An Indigenous ballet star's chance encounter at the Opera House leads to Wiggles call-up

Blue Wiggle Evie Ferris is also a dancer with the Australian Ballet. (Supplied: Australian Ballet)

It all started with a chance meeting between Evie Ferris and Blue Wiggle Anthony Field at the Sydney Opera House.

It was a moment in time that led to a friendship between the pair and the announcement this week that Ms Ferris would become the group's first First Nations member and the latest 'Blue Wiggle'.

A thrilled Ms Ferris, 24, a Taribelang and Djabugay woman, is one of four new cast members to join The Wiggles as part of its new YouTube series Fruit Salad TV.

It's a far cry from where it all began in her hometown of Cairns, when as a child, she would attend local dance classes with her sister.

"It is pretty exciting, my five-year-old self is still not believing her eyes right now," Ms Ferris, said.

Ms Ferris, who attended St Andrew's Catholic College at Redlynch, came to the attention of the Australian Ballet at the age of 12, who spotted her at a local dance competition.

The family moved to Melbourne to join the company's dance school shortly afterwards. 

She said it was her involvement with the Australian Ballet as a corps de ballet dancer that led her to a chance meeting with Anthony Field, the group's only original member.

The new Wiggles cast including (from L to R): Evie Ferris, Simon Pryce, Lachlan Gillespie, Emma Watkins, Tsehay Hawkins, Anthony Field and (front): Kelly Hamilton and John Pearce. (Supplied: The Wiggles)

"We both happened to be at the Sydney Opera House, I was there with the ballet and he was doing something with Jimmy Barnes and we ran into each other in the green room," Ms Ferris said.

"He said, 'Excuse me, can you please take a photo for me and my friend?' and as I was taking a photo and he asked if I was from the ballet and I asked if he was the Blue Wiggle.

First Nations woman Evie Ferris talks about becoming the latest Blue Wiggle

"From there, we became friends, and kept in contact and it's led to some pretty cool things."

Ms Ferris is one of four new Wiggles, one for each Wiggle colour.

The band says it is "seeking to inspire a diverse audience with its gender-balanced and diverse cast" to make sure children around the world "see themselves reflected on the screen".

Ms Ferris, who still has relatives in Cairns, said she strongly supported the move.

She said she also aimed to be a role model for other Indigenous young people.

"Being representative and that beacon of hope, a role model for Indigenous kids around Australia is important," she said.

"I want them to believe they can do anything."