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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Emma Joyce

Heartbreak High’s Chloé Hayden: ‘I left the op-shop bawling my eyes out’

Chloé Hayden clasping her hands as she looks to camera, against a maroon background
Chloé Hayden: ‘I feel like I wear many faces. The one I know – that my family, husband and friends know – isn’t the face the public knows.’ Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

In a bunker in Sydney’s north-west, the Heartbreak High actor Chloé Hayden poses on a white circular plinth. Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan – one of Hayden’s favourite artists – is playing on repeat, and the revolving floor beneath her is surrounded by objects: an old wooden rocking horse, a tattered teddy and a pair of embroidered suede Miu Miu boots.

Hayden is filming a video for a new exhibition at the Powerhouse museum, one she has co-curated about textural objects. Every object in the exhibition has been selected by the 27-year-old from the Powerhouse’s vast collection.

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