Blu Farias Hunt (born July 11, 1995) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Inadu/The Hollow in

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supernatural drama series '' The Originals'' (2017) and as August Catawnee in the

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science fiction drama series '' Another Life'' (2019–2022). Hunt made her film debut as

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/ Mirage in the superhero film ''

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'' (2020), which is part of the ''X-Men'' film series.

Early life

Blu Hunt was born in

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and grew up in a suburban environment. She is Native American and a descendant of the

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tribe. Her grandmother is part of the

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Lakota Tribe and was from the

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. Her great-grandfather was Apache. She studied at the

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Career

In 2017, Hunt received recognition for her recurring role as powerful Native American '' witch Inadu (The Hollow) Labonair'' in the fourth season of

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

science fiction drama series '' Another Life''. It was canceled after two seasons. In 2019, Hunt guest starred in the

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''. Hunt made her feature film debut as

/ Mirage in the superhero horror film ''

'', 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

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunt, Blu 1995 births Living people 21st-century American actresses 21st-century Native Americans American people of Apache descent American people of Lakota descent Native American actresses Actresses from Sacramento, California American television actresses American film actresses 21st-century Native American women American queer actresses LGBT Native Americans 21st-century LGBT people