Amber Midthunder facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Amber Midthunder
Midthunder in 2024
Born	(1997-04-26) April 26, 1997 (age 28) Shiprock, New Mexico, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–present

Amber Midthunder (born April 26, 1997) is an American actress.

She had regular roles in the FX series Legion and The CW series Roswell, New Mexico, and also appeared on Longmire, Banshee, and Reservation Dogs. In 2022, she starred as Naru in Prey, the fifth installment and first prequel of the Predator franchise.

Early life

Midthunder's mother Angelique, who is originally from Thailand and of Thai-Chinese ancestry, is a casting director and stunt performer, and her father David is an actor of Hunkpapa Lakota, Sisseton Dakota, and Sahiyaiyeskabi Assiniboine descent; Angelique and David met while working on the 1995 Japanese film East Meets West.

Midthunder is a citizen of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribe. She was born on the Navajo Nation in Shiprock, New Mexico, and eventually returned there after spending much of her childhood in Santa Fe where she attended the Academy for Technology and the Classics and where her mother worked in a casting firm.

Career

Midthunder developed an interest in acting as a child, where she would memorize and recite lines from her favorite shows, but disliked her first experience in the job, leading her to take some time before another performance, even considering a career in make-up, where she worked as an intern, or mixed martial arts, having trained and taught Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Her first acting credit was a small role in 2008's Sunshine Cleaning. Midthunder proceeded to work in various productions filmed in New Mexico, before moving to Los Angeles at the age of 17 to pursue more acting opportunities. She starred as Naru in Prey, the fifth installment of the Predator franchise. She was widely praised for her performance.

Awards and nominations

In 2022, Midthunder received the Breakthrough Performance Award as part of the Saturn Awards, and a Critics' Choice Awards nomination for Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television, both for her performance in Prey.

Filmography

Film

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2001	Homecoming of Jimmy Whitecloud, TheThe Homecoming of Jimmy Whitecloud	Little Girl
2002	Deadly Species	Calusa Tribe	Direct-to-video film
2008	Sunshine Cleaning	Candy Store Girl
	Swing Vote	Female Student #3
2009	Not Forgotten	Amaya Bishop (young)
2014	Drunktown's Finest	Model #1
2015	Spare Parts	Nikki
	Bare	Malya	Uncredited
2016	Hell or High Water	Nicole Martinez (Vernon Teller)
	Priceless	Maria
2018	14 Cameras	Danielle
2019	Only Mine	Julie Dillon	Direct-to-video film
	She's Missing	Honey
2020	Centurion: The Dancing Stallion	Elissa Hall
2021	The Marksman	Gas Station Clerk
	The Ice Road	Tantoo
	The Wheel	Albee	Co-producer
2022	Prey	Naru
2023	Dream Scenario	Haley
2024	Rez Ball	Dezbah Weaver
2025	Opus	TBA	Post-production
	Novocaine	TBA	Post-production

Television

See also

In Spanish: Amber Midthunder para niños