Indya Moore

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Indya Moore (2019)

Indya Moore (born 1995 in the Bronx , New York ) is an American model and also an actor . Moore was best known for the portrayal of the main character Angel Evangelista in the FX production Pose . 2019 Moore was taken by Time Magazine as one of the world's 100 most influential people chosen.

Life

Indya Moore comes from the Bronx and has Haitian , Puerto Rican and Dominican roots. At the age of 14, Moore said he left home and became a foster child due to statements made by his parents who were hostile to transgressions . Moore lived with several foster families during this time and often moved within New York's five counties . Due to persistent bullying by classmates, Moore dropped out of high school as a sophomore (tenth grade) and started working as a model at the age of 15. A few years later, however, Moore graduated from high school and passed a GED test .

Moore is transgender and non-binary and claims the neutral pronoun they in English .

Career

Beginnings in the fashion and acting industry

Moore initially modeled for the fashion houses Dior and Gucci , which had concerns about Moore's gender identity, but hired Moore anyway. Although Moore received many orders and was successful as a model, Moore said that this work was increasingly displeased because of the industry's fixation on the body image of models over time. Moore decided to go into acting in 2016 and got an extra role in Netflix's own production The Get Down . On the set, Moore met Jose Gutierez Xtravaganza , a dancer and prominent member of ballroom culture , in which mostly non-white members of the LGBT community compete against each other as members of so-called houses in artistic competitions. Xtravaganza encouraged Moore to act professionally and advised Moore to go to an audition for the independent film Saturday Church . Moore eventually got the role of Dijon in the production, which is about a youngster who runs away from home and finds himself in the ballroom culture . Saturday Church premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 23, 2017 and received positive reviews before it hit US theaters on January 12, 2018.

In early 2017, Moore walked the catwalk at New York Fashion Week and was photographed for Vogue España . That same year, Moore starred in the music video for Katy Perry's song Swish Swish . On May 20, Moore was also on stage with other members of the LGBT community on Saturday Night Live when Perry sang the song. In the credits of the episode, Moore was listed as a member of the House of Xtravaganza .

pose

In late 2017, Moore was cast during a six-month long casting for the FX television series Pose , which is about the New York Ball community of the 1980s and 1990s, whose members were primarily concerned with homophobia , transphobia , racism and HIV . Epidemic to fight. Moore plays the main character Angel Evangelista , a transgender woman who first works as a prostitute and starts an affair with the young businessman Stan Bowes while she is working . In the second season, Angel, like Moore, works as a model and becomes engaged to her House member Lil Papi . Pose celebrated its premiere on June 3, 2018 and received a majority of positive reviews from both viewers and critics. Richard Lawson wrote in Vanity Fair that Moore Angels "communicates caution and desires fantastically" and portrays the facets of her personality with "abundant, subtle emotional clarity." Judy Berman believed in Time that Moore's performance in season two “stood out” alongside Billy Porter's . Emily Todd VanderWerff from Vox commented similarly , according to her Moore has become the "face" of the series.

Other Projects

Moore was signed by both the modeling agency IMG Models and the artist agency William Morris Agency in 2018 . Moore is the first transgender person to be hired by the William Morris Agency. In the same year Moore founded his own production company called Beetlefruit Media , which aims to tell the personal stories of people who are not given the right to vote .

In May 2019, Moore was the first transgender person to be featured on the cover of the US edition of Elle .

In the same year, Moore spoke in an episode of the animated mini-series Steven Universe Future, the character Shep , who is also non-binary.

Moore is slated to star in the horror television series Magic Hour , which is based on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein , Moore will also be an executive producer on it . In addition, Moore was cast on October 18, 2019 for a role in the sequel to the 2019 film Escape Room, due to be released on November 30, 2020.

Personal

In December 2018 , Moore came out as poly via an official Twitter account . Since several users did not understand the term due to its vagueness, Moore explained in further tweets that he was polyamorous .

At the beginning of 2019, Moore was interviewed by MJ Rodriguez (the two were already in front of the camera for Saturday Church ), the leading actress in a pose . In the conversation, Moore said that while identifying as non-binary, she was still often viewed as a woman, which is why Moore was exposed to the same “unjust surveillance and testing” as women. Therefore, Moore's activity as a model is a way to get around this and to have the "autonomy to express yourself".

In June 2020, on the 50th anniversary of the United States' first Pride Parade , Moore was named one of the 50 people directing the United States toward equality, acceptance, and dignity for all by Queerty , an online publication aimed at LGBT readers .

Filmography

nomination

Web links

Commons : Indya Moore  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Jada Yuan: Indya Moore Just Wants to Be Free. In: Elle . May 9, 2019, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Christian Gollayan: This once-bullied trans actress is now the star of 'pose'. In: New York Post . May 31, 2018, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b Madi Skahill: Inside the breakout of Indya Moore. In: WWD.com. July 27, 2018, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Madi Skahill: Indya Moore on her acting career and how she found her way to FX's “Pose”. In: Los Angeles Times . July 30, 2018, accessed February 23, 2020 .
  6. ↑ a b MJ Rodriguez: Indya Moore Brews A Perfect Cup of Tea. In: L'Officiel. January 11, 2019, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Chris Gardner: CAA "Gender Jar": Indya Moore Asks Agents to Pay for Using Wrong Pronouns. In: The Hollywood Reporter . October 11, 2019, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Allie Fasanella: "Pose" Is Making Television History With These 5 Transgender Actors. In: Teen Vogue . June 10, 2018, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  9. ↑ David Rooney: 'Saturday Church': Film Review | Tribeca 2017. In: The Hollywood Reporter. April 23, 2017, accessed February 23, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Chris Thomas: Exclusive: Transgender Youth Find Their Voice at Saturday Church. In: Out . November 28, 2017, accessed February 23, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Stacy Lambe: Breakout Star Indya Moore on 'Pose,' Working With Evan Peters and Angel's Red Pumps (Exclusive). In: E! Entertainment television . July 19, 2018, accessed February 23, 2020 .
  12. ^ Dan Renzi: We identified the performers in Katy Perry's 'Swish Swish' on SNL. In: Queerty. May 22, 2017, accessed February 23, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Nellie Andreeva: FX's 'Pose': Ryan Murphy Sets Largest Transgender Cast Ever For Scripted Series. In: Deadline.com . October 25, 2017, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Brooke Marine: Pose Breakout Star Indya Moore Debunks Myths About Normative Beauty and Body Hair. In: W. 16 July 2018, accessed on 23 February 2020 (English).
  15. ↑ Stephen Daw: In With the New: 5 Key Takeaways From 'Pose' Season 2 Finale. In: Billboard . August 21, 2019, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Brian Moylan: Pose Series Premiere Recap: In My House. In: Vulture . June 3, 2018, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Richard Lawson: Pose Is Bold, Necessary Melodrama. In: Vanity Fair . May 30, 2018, accessed February 23, 2020 .
  18. ^ Judy Berman: In Pose's Breathtaking Second Season, the Category Is Righteous Fury. In: Time . June 10, 2019, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Emily Todd VanDerWerff: How FX's Pose captures the power of queer found families. In: Vox . August 25, 2019, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  20. ^ Maiysha Kai: Beauty Is Beauty: Pose's Indya Moore Lands Coveted Contracts with IMG and William Morris. In: The Glow Up. August 23, 2018, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Rebecca Sun: 'Pose' Breakout Indya Moore Signs With WME (Exclusive). In: The Hollywood Reporter. August 22, 2018, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  22. ↑ Mikelle Street: Indya Moore Makes History As First Trans Person to Cover Elle US. In: Out. May 9, 2019, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  23. ↑ Mikelle Street: Indya Moore Just Debuted as a 'Steven Universe' Character. In: Out. December 30, 2019, accessed February 23, 2020 .
  24. ↑ Monique Jones: 'Pose' Breakout Indya Moore To Star In, Executive Produce Modern 'Frankenstein' TV Series, 'Magic Hour'. In: Shadow and Cat. July 9, 2018, accessed February 23, 2020 .
  25. ↑ Amanda N'Duka: 'Escape Room 2': Sony Sets Lead Cast For Sequel. In: Deadline.com. October 18, 2019, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  26. ↑ Josh Jackman: Pose star Indya Moore has come out as poly. In: PinkNews. December 27, 2018, accessed February 23, 2020 .
  27. ^ David Reddish: Meet the world-class performers who are diversifying LGBTQ representation. In: Queerty. June 1, 2020, accessed on August 17, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Moore, Indya
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and model
DATE OF BIRTH 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Bronx , New York City , United States