Blu Hunt facts for kids

Blu Farias Hunt (born July 11, 1995) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Inadu/The Hollow in The CW supernatural drama series The Originals (2017) and as August Catawnee in the Netflix science fiction drama series Another Life (2019–2021).

Hunt made her film debut as Danielle Moonstar / Mirage in the superhero film The New Mutants (2020), which is part of the X-Men film series.

Early life

Blu Hunt was born in Sacramento, California and grew up in a suburban environment. She identifies as a reconnecting Native American and an Oglala descendant. Her grandmother is part of the Oglala Lakota Nation and was from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Her great-grandfather was Apache. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Career

In 2017, Hunt received recognition for her recurring role as powerful Native American witch Inadu (The Hollow) Labonair in the fourth season of The CW supernatural drama series The Originals.

From 2019 to 2021, Hunt starred as August Catawnee, the lead engineer and youngest member of the crew aboard the spaceship Salvare, in the Netflix science fiction drama series Another Life. It was canceled after two seasons.

In 2019, Hunt guest starred in the ABC crime drama series Stumptown.

Hunt made her feature film debut as Danielle Moonstar / Mirage in the superhero horror film The New Mutants, which is part of the X-Men film series. The film was originally intended for release in April 2018, but suffered several delays. It was released on August 28, 2020.

Personal life

Hunt identifies as “super queer.” She admitted that the best part of her leading role in The New Mutants, in which her character is of Native American descent and becomes romantically involved with another woman, was “knowing that I got to be queer and that I got to represent the Indigenous community.”

Filmography

Film

Television

See also

In Spanish: Blu Hunt para niños