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Blue Ivy Carter Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 22, 2026 • 4 min read

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Quick Info

Date of birth7 January 2012

Age14 years

BirthplaceLenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan, New York City, USA

ProfessionActor; Singer

NationalityAmerican

Marital statusUnmarried

FamilyParents: Beyoncé and Jay-Z; Siblings: Sir Carter and Rumi Carter

Blue Ivy Carter Biography

Blue Ivy Carter was born on January 7, 2012, at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, New York City. Raised in a high-profile household by parents Beyoncé and Jay-Z, she spent her childhood surrounded by music and performance.

Early life and background

Blue Ivy Carter was born on January 7, 2012, at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, New York City. Raised in a high-profile household by parents Beyoncé and Jay-Z, she spent her childhood surrounded by music and performance. She holds American nationality, is of African-American ethnicity, and was raised between New York City and Los Angeles. Blue began school at the Center for Early Education in West Hollywood in 2018.

Career

Blue Ivy’s credits span voice work, recording contributions and onstage appearances. She made her voice-over film debut in 2024 as Princess Kiara in Mufasa: The Lion King. Before that, she had lent her voice and presence to a variety of projects: she narrated the 2020 children’s audiobook Hair Love, sang on Coldplay’s 2015 track Up&Up, and appeared in musical films and projects tied to her mother such as Lemonade (2016), Black Is King (2020), Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé (2019) and Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift (2019).

Her musical contributions include a credited performance on the 2019 track Brown Skin Girl, which reached the Billboard Hot 100. The song brought significant industry recognition: it won multiple awards across 2019–2021, including prizes at the Soul Train Music Awards, the NAACP Image Awards, the BET Awards, the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, the MTV Video Music Awards and the Grammy Awards. These honours established Blue as the youngest person with an individual credit to win a Grammy and earned her a Guinness World Record.

Blue has also appeared in several music videos connected with her family’s work, including Formation (2016), Family Feud (2017), Find Your Way Back (2019) and Mood 4 Eva (2019). In 2023 she made her live performance debut by joining Beyoncé onstage in Dubai to perform Brown Skin Girl, and later that year she joined Beyoncé on the Renaissance World Tour as a dancer, appearing in performances of My Power and Black Parade.

Public profile

From the moment of her birth, Blue Ivy attracted intense attention. Media outlets noted her global visibility within days, and her parents shared her early photographs on a dedicated Tumblr page. In 2012 her name became the subject of trademark filings by her parents—a protective measure intended to control commercial use of her name. Her presence in popular culture extended into television and comedy: she was referenced and parodied on Saturday Night Live in 2012 and again in 2013, and a depiction of her appeared on RuPaul’s Drag Race in 2018.

Legal and public incidents involving her image have also been part of her public story. In 2020 Beyoncé won a legal dispute over the trademarking of Blue’s name. The same year, media commentary about a photograph of Blue prompted public backlash and led to apologies from the commentators involved. In December 2024, her red carpet appearance at the Mufasa premiere prompted online debate about her outfit; responses were divided between critics and defenders.

Awards and recognition

Blue Ivy’s early career has been punctuated by awards tied primarily to Brown Skin Girl and related projects. Between 2019 and 2021 she received a range of honours from outlets and organisations including The Daily Californian’s Arts Awards, the Soul Train Music Awards, the NAACP Image Awards, the BET Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards and the Grammys. In 2024 she was recognized with a YoungStars Award at the BET Awards, and in 2025 she received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Character Voice Performance – Motion Picture for her role in Mufasa: The Lion King.

Latest updates

Blue Ivy’s most recent public work includes her voice role in Mufasa: The Lion King (2024), which earned her an NAACP Image Award in 2025, and her continuing onstage presence with Beyoncé in 2023 during the Renaissance World Tour. As of 2025 she is a teenager standing about 5 feet 7 inches tall and continues to study while balancing occasional professional projects tied to music and film.

Personal notes

Known by nicknames such as B.I.C., Baba and Bluebie, Blue Ivy has interests in dancing, makeup artistry and playing the piano. She has two younger siblings, twins Rumi and Sir Carter, born in 2017. She remains unmarried and is publicly presented as a student and young performer.

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Recent Work

Mufasa: The Lion King

Voice role as Princess Kiara (film, 2024)

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Career Highlights

  1. Made voice-over debut as Princess Kiara in Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
  2. Contributed to Coldplay’s Up&Up (2015) and to the song Brown Skin Girl (2019) which charted on the Billboard Hot 100
  3. Won multiple awards for Brown Skin Girl, including a Grammy and recognition from NAACP Image Awards, BET and MTV Video Music Awards
  4. Narrated the audiobook Hair Love (2020)
  5. Joined Beyoncé onstage in Dubai (2023) and toured as a dancer on the Renaissance World Tour (2023)
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When was Blue Ivy Carter born?

Blue Ivy Carter was born on 7 January 2012.

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Blue Ivy Carter is known for actor; Singer.

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Blue Ivy Carter's marital status is listed as Unmarried.