Evie MacDonald

Evangeline MacDonald is an Australian actress, model, and transgender rights activist. She starred as Hannah Bradford in the drama series First Day. and transitioned aged nine. In 2016, she was one of ten trans children photographed by Emma Leslie for her Transcend portrait series. She has stated that she attended a Christian school and spent several weeks undergoing conversion therapy. She and her family campaigned and travelled to Canberra to speak with MPs, which helped instigate a 2017 landmark court case that meant minors no longer had to go to a family court to obtain gender-affirming care.

In 2017, and aged 12, MacDonald began appearing as Hannah Bradford in First Day, making her the first openly transgender person to play the lead role in an Australian TV program. In the program, Bradford is a 12-year-old transgender girl who recently started middle school. The show received positive reception and won an International Children's Emmy Award, a Rose d'Or, and a GLAAD Media Award for outstanding children and family programming. and was criticised for deadnaming her. In 2025, she appeared on GLAAD's "20 Under 20" list. Her mother Meaghan MacDonald co-founded Parents of Gender Diverse Children with her friend Karyn Walker.