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Who is Moses Ingram? ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ star was subjected to vile RACIST abuse by Star Wars 'fans'

The 29-year-old actress has received support from costar Ewan McGregor and Star Wars after she received racist messages and hate online

Moses Ingram is currently trending everywhere after she spoke against the racism she faced following her appearance in the new Star Wars series ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ on Disney+. The 29-year-old actress has reportedly played the character of the Third Sister, Reva Sevander, “who is tasked by Darth Vader to hunt McGregor’s Kenobi,” as reported by The Guardian.

Though her part has been appreciated in the first episode, there were many who reportedly attacked her with racist messages online. Taking to Instagram Story, Ingram shared via her now-disappeared video that “there’s nothing anybody can do about this. There’s nothing anybody can do to stop this hate. I question my purpose in even being here in front of you saying that this is happening. I don’t really know.”

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She continued, “The thing that bothers me is this feeling inside of myself, that no one has told me, but this feeling that I have to shut up and take it, that I have to grin and bear it. And I’m not built like that,” before adding, “So, I wanted to come on and say thank you to the people who show up for me in the comments and the places that I’m not going to put myself. And to the rest of y’all, y’all weird.”

Who is Moses Ingram?

Ingram is an American actress, who was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1993. As per a report by Decider, she went to the Baltimore School for the Arts, and “won a theater award from the National Society of Arts and Letters in 2015”. The report also noted that Ingram went to Yale School of Drama and graduated in 2019.

Ingram played a prominent role in Netflix's chess drama ‘The Queen's Gambit’ that was released in 2020. She was even "nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series," Men's Health reported. ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ actress had spoken about her experience of working for ‘The Queen's Gambit’ as she said, “Everyone was super patient with me learning. It was a huge learning curve, going from the classroom to practical learning. It was also super dope to be in Germany with a great crew, great scenery. It was just a lovely time.” Her other work includes ‘The Same Storm’, ‘Ambulance’, ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’, and more. 

After Ingram's disturbing post went out, her ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ co-star Ewan McGregor fired back at people attacking her. He said, “It seems that some of the fan base has decided to attack Moses Ingram online and send her the most horrendous, racist [direct messages]. I heard some of them this morning, and it just broke my heart. Moses is a brilliant actor. She is a brilliant woman. And she is absolutely amazing in this series. She brings so much to the series, she brings so much to the franchise. And it just sickened me to my stomach that this had been happening.”

The 51-year-old Scottish actor added, “I just want to say, as the lead actor in the series, as the executive producer on the series, that we stand with Moses. We love Moses. And if you’re sending her bullying messages, you’re no Star Wars fan in my mind. There’s no place for racism in this world. And I totally stand with Moses.”

Star Wars also expressed its support for Ingram by writing, “We are proud to welcome Moses Ingram to the Star Wars family and excited for Reva’s story to unfold. If anyone intends to make her feel in any way unwelcome, we have only one thing to say: we resist. There are more than 20m sentient species in the Star Wars galaxy, don’t choose to be a racist.” “Racists have no place in our community. If you feel ‘attacked’ by that simple statement, smash that unsubscribe button,” Star Wars Explained added.