AMBER MIDTHUNDER

“Prey”

Midthunder says she’s so thrilled to be named one of Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch, she needs a new word. “Overstatic? Overjoyed and ecstatic?” she jokes. “To be able to be an Indigenous person on the list, and be representing and seen in that way, I feel really proud of.”

Midthunder has been the talk of the town since “Prey,” the latest film in the “Predator” franchise, premiered to audience and critical raves. Her overnight success began over a decade ago, though, with projects large and small, including “Hell or High Water” and “Legion” before landing the role of Rosa Ortecho on “Roswell, New Mexico.”

Midthunder grew up uncertain if acting would be her path, but as a senior in high school, she decided to move to Los Angeles and go all in. “In the rom-com that is my life, it’s like acting was my true love, and I cycled through a lot of different other ones only to come back to the original,” she says.

She’s also produced and starred in “The Wheel,” which premiered at last year’s Toronto Intl. Film Festival. She says producing is something she's felt “called to” lately.

The success of “Prey” goes beyond a career achievement to Midthunder. “To have Indian country react so positively, it means the world to me. It also encourages me to work harder and accomplish more. I feel like if I can get here, who’s to say where it stops?”

— Paul Plunkett

Reps: Agency: CAA; Management: Corner Booth Entertainment; Legal: Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein Influences: Her parents, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlize Theron, Damien Chazelle, Buffy Sainte-marie