Indya Moore

At 29 years old, Indya Moore has this physical status:

Indya Adrianna Moore (born 1994-95) is an American actor and actress.

Moore is best known for his role in the FX television series Pose as Angel Evangelista.

In 2019, Time magazine named the actor one of the world's 100 most influential people.

Moore is both transgender and non-binary, and he uses they/them pronouns.

Early life

Indya Moore, a Bronx immigrant with Dominican roots, is an ancestor of Haitian, Puerto Ricon, and Dominican ancestry. They left their parents' house due to their parents' transphobia and into foster care at the age of 14. During this period, they would have migrated around often, eventually residing in all five boroughs of New York City. Moore dropped out of high school early in their sophomore year after being consistently mocked. They began working as a model at the age of 15, and then earned their General Equivalency Diploma (GED).

Personal life

Moore is transgender and non-binary, and she/them and her pronouns represent them/them. Moore has discussed their lifelong struggles with bullying and transphobia, which led them to leave home at 14 and drop out of school in the tenth grade.

Moore, co-star Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, discussed how, despite identifying as non-binary, being seen as a woman means they are also vulnerable to the same "surveillance and surveillance" as women, as well as a desire to use fashion to reclaim power:

Moore came out as polyamorous in December 2018.

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Career

Moore started shootings for Dior and Gucci at the age of 15, the fashion industry's first treatment of them as a risky option.

Although Moore was booking modeling gigs, they became dissatisfied with the fashion industry and the greater emphasis on body image. When doing background for the television series The Get Down, Moore met legendary dancer and ballroom veteran Jose Gutierez Xtravaganza. Moore encouraged them to try acting and directed Moore to an audition for the independent film Saturday Church. Moore landed the role of Dijon, and the film was screened at the Tribeca Film Festival. It's "sweet and soulful," according to the Hollywood Reporter. Samuel Goldwyn Films later announced the film on January 12, 2018.

Moore appeared in early 2017 during New York Fashion Week and was photographed for Vogue Espaa. Moore appeared in Katy Perry's music video for the single "Swish Swish" and performed live with Perry on Saturday Night Live on May 20, 2017 where they were listed as a member of the House of Xtravaganza.

Moore appeared in Pose, Ryan Murphy's FX television series about New York City ball culture in the late 1980s. Angel Evangelista, a transgender sex worker who joined the House of Evangelista after leaving the House of Abundance with her companion Blanca, is depicted by Michaela Jaé Rodriguez. Stan, a yuppie played by Evan Peters, becomes her mistress while working at the piers.

The series premiered on June 3, 2018, and has received critical acclaim. The first season featured the largest cast of transgender people ever for a scripted network series with over 50 transgender characters. On July 12, 2018, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season, which had premiered on June 11, 2019.

Moore signed IMG Models and William Morris Endeavor in 2018 (WME). Moore was WME's first signed trans actor. Moore also founded Beetlefruit Media, which gives a platform for reporting disenfranchised groups.

Moore also appeared in J.View's 2017 "Don't Pull Away" music video and Blood Orange's 2018 "Saint" film.

Moore was the first transgender person to be featured on the back of Elle magazine's United States edition in May 2019.

Moore debuted as Shep's voice on the animated limited series Steven Universe Future in December 2019. The woman is also non-binary.

Moore appeared in Escape Room: the sequel to the 2019 film Escape Room, a psychological thriller film starring Moore. On July 16, 2021, the film was released.

Moore will appear in the forthcoming horror television series Magic Hour, a gender-bending adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, directed by Che Grayson and shot in Tokyo, where they also serve as an executive producer. Moore is expected to appear in the short film Spot.

Queerty named them among the 50 heroes of the first LGBTQ Pride parade in June 2020, "leading the nation toward equality, recognition, and equality for all people."

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