Bindi Irwin

Bindi Sue Irwin (born 24 July 1998) is an Australian television personality, conservationist, zookeeper and actress.

She is the elder of the two children of conservationist and television personality Steve Irwin and his conservationist wife, Terri Irwin, who is currently the owner of Australia Zoo.

Bindi's younger brother is Robert, a television personality and photographer, and she is the granddaughter of naturalist and herpetologist Bob Irwin.

When she was 9, Irwin hosted Bindi the Jungle Girl, a children's wildlife documentary TV series.

She has also been involved in acting, singing, dancing, game show hosting, and has created two instructional fitness DVDs.

She is also known for winning season 21 of Dancing with the Stars (US).

She currently stars alongside her mother Terri and her younger brother Robert in Crikey! It's the Irwins.

Bindi Sue Irwin was born in Buderim, Queensland.

She appeared regularly in her father's television shows, including The Crocodile Hunter Diaries, and in the 2002 film The Wiggles: Wiggly Safari in a credited cast role.

She is of English, Irish and Swedish ancestry, with abundance of Irish ancestry on her father's side.

Irwin said about being a dual citizen (Australian-American), in an interview with Brisbane Times: "What's really nice is being a dual citizen both here and in the US so I think I get to vote there as well."

Bindi was eight years old when her father was killed by a stingray barb during the filming of an underwater documentary.

Irwin commits 10% of her wages to Wildlife Warriors, the charity founded by her family in 2002.

Her first name comes from the name of her father's favourite female crocodile at Australia Zoo, and her middle name, Sue, is from the family's late dog Sui, who died in her sleep from cancer on 23 June 2004 at the age of 15.

According to her father, Bindi is an Nyungar language word that means "young girl".

Irwin began appearing on television shows as early as age two.

On 20 September 2006, Irwin received a standing ovation after she delivered a eulogy for her father in front of a crowd of 5,000, and a worldwide television audience of more than 300 million viewers.

In the 2006 TV Week readers' poll, her speech received 43 percent of votes and was voted the television moment of the year.

Her mother stated that, apart from some assistance with typing, Irwin had written the speech herself.

Her father was filmed in many of the early shows before his death in September 2006, when production was temporarily put on hold.

Bindi Irwin and her mother announced that she would continue her late father's conservation and television work.

On 27 November 2006, Irwin released her debut album Bindi Kid Fitness with Steve Irwin and The Crocmen.

In September 2006, at age 8, Irwin appeared on the cover of the Australian magazine New Idea, the youngest person to have done so in the magazine's 104-year history.

The following June, Irwin hosted a US television special about her father called My Daddy the Crocodile Hunter.

The series premiered in June 2007 on Discovery Kids, with papers reporting that Steve Irwin had supported his daughter's career, saying "I just want to be co-star to my daughter".

A year later on 17 November 2007 she released her first single "Trouble in the Jungle".

This was the only single to feature her rapping.

"Trouble in the Jungle" includes a tribute song to her father Steve called "My Daddy The Crocodile Hunter".

Irwin released two fitness DVDs for children and sang "Trouble in the Jungle" on The Today Show with The Crocmen in November 2007.

At this point, Irwin started learning how to play the piano.

Irwin appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in early 2007.

She then released her second album Bindi Kid Fitness 2 Jungle Dance Party on 11 October 2008.

Irwin originally had a band called "Bindi and The Crocmen".

As of 2009 she had a new band called "Bindi and The Jungle Girls".

Irwin eventually released her third album in 2013, Bindi and The Jungle Girls African Dance Party.

Irwin was homeschooled until 2014, when she enrolled at TAFE Queensland East Coast.

She has completed a Certificate III in Business, and in 2016 was studying for a Certificate III in Tourism.

Irwin has been an active television personality and conservationist since a young age.

She was the presenter of a 26-part wildlife documentary kids show called Bindi the Jungle Girl, a production of the Discovery Kids television network.

She released her fourth album, Bindi and The Jungle Girls Bindi's Island Dance Party in 2016.