Baby Reindeer star Nava Mau says the award winning Netflix show 'healed her own wounds' after devastating pre-transition anorexia battle fuelled by 'self-hatred' forced her into rehab
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Baby Reindeer star Nava Mau has opened up on how acting in the hit Netflix show helped to 'heal her own wounds' in a candid new interview. The actress, 32, shot to stardom when she starred as Teri in the series - an American therapist who meets lead character Donny (Richard Gadd) on a dating app.
![[The actress, 32, shot to stardom when she starred as Teri in the series - an American therapist who meets lead character Donny (Richard Gadd) on a dating app]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/09/17/93922635-14267773-image-a-2_1736442616194.jpg)
Now, as Cosmopolitan's latest cover star, Nava discussed 'the shame society creates around transgender relationships' and how she knew Richard's real-life relationship with a trans woman was genuine love. She recalled: 'It was undeniable. It makes me emotional still. I just remember there was a moment reading the script for the first time, and I was like, 'Oh, he really loved her.'.
![[Now, as Cosmopolitan's latest cover star, Nava discussed 'the shame society creates around transgender relationships']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/09/17/93922637-14267773-image-a-3_1736444030695.jpg)
'Donny's love for Teri is in the form of awe, and I had never seen a trans woman represented quite in that way. 'It was this weird, transcendental experience of it being what I needed to see, and what it did to heal my own wounds.'. Baby Reindeer star Nava Mau has opened up on how acting in the hit Netflix show helped to 'heal her own wounds' in a candid new interview.
![[Nava said: 'Donny's love for Teri is in the form of awe, and I had never seen a trans woman represented quite in that way']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/09/17/93923591-14267773-image-a-5_1736444219108.jpg)
The actress, 32, shot to stardom when she starred as Teri in the series - an American therapist who meets lead character Donny (Richard Gadd) on a dating app. The star continued: 'There is such a fixation in society and in the media on trans people and who is dating us, and who is attracted to us, and who is even consorting with us.
![[She recalled: 'It was undeniable. It makes me emotional still. I just remember there was a moment reading the script for the first time, and I was like, 'Oh, he really loved her']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/09/17/93922629-14267773-image-a-4_1736444069264.jpg)
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