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live-action television series ''

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'' (2022–present) and the television film '' A Really Haunted Loud House'' (2023). In film, she is known for Tuk in

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's ''Avatar'' franchise, which marked her film debut.

Early life

Trinity Jo-Li Bliss was born on November 5, 2009, in

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, to an English father and a Chinese mother. Her mother immigrated from China to pursue graduate studies in aerospace engineering before switching to statistics. Her parents met while both worked at a biotech company. When she was younger, she joined theater summer camp productions of ''

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'', and ''

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,'' which motivated her to take acting lessons and learn music.

Career

In 2017, Bliss was cast as Tuktirey or Tuk in

's ''

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'' sequels, beginning with '' Avatar: The Way of Water'' in 2022; she was nine years old after filming completed and was thirteen when the film premiered. Bliss related closely to Tuk as she is both biracial and the youngest of the family like her character. Bliss underwent three months of training for the film, which consisted of learning the film's dialect, movement, free diving, and night training. Since 2021, she has uploaded cover versions of songs and has sung some of her own. Her first studio album, ''Confessions of a Preteen'', was released on January 20, 2023. On November 15, 2022, Bliss was cast as Stella Zhau both in the

live-action television series ''

'' (2022–2024) and the

live-action television film '' A Really Haunted Loud House'' (2023). In October 2023, she was cast as Cat McCoy in ''

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,'' which was directed by Mike Flanagan and was based on the short story of the same name by

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. The film has its world premiere at the

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and will be distributed by

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in June 2025.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Discography

Studio Albums

References

External links

* American child actresses Living people American child singers 2009 births {{US-screen-actor-2000s-stub American people of English descent American actresses of Chinese descent