Avatar: The Lord of the Elements sends the boy Aang (Gordon Cormier) after a 100-year cold sleep to end the tyrannical rule of the Fire Nation as a world savior and unique tamer of air, water, earth and fire. But in addition to all the well-known and new names in the cast of the fantasy series, there is something particularly happening at Netflix new actress as a fan favorite out: Maria Zhang as Suki.
Avatars Suki: Maria Zhang barely did anything as an actress before her Netflix appearance. As a global streaming service, Netflix is not least a breeding ground for the stars of tomorrow and, if you believe the enthusiastic voices, has Maria Zhang started their steep climb to the top with Avatar. The actress is only in episode 2 (“Warriors”)
The fantasy series leaves a big impression in the role of a fan favorite.
She plays that Kyoshi warrior Sukia skilled fighter without magical bending skills who puts her talent on an island isolated from the world in the service of a previous incarnation of the Avatar: Kyoshi (Yvonne Chapman) from the Earth nation.
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Avatar: Suki & Sokka
Born in 1999, actress Maria Zhang is of Chinese and Polish descent, according to Cosmopolitan. Her parents were artists and she grew up speaking multiple languages in Beijing and spending summer vacations in rural Poland before attending university in southern California. She was finally discovered while performing on stage.
Maria Zhang’s filmography was manageable before Avatar: the three short films Continuum (2018), Dear Mom (2020) and All I Ever Wanted (2022), as well as the web series WorkInProgress (2020), which were unknown in this country, gave her her first experience in front of the camera. Her role as Suki on Netflix is hers first high-profile acting job.
Avatar fans react so enthusiastically to Suki actress Maria Zhang
We’ve put together a few of the euphoric reactions to Maria Zhang’s performance as Suki. They hail the actress as a major discovery in Netflix’s new Avatar series and praise her as the best cast compared to the animated series.
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In all universes, Suki will always be my favorite. In my opinion, she was one of the best characters in Avatar. Her acting in live action was definitely perfect in each of her scenes. This is my SUKI!
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I wasn’t planning on watching the live-action Avatar series, but Maria Zhang made me do it.
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I watch Netflix’s Avatar because of the plot…
Even fan videos with compilations of Suki’s badass avatar appearance are already doing the rounds:
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Girlcrush Suki. [Ich bin verliebt].
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Suki definitely is the best castingwhat I have seen in Avatar so far […]
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Suki in the live-action series Avatar is…HOLY GOD, I ENVY YOU SO MUCH, SOKKA! So beautiful!
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If the ‘Heart robber‘ [parallel zu Avatars Geist Koh, dem ‘Gesichtsräuber’] had a face, it would be that of Maria Zhang as Suki in Avatar: Lord of the Elements. She was phenomenal!
Even those who are not 100 percent convinced by the acting in Avatar praise actress Maria Zhang:
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Of course, fans of the animated series know that we will see Suki again in a bigger role if Netflix orders a second season of Avatar.
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