Bailey is from Glasgow and graduated from the BA Acting Course at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2019.

Stage credits include: Write Off (Òran Mór/Traverse Theatre); 1902 (Saltire Sky); A Wee Swatch of Oor Wullie; A Potted Christmas Carol; Oor Wullie: The Musical; A-Z of Dundee; Tay Bridge (all Dundee Rep); San Diego; Humbug!; The Breathing House; Strucken Moon; Julius Caesar; Philistines and Middletown (all Royal Conservatoire of Scotland); Blackout (Glasgow Acting Academy/NT New Connections).

Television credits include: Scot Squad; The Sunny (The Comedy Unit); The Field of Blood (BBC Scotland).