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===Awards=== |
===Awards=== |
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In 2022, Midthunder received the [[Breakthrough Performance Award]] as part of the [[Saturn Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/amber-midthunder-saturn/|title=Prey Star Amber Midthunder Honored with Saturn Award for Breakthrough Performance|first=Jeremy|last=Dick|date=October 21, 2022|website=MovieWeb}}</ref> |
In 2022, Midthunder received the [[Breakthrough Performance Award]] as part of the [[Saturn Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/amber-midthunder-saturn/|title=Prey Star Amber Midthunder Honored with Saturn Award for Breakthrough Performance|first=Jeremy|last=Dick|date=October 21, 2022|website=MovieWeb}}</ref>. |
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! scope="row"| [[Alliance of Women Film Journalists]] |
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| January 5, 2023 |
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| Best Woman Breakthrough Performance |
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| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 EDA AWARDS NOMINEES |url=https://awfj.org/eda-awards-2/2022-eda-awards-categories/2022-eda-awards-nominees/ |access-date=December 23, 2022 |publisher=[[Alliance of Women Film Journalists]]}}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| [[Austin Film Critics Association]] |
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| [[Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2022|January 10, 2023]] |
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| The Robert R. "Bobby" McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award |
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==Filmography== |
==Filmography== |
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Amber Midthunder | |
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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 is known for her regular roles in the FX series Legion and The CW series Roswell, New Mexico, as well as appearances on Longmire, Banshee, and Reservation Dogs.[3][4][5] She starred as Naru in Prey, the fifth installment of the Predator franchise.[6]
Early life
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; Angelique and David met while working on the 1995 Japanese film East Meets West.[8]
Midthunder is a citizen of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribe.[9][10][11] 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 her mother worked in a casting firm.[8][12]
Career
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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,[13][14] 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.[15][16] Her first credit was in 2008's Sunshine Cleaning.[12] 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.[15] She starred as Naru in Prey, the fifth installment of the Predator franchise.[6]. Her performance recived praise with orginal film star Bill Duke saying "It's an amazing film and @AmberMidthunder is phenomenal".
Awards
In 2022, Midthunder received the Breakthrough Performance Award as part of the Saturn Awards.[17].
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Alliance of Women Film Journalists | January 5, 2023 | Best Woman Breakthrough Performance | Amber Midthunder | Nominated | [18] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Film Critics Association | January 10, 2023 | The Robert R. "Bobby" McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award | Nominated | [19]
FilmographyFilm
Television
References
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- Living people
- 21st-century American actresses
- 21st-century Native Americans
- American child actresses
- American film actresses
- American television actresses
- Native American actresses
- 1997 births
- 21st-century Native American women
- Assiniboine people
- American people of Chinese descent
- American people of Thai descent
- Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes people