Moses Ingram - Biography

Who is Moses Ingram?

Moses Ingram is an actress by profession and American by nationality. She is best known for starring in the miniseries The Queen's Gambit as Jolene, Obi-Wan Kenobi as Reva Sevander / the Third Sister.

Moses Ingram – Age, Parents, Siblings

Moses Ingram was born on February 6, 1994, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Her full name is Monique Denise Ingram. Her mother worked at childcare while her step-father worked in city operations the occupation of her biological father is not known to the public. She was raised by her parents in a blended family alongside her six siblings, among which she has an older brother named Randy Ingram.

young Moses Ingram with her brother (Image: Instagram)

Education, Ethnicity

Seeing her live for theater and performance, her mother and her teacher at Windsor Hills Elementary enrolled her in a theater program that was held after school hours. She later attended Baltimore School for the Arts, graduating from the same in 2012. 

For higher education, Moses Ingram applied at Howard University. However, due to financial difficulty, she joined Baltimore City Community College which did not have a drama program, and graduated with an associate degree. 

Encouraged by her advisors to not give up acting, Ingram competed in the regional National Society of Arts and Letters and was placed fourth at the national level in the year 2015.

Jonathan Majors, who was the winner of that competition, advised her to apply to Yale School of Drama. Moses Ingram was accepted into Yales in 2016 and graduated from the same in 2019 with a Master of Fine Arts degree.

Her ethnicity is African-American.

Moses Ingram – Boyfriend, Husband, Children

Like most of her personal life, details of Moses Ingram’s dating/romantic light are shaded from the public view. There are no mentions of her boyfriends, former lovers, or relationships as a whole. She is currently believed to be single, sans children.

Moses Ingram, Anya Taylor-Joy on The Queen's Gambit (Image: Decider)

Moses Ingram – Career

Early Days

While a college student at Yale, she performed in many stage plays. In her final year there, her performance in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night received rave reviews.

After college graduation, Moses Ingram was cast as Jolene in the TV mini-series The Queen's Gambit which earned her a nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie and is considered her breakthrough role. Prior to this, she had appeared in the 2018 short film Candace as Charlie.

Films, Series

Since then Ingram has starred in the films The Same Storm (2021), The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), Ambulance (2022). Moreover, she has appeared in episodes of the TV mini-series Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022) as Inquisitor Reva / Third Sister and in Lady in the Lake as Cleo Sherwood.

Also, the actress has made appearances on shows/programs such as Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2022), Today (2022), GMA3: What You Need to Know (2021), among others.

Co-stars

On the set of Ambulance, Moses Ingram has worked with Kayli Tran, Devan Chandler Long, Brendan Miller, Jackson White, Olivia Stambouliah.

Moses Ingram in Obi-Wan Kenobi  (Image: Indiewire)

Moses Ingram – Awards, Nominations

For her work in the 2020 TV mini-series The Queen's Gambit, Moses Ingram was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Also, she received Princess Grace Award in 2018.

Moses Ingram – Net Worth, Salary

The net worth of Ingram is estimated at around $700k and is expected to increase as her career progresses.

Moses Ingram – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On social media handles such as Instagram, Moses Ingram is followed by hundreds of thousands of followers but seems to be absent from Twitter, and Facebook.