Amber Midthunder

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Amber Midthunder
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Midthunder in 2024
Born (1997-04-26) April 26, 1997 (age 29)
Shiprock, New Mexico, U.S.[1]
CitizenshipAssiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, United States
OccupationActress
Years active2001–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]

Early life

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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]

Midthunder developed an interest in acting as a child. She would memorize and recite lines from her favorite shows. But she disliked her first experience in the job, leading her to take some time before another performance.[15][16] She even considered a career in make-up, where she worked as an intern, or mixed martial arts, having trained and taught Brazilian jiu-jitsu.[17][18]

Career

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Her first acting credit was a small role in 2008's Sunshine Cleaning.[14] Midthunder worked in various productions filmed in New Mexico, then moved 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 Hollywood franchise film to have an all-Native American cast.[21]

In 2025, Midthunder co-starred in the action-comedy Novocaine and the thriller Opus.[22][23]

Awards and nominations

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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.[24][25]

Filmography

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Film

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Key
† Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2001 The Homecoming of Jimmy Whitecloud Little Girl [26]
2002 Deadly Species Calusa Tribe Direct-to-video film [26]
2008 Sunshine Cleaning Candy Store Girl [14]
Swing Vote Female Student #3 [26]
2009 Not Forgotten Amaya Bishop (young) [26]
2014 Drunktown's Finest Model #1 [27][28]
2015 Spare Parts Nikki [26]
Bare Malya Uncredited [26]
2016 Hell or High Water Natalie Martinez (bank teller) [29][30]
Priceless Maria [31]
2018 14 Cameras Danielle [32][33]
2019 Only Mine Julie Dillon Direct-to-video film [34][35][36]
She's Missing Honey [26]
2020 Centurion: The Dancing Stallion Elissa Hall [37]
2021 The Marksman Gas Station Clerk [26]
The Ice Road Tantoo [38][39]
The Wheel Albee Co-producer [1]
2022 Prey Naru [40][41]
2023 Dream Scenario Haley
2024 Rez Ball Dezbah Weaver [42]
2025 Opus Belle [43]
Novocaine Sherry Margrave [44]
TBA Painter TBA Filming
TBA Tombs[45] Post-production

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
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 [46][47][48]
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) [49][50][51][52]
2021 Long Gone Gulch BW Voice role [53]
2022 Reservation Dogs MissM8tri@rch Episode: "Decolonativization" [5]
2024 Avatar: The Last Airbender Princess Yue Recurring role [54]
2026 Carrie Rita Desjardin Post-production

References

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  14. ^ a b c d June 2017 - Cover Story: Amber Midthunder , New Mexico Entertainment
  15. ^ 'Prey' breakout Amber Midthunder talks axe throwing, outwitting the Predator and representation, USA Today
  16. ^ Transcript: Race in America: Giving Voice with Amber Midthunder
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