Nava Mau

Nava Mau is a filmmaker, actress, and cultural worker. She portrays Ana on HBO Max's Generation.

Biography
Most recently, Nava wrote, produced, directed, and stars in “Waking Hour,” a short film about a young trans woman balancing her safety with her desire for intimacy. She appears next in the short film “Femenina.” Over the past 8 years, Nava has engaged in culture change work 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 expand their access to resources.

As a student, Nava gained writing and production experience with live sketch comedy shows and Drawing the Shades, a play about survivors of sexual assault. She then joined Peacock Rebellion’s Brouhaha comedy program for queer and trans people of color in Oakland, California for two years. In 2016, she was a co-producer and co-host of the program, and she worked as a coach and featured artist in 2017. She was recently selected as the G&E Fellow on the set of the upcoming documentary "Disclosure: Trans Lives On Screen," and serves as a producer on “Lovebites,” a short film currently in post-production.