– Has changed my life

The Netflix series “Baby Reindeer” is still at the top globally and in a large number of countries, including Norway, two weeks after its launch.

Bartender and comedian Richard Gadd (33) is attacked by a female “stalker”, and is close to having his life ruined.

The TV magnet is based on a true story, and Gadd wrote the script himself. Not only that, he also plays the lead role.

While the stalker is played by Jessica Gunning (38), Mexican Nava Mau fills the role of the trans woman Teri – with whom Richard falls in love and begins a secret relationship.

– I feel so blessed to have played such a well-developed role, says Mau to The Queer Review.

It is to the same website that she states that trans people like herself have “always existed” and that “they are everywhere”.

The 31-year-old has received massive praise for his efforts in the series.

Nava Mau is the heart and soul of Baby Reindeer», writes the website Junkee.com.

Over the weekend, America’s Critics Choice Awards announced that they will honor Mau when they host the first-ever celebration of movies and series featuring LGBTQ+ focusLGBTQ+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer, which in Norwegian can be translated to LHBTQ+ – lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer. (ie lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders and queers).

«Humbled, honored and disbelieving!“, writes Mau on Instagram and adds that she will “pick up her chin from the floor and wait to dry after all the tears of joy”.

«Thank you so much for the incredible price. Can hardly wait for this special evening in such legendary company».

Mau, who is himself a filmmaker and activist in the field LGBTQLGBTQ+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer, which in Norwegian can be translated to LHBTQ+ – lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer.communicates frequently with his 165,000 followers on Instagram.

One week after “Baby Reindeer” aired, she wrote that she was completely overwhelmed by its success.

Mau recognizes Teri, and fell head over heels for the character when she received the script a couple of years ago.

«Richard’s way of writing invites everyone to embrace honesty. True honesty that shakes the foundations and makes the walls tremble. And the truth is that we are all human after all.»

Mau writes to her followers that she hopes everyone who worked on the TV series is as proud as she is.

«I am so lucky to have been Teri for a little while. Now this story belongs to the world and it’s beautiful to see what you all are doing with it. Thank you, Richard, for changing my life», she says to Richard Gadd.

There are dark and heavy things that unfold on the screen, such as rape and feelings of shame.

– It meant a lot to me to have the honor of helping Richard tell his story, says Mau to The Queer Review.

Netflix is ​​threatened with a lawsuit by the real woman who is named as a stalker – see video (the article continues below):

In one scene, Teri is physically attacked by Richard’s stalker, Martha Scott, as she is called in the series.

– It was obviously a very intense scene, and that was what I dreaded the most during the recording. So many raw emotions. I didn’t know if I could do it, says Mau.

– “You look like a man” shouts the stalker to Mau, who explains that she really had to feel her own feelings and fears when they filmed that particular session.

– One of the things I had to explore at that moment was Teri’s fear of abandonment. No matter how confident and full of hope she is, I think there is a deep fear that she will never be good enough, and that no one will ever stick.

Mau goes from interview to interview these days.

The 31-year-old says to Digital Spy:

– When I read the script, I quickly realized that Richard Gadd really loved her, whoever she was, the woman who is the inspiration behind my character.

Mau says to Glamor magazine that she hopes people who have been ignorant and prejudiced – or hateful towards trans people – realize that they are also “just human”.

When asked if Mau has experienced dating men who have been ashamed, she answers in the affirmative:

– I would like to hear the life story of a trans woman, which does not include encounters with other people’s shame. In our time, much of the everyday life of many trans people is about having to deal with other people’s shame and prejudice. So it’s almost like a second language, you know, and I speak it fluently.

Mau, also known from “Waking Hour”, underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2015.

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