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Hunter Schafer

Hunter Schafer

Actor · Born December 31, 1998 (27) · Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Independent Spirit Award nominee

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 watercolour painting and clothing design. In 2017, she began work as a fashion model for various brands. Schafer initially planned to attend an arts college to further her studies in clothing design, but instead decided to transition to acting after being cast in the HBO teen drama 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. Schafer has since starred in the films The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) and Cuckoo (2024), and had minor roles in Kinds of Kindness (2024) and the English dub of the Japanese film Belle (2021). Schafer has continued to model after entering the acting industry, serving as a brand ambassador for Shiseido Makeup, Prada, and Mugler. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hunter Schafer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 31, 1998 (27)
From
Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Up 19% in 30 days

What are Hunter Schafer's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
35%
Survival
19%
Society
19%
Ideas
11%
Power
8%
Bonds
4%
Morality
4%
Coming of age2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 1 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 4

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.

Ally
2 of 4
Hero
1 of 4
Mentor
1 of 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Dread
2
Contemplative
3
Melancholic
3
Warm
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Haunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet1
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Hunter Schafer's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Hunter Schafer's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

15 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 14 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Blade Runner 2099 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 8 episodes · as Cora

  • Mother Mary(2026)

    as Hilda Offer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Kinds of Kindness(2024)

    as Anna

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Cuckoo(2024)

    as Gretchen

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes(2023)

    as Tigris

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • ANOHNI Live Experiencce (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director · as Self

  • Christmas Special Vol. 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Hunter

  • Disclosure(2020)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Euphoria(2019)

    Show 24 episodes · as Jules Vaughn

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Cry to Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Christina Grimaldi

  • Fish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Billie Williams

  • Palette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer · as Dolly

  • Palette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer · as Dolly

  • Perishables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Writer · as Flo

  • Untitled A24 Vampire Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Dorothy

Career shape

Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 15 titles, 8 of them dated from 2019 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)

$362M worldwide

Highest rated

Euphoria (2019)

Midcredits 84th

Film career

Top draw in 1 MovieCove title.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting13 of 15: 10 only acting, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score60thDirecting1 of 15: 1 only directing, 0 with another roleWriting1 of 15: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing2 of 15: 0 only producing, 2 with another roleOther crew1 of 15: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

15 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

2010s1 · acting2020s7 · 5 acting · 2 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2025, Best Lead Performance.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Hunter Schafer's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 6 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

2 of their 6 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

Mother Mary (2026)

62nd percentile spread · 34% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Euphoria (2019)

Midcredits 84th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 79/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 86, detractors 59. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Hunter Schafer's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles68–85 · median 71 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles19–84 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles33–84 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles19–82 · median 49 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles64–84 · median 71 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Hunter Schafer work with?

People who share at least 2 of Hunter Schafer's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alexa Demie shares the most, 2.

Actors