{"id":5542735,"date":"2026-06-01T16:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=5542735"},"modified":"2026-06-01T16:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:04:06","slug":"obsession-actress-inde-navarrette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/obsession-actress-inde-navarrette-5542735\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is the &#8216;Obsession&#8217; Lead Actress? 5 Things to Know About Inde Navarrette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"content-paragraph-1\">You might recognize her for playing &#8216;freaky Nikki&#8217; in &#8216;Obsession,&#8217; but Inde has been on the rise for years. Get to know the new scream queen here.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">Unless you haven&#8217;t been online at all, you&#8217;ve probably heard about the massive success of <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/when-will-obsession-come-to-streaming-5540497\/\"  ><em>Obsession<\/em><\/a>, <strong>Curry Barker<\/strong>&#8216;s horror about a shy 20-something named Bear (<strong>Michael Johnston<\/strong>) who makes an ill-fated wish for his childhood friend Nikki (<strong>Inde Navaratte<\/strong>) to love him more than anything. Instead of a love story, Bear&#8217;s &#8220;One Wish Willow&#8221; turns Nikki into an obsessive, possessive, violent being, but audiences have debated over who the real aggressor and victim are in the end.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">Inde has received continuous praise for her range as an actor, not to mention that the <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/does-obsession-have-a-post-credits-scene-5542216\/\"  >low-budget film<\/a> pushed her and the cast and crew to experiment with stunts, vocals and facial movements.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">Now that she is on the rise as not only a scream queen, but also one of the most sought-after stars,\u00a0<strong>Hollywood Life<\/strong> has five facts you need to know about Inde here!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5542220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5542220\" style=\"width: 715px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5542220\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/OBS_FP_00031_R_eabacb-e1779998553536.jpeg?quality=100&#038;w=715&#038;resize=715%2C404\" alt=\"Does 'Obsession' Have a Post-Credits Scene After the Movie Ends?\" width=\"715\" height=\"404\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5542220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of Focus Features<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Inde Navarrette Is From Arizona<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">Inde is a Tucson, Arizona, native! She eventually relocated to Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n<h2>Inde Navaratte &amp; Her Family Moved a Lot While She Grew Up<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">Since her father was in the military, Inde and her family had to move around a lot. By the time she was a teenager, Inde had attended several different schools.<\/p>\n<h2>Inde Appeared in <em>13 Reasons Why<\/em><\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">As she chased her dreams in the film business, Inde landed a role in the hit Netflix teen series <em>13 Reasons Why<\/em>. She played the character Estela de la Cruz in season 4.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xJYoN-fX2j0?version=3&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h2>Inde Performed Her Own Stunts in Obsession<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">If you&#8217;ve already seen <em>Obsession<\/em>, you should recall the violent driver&#8217;s seat scene when Inde, as Nikki, drives her head through the car window and bashes her friend Sarah (<strong>Megan Lawless<\/strong>) into the steering wheel multiple times, while Bear screams from the passenger seat.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">Inde performed that dramatic scene herself, without the help of a stunt double, by wearing a helmet underneath a wig. And as if she weren&#8217;t already a baddie, Inde had to nail the scene in just one take.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-11\">&#8220;Nikki\u2019s movement was something that Curry and I built from scratch, not because we didn\u2019t want to take any inspiration,&#8221; Inde explained during an interview with<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-features\/obsession-ending-inde-navarrette-explained-twist-interview-1236597250\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><em> The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a>. &#8220;It was just as soon as we got attached to the project, we just really spearheaded. It was a fast track. We filmed it in 26 days, and it was an indie-budget film, so we didn\u2019t have a lot of things at our disposal. But that created this organic movement for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-12\">Admitting that she&#8217;s &#8220;not a movement person,&#8221; the actress acknowledged she &#8220;used to dance, but [director] Curry would be on the opposite side of me, mimicking something with his body, and then I would do it in a way, and be like, &#8216;No, no, like this.&#8217; And so we would mirror each other. Technically, the choreographer would be Curry Barker.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>All Of Nikki&#8217;s Facial Expressions Are Inde&#8217;s<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-13\">All of that facial manipulation &#8220;freaky Nikki&#8221; does in the movie is all Inde \u2014 from her pouty-frowny face to her eerie smile.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-14\">&#8220;Yeah, everything in the movie, whether it\u2019s facials or vocals, are me. We didn\u2019t use any AI, or CGI,&#8221; she told <em>THR<\/em>. &#8220;Everything was extremely practical. I do know that certain things were pitched up for an effect, to be in symphony with the sound design. But Curry and I had a lot of fun making voices. It was terrifying, especially during that really long monologue. That was an audition scene for me. I just remember being like, &#8216;I\u2019m going to have so much fun with this, because who cares?&#8217; You either have to send it or not go in at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might recognize her for playing &#8216;freaky Nikki&#8217; in &#8216;Obsession,&#8217; but Inde has been on the rise for years. 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