Kyle Shilling | |
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| Born | November 18, 1993 Taree, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupations | Actor, Rapper, Dancer |
| Employer | Seven Network |
| Known for | Home and Away |
Kyle Shilling is an Australian actor, hip-hop musician and dancer best known for playing Mali Hudson on Seven Network's soap opera Home and Away since 2023. He is the show's first full time Indigenous Australian actor. [1]
Kyle was crowned winner of Dancing With The Stars Australia 2025 with his professional dancer partner Lily Cornish. [2]
Kyle is also known by his hip-hop artist name ‘BLACX’. [3]
Kyle Shilling is a proud Widjabul man of the Bundjalung Nation. Kyle grew up in both Taree (NSW mid-north coast) and Pottsville (northern rivers). He has a twin brother Jesse. [4]
Kyle started learning traditional Indigenous dance from the age of 10, and applied for the dance course at NAISDA Dance College while he was in high-school. He auditioned successfully and spent the next four years training in different dance styles such as contemporary, ballet, jazz and other cultural forms of dance. He graduated in 2018 with a Diploma in Professional Dance Performance. [5]
Kyle began his professional career at Bangarra Dance Theatre which he joined in 2015. [6] His first production was the company's Lore, before he toured Australia with the critically acclaimed world premiere production of The Man with the Iron Neck (Legs on the Wall) [7] , followed by Sunshine Super Girl (Performing Lines) based on the life of tennis legend, Evonne Goolagong Cawley. Kyle also toured with Black Cockatoo for The Ensemble Theatre. [8]
Kyle has performed at the Australian Dance Awards, and in Message Sticks at the Sydney Opera House, he also spent six weeks in Tennant Creek working with six communities to create a dance performance as part of the Desert Harmony Festival. [9]
A talented hip hop artist, known in the music world as ‘BLACX’, Kyle has released a number of original tracks, including Brown eyes, Do My Dance and Gimme. Kyle was also a collaborating choreographer on 2NDTOE’s educational piece Alice Can Dance in the Northern Territory, and he has worked closely with the community in Taree and Alice Springs as a choreographer and dance teacher.
In 2017, Kyle appeared in the short film ‘Hoax’, which screened at Brisbane Short Film Festival and was shortlisted for the Toronto International Film Festival. [10]
In December 2022, it was announced Kyle had joined the cast of Home and Away after landing the role of surfer, Mali Hudson. Mali arrived in Summer Bay in January 2023 as a friend of River Boy, Dean Thompson, and has since gone on to run 'Manta Ray Boards' the local surf school and board shop. [11]
In February 2025, it was announced on Sunrice that Shilling would be a contestant on the twenty-second season of Dancing with the Stars Australia. He was partnered with Lily Cornish. [12]
On 4 August 2025, the season wrapped and Shilling was announced as winner, defeating comedian Shaun Micallef. [13]
Shilling has been linked to his Home and Away co-star Hailey Pinto, although neither have confirmed their romantic relationship. [14]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Hoax | Eddie | Short Film |
| 2025 | Dancing with the Stars | Self | 9 episodes |
| 2023–present | Home and Away | Kyle Shilling | Series Regular (690+ episodes) |
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