As Aqua in Missing You, Mary Malone is on a mission to “empower” trans viewers
Mary Malone discusses her groundbreaking role as Aqua in Missing You, bringing much-needed trans representation to the Harlan Coben Netflix Universe and challenging perceptions along the way.
WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAVID REISS STYLING BY MIA MAXWELL AND SAMANTHA LANGE HAIR AND MAKEUP BY JACKIE SAUNDERCOCK As Aqua in Missing You, a “witchy-woo yoga teacher” caught up in the bonkers disappearance of her detective BFF’s fiancée, Mary Malone has delivered much-needed trans rep to the Harlan Coben Netflix Universe.
The five-part drama, packed with more mind-boggling Coben-esque twists and turns, has followed in the record-breaking footsteps of its Michelle Keegan-led predecessor Fool Me Once as it sits comfortably at number-one on the British streamer (it even dethroned Squid Game).
With the global reach of Coben’s mysteries and the lack of trans representation across genres, Malone hopes to “empower” members of her community and “help make some change”. “I’m aware that a lot of people are going to see this.
