BABY Reindeer star Nava Mau has sent temperatures soaring by showing off her pole dancing moves in her living room.
As one of the breakout stars of the Netflix series, Nava quickly became a fan favourite as Teri, the voice of reason for troubled Donny Dunn.
A proud trans woman, Teri wouldn’t allow Donny’s stalker Martha from getting in the way of their blossoming romance.
Ultimately it was Donny’s own shame in being bisexual and coming out as dating a trans woman that resulted in her showing him the door.
Away from the psychological drama, Nava is just as proud and larger than life, and showed fans her secret skills as a pole dancer.
With a pole installed in her living room, Mexican-born Nava was seen dancing around her home while watering her plants.
Set to RnB track On And On by Tyla, the clip cut to different times of the day, with Nava dancing before grabbing the pole and spinning on it.
Fans quickly filled the comments of the video praising her for her moves, as well as her performance in Baby Reindeer.
“Dancing like no one is watching. But we are cuz we are obsessed,” wrote one fan.
“This is the happiness and positivity we need in this world,” said another. “Truly beautiful. Thank you for sharing.”
“I just finished bingeing Baby Reindeer. YOU were my favorite. I loved it,” added another new follower.
“I saw it because of the series Baby Rena, my God @navamau you are beautiful, wonderful,” said a fourth.
Speaking about taking on the role, Nava told Netflix’s Tudum: “It felt like the first time reading a character that was written by someone who actually had known and loved a trans woman.”
“There’s a light that I think pulsates out of that kind of vulnerability, and so all of the characters in the story then are cast in that light,” she added.
On appearing in the series, actress Nava told Digital Spy: “It seemed really important to show people that trans women exist in real life and in relationships with real people.
“I could see Richard’s heart in the writing, and I hope that people will see it too.”
Baby Reindeer by numbers
The Netflix series has become quite the breakout smash hit...
- 7 Number of episodes in the series
- 30 Number of countries the series has topped the Netflix chart in
- 64 Percentage increase in viewers the show earned in its second week, compared to its first
- 97 The show’s percentage score on industry bible Rotten Tomatoes
- 41,071 Amount of emails Richard claims he was sent by the real life Martha
- 13.3 million Number of viewers who tuned into the show during its first week
Baby Reindeer – which is based on creator and star Richard Gadd’s real experiences with a stalker he met while working at a pub – has taken the world by storm.
Richard changed the names of the people involved, but kept key elements of the story, with Nava’s character Teri also based on a real person.
Speaking to the Independent, Richard explained how he didn’t want to sugarcoat the shame and struggle he felt in dating a trans woman.
“It’s in the public consciousness now, but it wasn’t back then, when I was dating,” he said.
“It felt so new that it added a certain pressure, to me, that I really regret now. But that’s what it explores in the show. This story was set back in a time when things were very different.”
He added that was largely why Teri is seen as a hero on the show, as on reflection he knew he let the real-life version of herself down in their relationship – starting with not even telling her his real name when they first started dating.
On bringing the character to life, he added: “We had all kinds of advisors – diversity advisors, trans advisors – to make sure that what we were doing was gonna be the right thing, but not in a way where the art felt compromised or anything was watered down.
“They were very good in terms of knowing the kind of complicated story we were trying to tell.”
