This profile is part of Queerty’s 2023 Out For Good series, recognizing public figures who’ve had the courage to come out and make a difference in the past year.Name: Morgan Davies, 21Bio: It’s hard to tell whether Davies found acting or acting found him.
Born as female in a small suburb in Sydney, Australia to a single mother, the Evil Dead Rise star went on his first audition at seven years old.
What started out as a fun excursion turned into a career when Davies scored the role of Simone in 2010 film The Tree. His performance scored him two AACTA nods and put him in a national spotlight after the flick closed the esteemed Cannes Film Festival. (For his part, Davies told Vogue Australia he had “no idea about the gravity of the festival.
I wore Crocs!”)The role led to another AACTA nomination for 2011’s The Hunter, an appearance in the Spielberg-produced series Terra Nova, and a handful of leads in short films.