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Blu del Barrio (born September 15, 1997)[1][2] is an American actor, known for playing Adira Tal in Star Trek: Discovery.

Blu del Barrio
Born	(1997-09-15) September 15, 1997 (age 25)
Education	London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (BA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2019–present

Personal life

Del Barrio was raised in Topanga, California, by Argentine parents.[2][3] Del Barrio attended Crossroads School in California and was a finalist for the 2016 National YoungArts Foundation awards in the theater category.[4] They also took part in ballet while growing up.[5] Del Barrio then studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and graduated in 2019.[6][7][3][8] While studying in London they played Duke in Otis & Eunice by the Royal College of Music.[9]

Del Barrio is non-binary and uses they/he pronouns.[8][10] They realized they might be non-binary after seeing Lachlan Watson on television.[11] They chose the first name "Blu" in 2019, in honor of their favorite color from childhood.[3] Being cast as a non-binary character in Star Trek: Discovery helped them come out publicly as non-binary.[10][12]

Del Barrio speaks both English and Spanish fluently.[13]

Career

Del Barrio acted in short films and theater since the age of seven. In September 2020 it was announced that they would join the cast of Star Trek: Discovery as Adira Tal for Season 3.[3][10] Del Barrio is the first out non-binary actor in Star Trek,[10] and Adira is Star Trek’s first non-binary character.[14]

Del Barrio has named Lachlan Watson, Indya Moore, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Theo Germaine, Asia Kate Dillon, and Brigette Lundy-Paine as non-binary role models for their career.[11]

Filmography

Stage roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	Otis & Eunice	Duke[9]
	Three Days in the Country	Natasha Ivanovna[13]
	The Winter's Tale	Paulina/Shepherd[13]
	Kin	Rachel[13]
	Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812	Hélène Bezukhova[13]
	Three Sisters	Irina[13]
	The Man of Mode	Mrs. Loveit[13]
	Hippolytus	Artemis[13]
	Duchess of Malfi	The Duchess[13]
	The White Devil	Vittoria[13]

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	In the Service of the Queen	Yaris[15]	Short film
2022	The Listener		Post-production

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2020–present	Star Trek: Discovery	Adira Tal	Recurring role (season 3),[16] series regular (season 4)
2022	The Owl House	Teen Raine Whispers (voice)	Episode: "Them's the Breaks, Kid"

References

External links

• Blu del Barrio at IMDb
• Blu del Barrio on Instagram

На других языках

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[de] Blu del Barrio

Blu del Barrio (* 15. September 1997 in Topanga, Südkalifornien, als Julia Gutierrez del Barrio)[1][2] spielt in der CBS-Fernsehserie Star Trek: Discovery seit 2020 die Rolle der Figur Adira Tal. Diese wird medial vielfach als erste nichtbinäre Figur im Star-Trek-Universum bezeichnet.

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- [en] Blu del Barrio

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