los Angeles in 2012 to further pursue acting roles.[8]
Career
Acting career
Yde earned an early role in the film, Level 26: Dark Prophecy in 2009. In 2011, she appeared in a guest role on an episode of the television series, How I Met Your Mother. Other early acting gigs included national commercials for companies, including McDonald's, AT&T, Toyota, and others. In 2012,[8] she was cast as Frankie Hathaway on the Nickelodeon series, The Haunted Hathaways.[9] In 2014, she appeared in the Nickelodeon television film, Santa Hunters.[10] In 2016, she began starring as Tomika on School of Rock, another Nickelodeon series based on the 2003 film of the same name.[11] She was nominated for the Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Female TV Star for her role as Tomika in 2017.[12]School of Rock aired for three seasons, ending in 2018.[13]
During her time on School of Rock, she had a recurring role as the voice of Ronnie Anne on the Nickelodeon animated series, The Loud House and appeared in the Nickelodeon television film, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library.[14] She also provided the voice of Young Mariah for the animated film, Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You in 2017.[15] In 2019, Yde starred as Gina in the Netflix film, Malibu Rescue. The film was followed by a series of the same name in which Yde reprised her role. She again appeared as Gina in a second film, Malibu Rescue: The Next Wave, which was released by Netflix in August 2020.[7][16]
Musical career
In 2019, Yde began collaborating with pop songwriter Justin Tranter, and in 2020, she released her debut singles, "Stopped Buying Diamonds" and "BlindLife" (both co-written with Tranter) through Warner Records, under the mononym YDE.[17][18][19] In December 2021, she starred as Sophia alongside Idina Menzel in a production of WILD: A Musical Becoming staged at the Loeb Drama Center by the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[20] In 2022, she began releasing new singles[21][22] from her debut EP, SEND HELP, on which she serves as the executive producer and primary songwriter.[23] The EP was released on September 9, 2022, via Warner Records.[24]
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