'Baby Reindeer' Star Makes Emmys History As 1st Latina Trans Woman With Nod In 1 Category

“Baby Reindeer” star Nava Mau made history Wednesday — by scoring her first Emmy nod.

The Mexico-born actor became the first Latina trans person in history to be nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her performance in the harrowing Netflix series, in which she plays a transgender woman whose boyfriend gets caught up with a dangerous stalker.

While she has yet to comment on the historic feat, Mau told The Hollywood Reporter in May that she “stayed up all night” and “started journaling” after first reading the script for the series, because the story of her character, Teri, caused her to reflect on her own journey as a trans woman.

“I had no idea that I internalized so much anger and that I shut it down,” Mau said. “As a trans woman, as a Latina woman, I have had to do that in order to survive … it’s kind of been my responsibility to take care of other people’s emotions.”

“It was so difficult and challenging, honestly, to play a character who felt so entitled to her own emotions and was not too concerned about taking care of other people’s emotions,” she continued. “That was very empowering for me to get in tune with my body again.”

“Baby Reindeer” follows London bartender Donny Dunn (Richard Gadd) on his quest to find fame as a comedian, only to endure repeated sexual abuse and fall into drug abuse. It innocently begins with Dunn kindly helping a stranger — who proceeds to stalk him.

Fiona Harvey, a woman who claims she inspired the stalker character, recently sued Netflix for $170 million in damages. Harvey says the portrayal of the stalker character was inaccurate and “forced” her to come forward after viewers of the series began harassing her.

The show amassed more than 56 million views within 26 days of