Indya Moore Biography
A native of Bronx, New York, Indya Moore (Indya Adrianna Moore) is an American actor and model best known for playing the role of Angel Evangelista in the FX television series Pose.
Indya Moore Age
Moore was born on January 17, 1995, in New York City, U.S. She is 26 years old as of 2021.
Indya Moore Height
Moore stands at a height of 1.71 m.
Indya Moore Family
Moore’s parents are Haitian, Puerto Rican, and Dominican. She entered foster care at the age of 14 after leaving her parents’ home due to their negativity. During this time, she moved around a lot, ultimately staying in all five boroughs of New York City. However, she not shared more about her family.
Indya Moore Transgender
Moore is transgender and non-binary and uses the pronouns they/them and she/her. She has spoken candidly about her childhood battles with bullying and transphobia, which led her to leave home at the age of 14 and drop out of school in the tenth grade.
Indya Moore Education
Moore dropped out of high school during her sophomore year and later earned her General Equivalency Diploma (GED) at the age of 15.
Indya Moore Career
Moore started modeling at the age of 15 and worked for Dior and Gucci on photo shoots. She was dissatisfied with the fashion industry’s emphasis on body image.
Also, she was cast as Dijon in the film Saturday Church, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Samuel Goldwyn Films later released the film on January 12, 2018. In 2017, Moore made an appearance in Katy Perry’s music video for “Swish Swish”.
Moore was cast in Ryan Murphy’s FX television series Pose, about New York City ball culture in the late 1980s, in late 2017. The show premiered on June 3, 2018, and received positive reviews. With over 50 transgender characters, the first season had the largest cast of transgender actors ever for a scripted network series a second time. Mj Rodriguez is also one of the cast members.
She signed a deal with IMG Models and William Morris Endeavor in 2018 (WME). Additionally, she was WME’s first trans actor to sign a contract and debuted as Shep on the animated limited series Steven Universe Future in December 2019.
On the other hand, she will star in Magic Hour, a gender-bending adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, directed by Che Grayson and shot in Tokyo. Moore has been cast in the sequel to the psychological thriller Escape Room, which was released in 2019.
Films
- Saturday Church
- Spot
- Queen & Slim
- The One
- Magic Hour
- A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting
- Escape Room 2
TV Shows
- Pose
- Steven Universe Future
Indya Moore Net Worth
Moore has an estimated net worth of $3 million.
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