Blu Hunt

Blu Farias Hunt was born in Placer County, California to mother (née Andreotti) and father (Hunt),{{cite web |title=Blu Farias Hunt, Born 07/11/1995 in Placer County, California |url=https://californiabirthindex.org/birth/blu_farias_hunt_born_1995_23713429 |website=CaliforniaBirthIndex.org |access-date=8 May 2025}} and grew up in a suburban environment.{{Cite web |title=About |url=http://www.bluhunt.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403092503/http://www.bluhunt.com/ |archive-date=April 3, 2016 |access-date=March 30, 2019 |website=Blu Hunt}} Her grandmother is part of the Oglala Lakota Nation and was from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.{{Cite web |last=Abourezk |first=Kevin |title='A process of reconnecting': Young Lakota actor finds ways to stay tied to tribal culture |url=https://www.indianz.com/News/2020/09/01/a-process-of-reconnecting-young-lakota-a.asp |access-date=2021-02-04 |website=Indianz}} Her great-grandfather was Apache.{{Cite web |title=The New Mutants' Blu Hunt: Meet the Queer, Native American Actress Breaking Boundaries in Hollywood |url=https://people.com/movies/the-new-mutants-blu-hunt-all-about-the-actress/ |access-date=2021-02-04 |website=PEOPLE.com |language=en}} She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.{{Cite news |title=Blu Hunt on 'New Mutants' role: Nobody tells you what to do when your dream comes true |url=https://indiancountrytoday.com/lifestyle/blu-hunt-on-new-mutants-role-nobody-tells-you-what-to-do-when-your-dream-comes-true-sZiv8CLLV0qF-3LJuEcPWA |access-date=2021-02-04 |newspaper=indiancountrytoday.com |language=en}}

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.{{cite web |last=Swift |first=Andy |title=Another Life Cancelled at Netflix — Read Katee Sackhoff's Statement |url=https://tvline.com/2022/02/21/another-life-cancelled-season-3-netflix-kate-sackhoff-statement/ |website=TVLine |access-date=February 21, 2022 |date=February 21, 2022}}

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.{{Cite news |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=May 13, 2020 |title=Disney Reschedules 'The New Mutants' & 'Ron's Gone Wrong' |work=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2020/05/disney-reschedules-the-new-mutants-rons-gone-wrong-1202933694/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513173519/https://deadline.com/2020/05/disney-reschedules-the-new-mutants-rons-gone-wrong-1202933694/ |archive-date=May 13, 2020}}

Hunt stars as the daughter of Sherlock Holmes in the new series Sherlock & Daughter.{{cite web|last=Rice|first=Lynette|title="The CW Picks Up New Drama ‘Sherlock & Daughter’ Starring David Thewlis"|url=https://deadline.com/2024/02/cw-orders-drama-sherlock-and-daughter-david-thewlis-1235826677/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=February 15, 2024|access-date=February 15, 2024}}

Hunt co-wrote, produced, and stars in the feature film Replay from director Jason Lester. {{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/blu-hunt-peter-vack-to-topline-relationship-drama-replay-1235889645/ |title=Blu Hunt & Peter Vack To Topline Relationship Drama ‘Replay’ From Director Jason Lester – First Look |first=Matt |last=Grobar |date=April 18, 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}

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.”{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Nigel |date=December 9, 2020 |title=The New Mutants' Blu Hunt: Meet the Queer, Native American Actress Breaking Boundaries in Hollywood |url=https://people.com/movies/the-new-mutants-blu-hunt-all-about-the-actress/ |website=People |accessdate=January 5, 2021}}

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Category:1995 births

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