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Born | Shiprock, New Mexico, U.S. [1] | April 26, 1997
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2001–present |
Amber Midthunder (born April 26, 1997) [2] is an American actress.
She had regular roles in the FX series Legion and The CW series Roswell, New Mexico , and also appeared on Longmire , Banshee , and Reservation Dogs . [3] [4] [5] In 2022, she starred as Naru in Prey , the fifth installment and first prequel of the Predator franchise. [6]
Midthunder's mother Angelique, who is originally from Thailand and of Thai-Chinese ancestry, [7] is a casting director and stunt performer, and her father David is an actor of Hunkpapa Lakota, Sisseton Dakota, and Sahiyaiyeskabi Assiniboine descent; [8] [9] Angelique and David met while working on the 1995 Japanese film East Meets West . [10]
Midthunder is a citizen of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribe. [11] [12] [13] She was born on the Navajo Nation in Shiprock, New Mexico, and eventually returned there after spending much of her childhood in Santa Fe where she attended the Academy for Technology and the Classics and where her mother worked in a casting firm. [10] [14]
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Midthunder developed an interest in acting as a child, where she would memorize and recite lines from her favorite shows, but disliked her first experience in the job, [15] [16] leading her to take some time before another performance, even considering a career in make-up, where she worked as an intern, or mixed martial arts, having trained and taught Brazilian jiu-jitsu. [17] [18]
Her first acting credit was a small role in 2008's Sunshine Cleaning . [14] Midthunder proceeded to work in various productions filmed in New Mexico, before moving to Los Angeles at the age of 17 to pursue more acting opportunities. [17]
She played a hotshot trucker in the 2021 Liam Neeson thriller The Ice Road. [19]
In 2022, Midthunder starred in Prey , the fifth installment of the Predator franchise. [6] She played Naru, a young Comanche healer who wants to prove herself as a hunter, and was widely praised for her performance. [20] Prey was the first feature film to have a full Comanche language dub, and the first to have an all-Native American cast. [21]
In 2022, Midthunder received the Breakthrough Performance Award as part of the Saturn Awards, and a Critics' Choice Awards nomination for Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television, both for her performance in Prey . [22] [23]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2001 | The Homecoming of Jimmy Whitecloud | Little Girl | [ citation needed ] | |
2002 | Deadly Species | Calusa Tribe | Direct-to-video film | [ citation needed ] |
2008 | Sunshine Cleaning | Candy Store Girl | [14] | |
Swing Vote | Female Student #3 | [24] | ||
2009 | Not Forgotten | Amaya Bishop (young) | [ citation needed ] | |
2014 | Drunktown's Finest | Model #1 | [25] [26] | |
2015 | Spare Parts | Nikki | [ citation needed ] | |
Bare | Malya | Uncredited | [ citation needed ] | |
2016 | Hell or High Water | Natalie (bank teller) | [27] [28] | |
Priceless | Maria | [29] | ||
2018 | 14 Cameras | Danielle | [30] [31] | |
2019 | Only Mine | Julie Dillon | Direct-to-video film | [32] [33] [34] |
She's Missing | Honey | [ citation needed ] | ||
2020 | Centurion: The Dancing Stallion | Elissa Hall | [35] | |
2021 | The Marksman | Gas Station Clerk | [ citation needed ] | |
The Ice Road | Tantoo | [36] [37] | ||
The Wheel | Albee | Co-producer | [1] | |
2022 | Prey | Naru | [38] [39] | |
2023 | Dream Scenario | Haley | ||
2024 | Rez Ball | Dezbah Weaver | [40] | |
2025 | Opus † | TBA | Post-production | [41] |
Novocaine † | TBA | Post-production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2012–2014 | Longmire | Lilly Stillwater | Episodes: "Pilot", "Miss Cheyenne" | [14] |
2014 | Banshee | Lana Cleary | Episodes: "The Warrior Class", "Bloodlines" | [ citation needed ] |
2015 | Dig | Starlet | Episode: "Emma Wilson's Father" | [ citation needed ] |
2016 | The Originals | Kayla McInnis | Episode: "Alone with Everybody" | [ citation needed ] |
2017–2019 | Legion | Kerry Loudermilk | Main role | [42] [43] [44] |
2018 | The Misadventures of Psyche & Me | Lizzie | Television miniseries | [ citation needed ] |
2019–2022 | Roswell, New Mexico | Rosa Ortecho | Recurring role (season 1); main role (seasons 2–4) | [45] [46] [47] [48] |
2021 | Long Gone Gulch | BW | Voice role | [49] |
2022 | Reservation Dogs | MissM8tri@rch | Episode: "Decolonativization" | [5] |
2024 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Princess Yue | Recurring role | [50] |