Inside the vibey life of Shawnee Pourier, the 20-year-old star of American Primeval

Wait, she was in Stranger Things?


Two Moons – the young mute girl in American Primeval – legit stole everyone’s hearts (and caused us immense amounts of stress in the process). Shawnee Pourier, the actor who plays Two Moons is only 20 and was actually in Stranger Things? What a CV she must have. Here’s a look inside her deeply vibey life.

Who does Shawnee Pourier play in American Primeval?

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Two Moons really goes through it
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Shawnee Pourier plays Two Moons, a young Shoshone girl. After her tongue is cut out, she escapes her village and makes runs into Sara and Devin. (Spoiler alert) she becomes friends with Devin, joins their group, and eventually saves Devin’s leg from infection.

The actress is legit only 20

Shawnee grew up as part of the Native American Oglala Lakota tribe in South Doakota. She went to school in New Mexico. She’s bilingual and can speak Lakota.

She’s also acted in the historical crime drama Dark Winds, and two short films.

Shawnee has a girlfriend called Izzabella. They’ve been in a relationship for about a year and a half and are super cute together.

She was in Stranger Things

Shawnee Pourier in Stranger Things(Image via Netflix)

Shawnee Pourier slaying in Stranger Things
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Shawnee Pourier’s character in Stranger Things is so different to her character in American Primeval that I nearly didn’t recognise her. So, she plays one of Will Byers’s classmates in season four of Stranger Things. Her character flirts with Will shamelessly and achieves the dreams of many fangirls by rubbing her foot against Noah Schnapp’s leg.

She does work for a quilt company

Shawnee is all over the website of 3feathers, a company which sells traditional Oglala Lakota star quilts.

Shawnee is very outdoorsy

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(Image via Instagram)

Her Instagram has almost as many pictures of fun plants as it does of her, and I love that for her. She has a labrador dog (so valid).

American Primeval is available on Netflix now. For all the latest Netflix news, drops, quizzes and memes like The Holy Church of Netflix on Facebook. 

Featured images via Netflix and Shawnee Pourier’s Instagram.

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