“Baby Reindeer” star Nava Mau made historical past Wednesday — by scoring her first Emmy nod.
The Mexico-born actor turned the primary Latina trans individual in historical past to be nominated for Excellent Supporting Actress for her efficiency within the harrowing Netflix collection, wherein she performs a transgender lady whose boyfriend will get caught up with a harmful stalker.
Whereas she has but to touch upon the historic feat, Mau advised The Hollywood Reporter in Could that she “stayed up all night” and “started journaling” after first studying the script for the collection, as a result of the story of her character, Teri, induced her to replicate on her personal journey as a trans lady.
“I had no idea that I internalized so much anger and that I shut it down,” Mau mentioned. “As a trans woman, as a Latina woman, I have had to do that in order to survive … it’s kind of been my responsibility to take care of other people’s emotions.”
“It was so difficult and challenging, honestly, to play a character who felt so entitled to her own emotions and was not too concerned about taking care of other people’s emotions,” she continued. “That was very empowering for me to get in tune with my body again.”
“Baby Reindeer” follows London bartender Donny Dunn (Richard Gadd) on his quest to seek out fame as a comic, solely to endure repeated sexual abuse and fall into drug abuse. It innocently begins with Dunn kindly serving to a stranger — who proceeds to stalk him.
Fiona Harvey, a girl who claims she impressed the stalker character, just lately sued Netflix for $170 million in damages. Harvey says the portrayal of the stalker character was inaccurate and “forced” her to return ahead after viewers of the collection started harassing her.
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The present amassed greater than 56 million views inside 26 days of its April 11 launch, in accordance with THR. Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos remarked in a latest interview with The New York Occasions that it’s “an enormous hit around the world.”
Gadd initially introduced the story to the stage in London. After adapting the play right into a collection and writing each episode himself, he was nominated Wednesday within the Excellent Lead Actor class — and noticed his ardour mission earn a complete of 11 nominations, together with Excellent Restricted or Anthology Collection.
“Thanks to everyone who worked on this show,” Gadd wrote Wednesday on Instagram. “To the Television Academy for recognising it. To Netflix for taking a chance on it. To Clerkenwell [Films] for producing it. To the incredible cast and crew for nailing it.”
“To my wonderful family and friends for everything,” he added. “I love you all.”
Whereas it stays to be seen whether or not Mau will make even larger historical past by profitable her Emmy on the upcoming ceremony, she follows within the admirable footsteps of “Pose” star Mj Rodriguez, who turned the primary trans actor nominated for a number one position in 2021.
The 76th Emmy Awards will air reside on ABC on Sept. 15.
