Hunter Schafer
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Hunter Schafer is an American actress, model and transgender rights activist. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, Schafer was assigned male at birth and transitioned as a child. She came to public attention after joining a 2016 lawsuit against North Carolina's Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, a so-called "bathroom bill" which prevented transgender people from using public bathrooms corresponding to their gender identity. For her activism, she was named to Teen Vogue's "21 Under 21" list in 2017.
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Hunter James Schafer is an American model, actor, screenwriter, and LGBTQ rights activist. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, on December 31, 1998, she is a trans woman with blond hair and blue eyes. She is represented by Elite Model Management and began her work period in 2017. Her field of work includes acting, and she speaks and writes in English.
Schafer was educated at Central Saint Martins and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She has been unmarried partners with Dominic Fike and Rosalía. Her name in her native language is Hunter James Schafer.
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Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Hunter Schafer (born December 31, 1998) is an American actress, model and transgender rights activist. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, Schafer was assigned male at birth and transitioned as a child. She came to public attention after joining a 2016 lawsuit against North Carolina's Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, a so-called "bathroom bill" which…
Known for
- Mother Mary — Hilda Offer2026
- Euphoria: A Look Back — Self2026
- Blade Runner 2099 — Cora2026
- Kinds of Kindness — Anna2024
- Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes — Self (Tigris Snow)2024
- Cuckoo — Gretchen2024
- Inside the Dream: Mugler — Self2024
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes — Tigris2023
- ANOHNI Live Experiencce — Self2023
- Christmas Special Vol. 1 — Hunter2022
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1998-12-31 ) December 31, 1998 (age 27) , Trenton, New Jersey , U.S.
- Occupations
- Actress model
- Years active
- 2017–present
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Schafer
- Gender
- trans woman
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Trenton
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
- Eye colour
- blue
- Hair colour
- blond hair
- Image
- Hunter Schafer-64616 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 178
- Represented by
- Elite Model Management
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- date of birth
- 1998-12-31
- name in native language
- Hunter James Schafer
- social media followers
- 7100000
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Hunter Schafer
- unmarried partner
- Rosalía
- start of work period
- 2017-00-00
- described at URL
- www.filmportal.de/A1D43C9BFC7E4B968ECF33871A6EAA3D
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Encyclopedic overview
Hunter Schafer (born December 31, 1998) is an American actress, model and transgender rights activist. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, Schafer was assigned male at birth and transitioned as a child. She came to public attention after joining a 2016 lawsuit against North Carolina's Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, a so-called "bathroom bill" which prevented transgender people from using public bathrooms corresponding to their gender identity. For her activism, she was named to Teen Vogue's "21 Under 21" list in 2017.
Schafer has studied watercolor painting and clothing design. In 2017, she began work as a fashion model for various brands. Schafer had initially planned to attend an arts college to further study clothing design, but instead decided to transition to acting when she was cast in the HBO teen drama television series Euphoria (2019–2026). Her role as transgender high school student Jules Vaughn, and her co-writing credit on an episode of the series, garnered her critical praise.
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