Nava Mau is a Mexican-American filmmaker, actress, and cultural worker. Mau was born in Mexico City however was raised in San Antonio, Texas. In 2018, Nava wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the short film "Waking Hour," which screened in festivals around the world. She was selected as a Production Fellow on the Netflix documentary "Disclosure," and she appears next as a series regular on the HBO Max series "Generation." For 8 years, Nava worked in the fields of healing justice and culture change with community-based service providers, student organizations, and survivors of violence. Her long-term vision is to illuminate the stories of marginalized people in order to transform their access to resources.

Filmography

• 2026The Long Con — the Bride
• 2025Rainbow Girls — Giulia (Store Manager), Executive Producer
• Baby Reindeer — Teri
• Brilliant Minds — Denise
• 2024all the words but the one — Director, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2022Work — Associate Producer
• Genera+ion — Ana
• 2020Sam's Town — Natasha, Producer
• 2019Femenina — Nina
• 2019Waking Hour — Sofia, Writer, Producer, Director
• You — Detective Marquez
• The Dregs

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2023Swing and Sway — Self