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Indya Moore

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Indya Moore
Moore in 2025
Born (1995-01-17) January 17, 1995 (age 31)
New York City, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2010–present

Indya Adrianna Moore (born January 17, 1995) is an American actress and model. She[a] is known for playing the role of Angel Evangelista in the FX television series Pose.[1] Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.[2] Moore is a transgender woman.[3]

Early life

Indya Adrianna Moore was born on January 17, 1995 in New York City.[4][5] Assigned male at birth, Moore is a Bronx native of Haitian, Puerto Rican, and Dominican ancestry.[4] At the age of 14, she left her parents' home due to her parents' transphobia, and entered foster care.[6] She moved around frequently during this time, eventually living in all five boroughs of New York City. After being frequently bullied, Moore dropped out of high school during her sophomore year.[7] She began working as a model at the age of 15, and eventually earned her General Equivalency Diploma.[7][8]

Career

Early work

Moore became a model at the age of 15, and began working shoots for Dior and Gucci, despite the fashion industry's initial treatment of her as a risky choice.[7]

Although Moore was booking modeling jobs, she became increasingly disenchanted with the fashion industry and its emphasis on body image. Moore met ballroom dancer Jose Gutierez Xtravaganza while doing background for the television series The Get Down. He encouraged her to pursue acting and sent Moore to an audition for the independent film Saturday Church.[7] Moore landed the role of Dijon, and the film was screened at the Tribeca Film Festival.[9] The Hollywood Reporter called it "sweet and soulful".[10] The film was later released on January 12, 2018, by Samuel Goldwyn Films.[11]

In early 2017, Moore walked in New York Fashion Week and was photographed for Vogue España. That year, Moore appeared in Katy Perry's music video for the single "Swish Swish", and performed live with Perry on the May 20, 2017, episode of Saturday Night Live,[12][13][14] where she was credited as a member of the House of Xtravaganza.[15] In 2017, Moore was working on the short film Spot, in which she had a leading role.[16]

Pose

In late 2017, Moore was cast in Pose, Ryan Murphy's FX television series about New York City ball culture in the late 1980s.[17][9] Moore portrayed Angel Evangelista, a transgender sex worker who joins the House of Evangelista after leaving the House of Abundance with her friend Blanca, portrayed by Michaela Jaé Rodriguez.[18] While working at the piers, she meets Stan, a yuppie played by Evan Peters, and becomes his mistress.[19]

The series premiered on June 3, 2018.[20][21] The first season boasted the largest cast of transgender actors ever for a scripted network series, with over 50 transgender characters.[17][22] On July 12, 2018, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season, which premiered on June 11, 2019.[23] The finale episode of the show aired in June 2021.[24]

2018 - present

In 2018, Moore signed a contract with IMG Models and William Morris Endeavor (WME). Moore was WME's first signed contract with a trans actor.[25] Moore also started the production company Beetlefruit Media, which provides a platform for stories about disenfranchised groups.[26] That year, Moore also worked on the horror television series, Magic Hour, a gender-bending recreation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, directed by Che Grayson and filmed in Tokyo, on which she also serve as an executive producer. The series marked the 200th anniversary of the 1818 publication of Shelley's novel[19][27]

Moore has appeared in J.View's 2017 "Don't Pull Away" music video, and in Blood Orange's 2018 "Saint" video.[28]

In May 2019, Moore became the first transgender person to be featured on the cover of the U.S. version of Elle magazine.[29]

In December 2019, Moore debuted as the voice of Shep on the animated limited series Steven Universe Future. The character is non-binary and partner of Sadie Miller.[30][31][32]

In 2020, Moore was cast in the psychological thriller film Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, the sequel to the 2019 film Escape Room. The film was released on July 16, 2021.[33]

In June 2020, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first LGBTQ Pride parade, Queerty named Moore among the fifty people "leading the nation toward equality, acceptance, and dignity for all people".[34][35]

Moore voices the character Brooklyn, one of Lunella's classmates, in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.[36][37]

In July 2024, Moore was cast in the second season of The Sandman as Wanda, a professional driver and security agent for an exclusive travel firm who serves a guide on a road trip by the Endless to the waking world.[38] She appears in two episodes.

Personal life

Moore is transgender[39] and uses she/her pronouns.[40] While she previously identified as non-binary, she shared in an Instagram story on August 31, 2026, that she no longer does.[40] Moore has spoken openly about her lifelong struggles with the bullying and transphobia that caused her to leave home at 14 and drop out of school in the 10th grade.[6]

In an interview with Pose co-star Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Moore discussed how, despite identifying as non-binary (at the time), being seen as a woman means she was subjected to the same "surveillance and scrutiny" as cisgender women, and to a desire to use fashion to take back that power:[41]

MOORE: I feel like that about fashion. I feel like that about us having the autonomy to express ourselves. I'm non-binary but I don't really talk about it that much. I don't feel like people really are there yet for understanding it, which I don't mind, but I also acknowledge the way people see me as a woman. And because I'm seen as a woman, a cis woman or binary-presenting, people are going to hold me up to those same standards that women are held up to.

RODRIGUEZ: Which you're saying you shouldn't be, right?

MOORE: Which I'm saying women should not be [held up to any standards].[41]

In December 2018, Moore came out as polyamorous.[42][43]

Moore was raised as a Jehovah's Witness. In late 2024, she converted to Islam.[44]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2017 Saturday Church Dijon
Spot Businesswoman Short film
2019 Queen & Slim Goddess
2020 The One Dr. Watkins Short film
Magic Hour Bella Short film; also executive producer
A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting Peggy Drood [45]
2021 Escape Room: Tournament of Champions Brianna Collier
2023 Nimona Alamzapam Davis (voice) [46][47]
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Karshon [48]
2024 Ponyboi Charlie [49]
2025 Father Mother Sister Brother Skye [50]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2018–2021 Pose Angel Evangelista Main role
2019 Steven Universe Future Shep (voice) Episode: "Little Graduation"[47]
2023–2024 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Brooklyn (voice) Recurring role[47]
2025 The Sandman Wanda 2 episodes

Music videos

Year Title Role Artist
2017 "Don't Pull Away" Lead Girl J.Views (ft. Milosh)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ On August 31, 2026 Moore shared on an Instragram story that she no longer identifies as non-binary and uses she/her pronouns.

References

  1. ↑ "Cover Exclusive: The Cast of 'Pose' Takes Center Stage & Makes History". 2018-07-17. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  2. ↑ "Indya Moore, Ryan Murphy lead TIME 100's influential LGBT people · PinkNews". www.pinknews.co.uk. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  3. ↑ Silva, Cynthia (December 12, 2020). "'Pose' star Indya Moore is spreading holiday cheer to trans youth". NBC News. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  4. 1 2 Yuan, Jada (May 9, 2019). "Indya Moore Just Wants to Be Free". ELLE. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  5. ↑ Moore, Indya [@IndyaMoore] (January 17, 2020). "Thank you all so much for the birthday love!!" (Tweet). Retrieved July 30, 2020 – via Twitter.
  6. 1 2 Gollayan, Christian (2018-05-31). "This once-bullied trans actress is now the star of 'Pose'". New York Post. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Skahill, Madi (2018-07-27). "Inside the Breakout of Indya Moore". WWD. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  8. ↑ WWD, Madi Skahill | (30 July 2018). "Indya Moore on her acting career and how she found her way to FX's 'Pose'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  9. 1 2 Fasanella, Allie (2018-06-10). "Get to Know the 5 Trans Actors on "Pose" Making Television History". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  10. ↑ "Saturday Church Review | Tribeca 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. April 23, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  11. ↑ Thomas, Chris (November 18, 2017). "Exclusive: Transgender Youth Find Their Voice at Saturday Church". Out. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  12. ↑ Lambe, Stacy (July 18, 2018). "Breakout Star Indya Moore on Pose, Working With Evan Peters and Angel's Red Pumps (Exclusive)". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Video of the Day: Indya Moore and Elliott Sailors in J. Views' "Don't Pull Away"". GO Magazine. March 9, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  14. ↑ Gray, Madeleine. "Actual Angel And Trans WoC, Indya Moore, Makes Out With Lesbian Model Elliot Sailors In New Music Video". Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  15. ↑ Renzi, Dan (May 22, 2017). "We identified the performers in Katy Perry's 'Swish Swish' on SNL". Queerty. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  16. ↑ "INTERVIEW: Trans actress Indya Moore on representation: putting a trans face on an anti-trans institution is not enough". afropunk.com. 2017-04-25.
  17. 1 2 Andreeva, Nellie (October 25, 2017). "FX's 'Pose': Ryan Murphy Sets Largest Transgender Cast Ever For Scripted Series". Deadline Hollywood. Los Angeles, California: Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  18. ↑ Betancourt, Bianca (2021-08-19). "Mj Rodriguez Is Ready for Her Cinderella Moment". Harper's BAZAAR. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  19. 1 2 Marine, Brooke (2018-07-16). "Pose Breakout Star Indya Moore Debunks Myths About Normative Beauty and Body Hair". W Magazine. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  20. ↑ "Pose: Season 1 – Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  21. ↑ "Pose: Season 1 – Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  22. ↑ "New Ryan Murphy Musical Dance Series POSE Gets Full Season Order". BroadwayWorld.com. December 27, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  23. ↑ Otterson, Joe (July 12, 2018). "'Pose' Renewed for Season 2 at FX". Variety. Los Angeles, California: Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  24. ↑ Turchiano, Danielle (2021-06-07). "'Pose' Series Finale Ends With a Heartbreaking Death and Powerful Message: 'Ballroom Is Love'". Variety. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  25. ↑ Kai, Maiysha. "Beauty Is Beauty: Pose's Indya Moore Lands Coveted Contracts with IMG and William Morris". The Glow Up. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  26. ↑ "'Pose' Breakout Indya Moore Signs With WME (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  27. ↑ "'Pose' Breakout Indya Moore To Star In, Executive Produce Modern 'Frankenstein' TV Series, 'Magic Hour'". shadowandact.com. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  28. ↑ "Blood Orange Debuts New "Saint" Video (ft Indya Moore) • GSLM". GSLM. 2018-08-27. Archived from the original on 2018-08-30. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  29. ↑ Street, Mikelle (May 9, 2019). "Indya Moore Makes History As First Trans Person to Cover Elle US". Out. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
  30. ↑ Street, Mikelle (December 30, 2019). "Indya Moore Just Debuted as a 'Steven Universe' Character". Out. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  31. ↑ Moore, Indya [@IndyaMoore] (December 29, 2019). "Omg i was so nervous about this read lol im so happy people enjoyed it 😭🥰🤗 sounds like we need to bring shep back as a regular?!? 😁😂😏😊 @cartoonnetwork @rebeccasugar #StevenUniverse #StevenUniverseFuture" (Tweet). Archived from the original on January 5, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2019 – via Twitter.
  32. ↑ "Meet Shep, Indya Moore's Nonbinary Steven Universe Character". Pride.com. January 9, 2020. Archived from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  33. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (2020-02-28). "'Escape Room 2' Now Opening Doors At End Of 2020". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  34. ↑ "Queerty Pride50 2020 Honorees". Queerty. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  35. ↑ Reddish, David (2020-06-01). "Meet the world-class performers who are diversifying LGBTQ representation". Queerty. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  36. ↑ Steve Loter [@steveloter] (February 11, 2023). "yes" (Tweet). Retrieved February 12, 2023 – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  37. ↑ Steve Loter [@steveloter] (February 11, 2023). "Brooklyn!" (Tweet). Retrieved February 12, 2023 – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  38. ↑ Cobb, Kayla (2024-07-02). "'The Sandman' Season 2 Adds Jack Gleeson, Indya Moore, Steve Coogan and More". TheWrap. Retrieved March 7, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  39. ↑ "Attention Cis People: You Can Relate to Trans Characters". PAPER. 2018-07-03. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  40. 1 2 "Indya Moore Says She "No Longer" Identifies as Nonbinary, Asks for She/Her Pronouns Going Forward". Them. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  41. 1 2 Rodriguez, Mj (January 11, 2019). "Indya Moore Brews A Perfect Cup of Tea". L'Officiel.
  42. ↑ Jackman, Josh (December 27, 2018). "Pose star Indya Moore has come out as poly". PinkNews.
  43. ↑ Twitter thread, Indya Moore's official twitter
  44. ↑ Dazed (2025-07-17). "'I feel closer to God than ever': The faith and fearlessness of Indya Moore". Dazed. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  45. ↑ Galuppo, Mia (September 4, 2019). "Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting Sets Cast With Indya Moore, Tom Felton (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  46. ↑ Giardina, Carolyn (April 25, 2023). "Netflix Animation Reveals In Your Dreams, a New SpongeBob Adventure and Additional Nimona Voice Casting". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  47. 1 2 3 "Indya Moore (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 16, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  48. ↑ Kit, Borys (September 24, 2021). "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Casts Indya Moore, Jani Zhao and Vincent Regan (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  49. ↑ Bergeson, Samantha (December 1, 2022). "Ponyboi First Look: Dylan O'Brien and Victoria Pedretti Lead Queer Sex Worker Drama". IndieWire. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  50. ↑ Keslassy, Elsa; Ritman, Alex (May 16, 2024). "Adam Driver, Tom Waits, Mayim Bialik and More Join Cate Blanchett in Jim Jarmusch's Father Mother Sister Brother (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
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