Quintessa Swindell (born February 8, 1997) is an American actor. They are known for starring as Tabitha Foster in the Netflix teen drama Trinkets, and for playing Maxine Hunkel / Cyclone in the 2022 superhero film Black Adam. They also briefly appeared as Anna in the HBO series Euphoria.
Career
Swindell made their acting debut in 2019, playing Anna in the HBO television series Euphoria in the episode "The Trials and Tribulations of Trying To Pee While Depressed". The same year, they played a main role in the Netflix teen drama Trinkets as Tabitha Foster. Swindell has a role in the film Voyagers starring Colin Farrell and Tye Sheridan. In December 2020, they were cast in the role of Cyclone in the DCEU film Black Adam, starring Dwayne Johnson in the title role. They also appeared as Laila in season four of the HBO series In Treatment, which aired in 2021.
Swindell has been cast in Master Gardener starring Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver.
Personal life
Swindell identifies as nonbinary, and uses they/he pronouns.
They grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia and attended high school at the Governor's School for the Arts in Norfolk, Virginia. They were raised by a single father and had difficulty fitting into groups as a result of their gender and race. Swindell has said that due to not fitting stereotypes about all nonbinary people being androgynous, it has been difficult to find roles acting their own gender. However, they were happy to play a cisgender girl in Trinkets, given that the show explores Black identity, which spoke to them as a result of their experience being biracial.
Filmography
Television
Film
Accolades
References
External links
21st-century American actors
American television actors
University of California, Santa Barbara alumni
Actors from New York (state) American non-binary musicians 1997 births American film actors Living people David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni American non-binary actors African-American actors African-American LGBT people 21st-century African-American people LGBT people from Virginia