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Meet Bobbi Salvör Menuez, who plays Ainsley’s roommate, Landman’s first non-binary character

STORYIshani Sarkar
Bobbi Salvör Menuez as Paigyn Meester in Landman, which is set for its season finale. Photo: @ hi_its_bobbi/Instagram
Bobbi Salvör Menuez as Paigyn Meester in Landman, which is set for its season finale. Photo: @ hi_its_bobbi/Instagram
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Married to artist Quori Theodor, the trans actor was in films like Nocturnal Animals and My Animal, and worked as a model and costume designer

The penultimate episode of the hit neo-Western series Landman aired last weekend on Paramount+, setting the show up for an exciting finale. Created by Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace, the show, based on the famous Boomtown podcast, is currently one of the most popular TV titles on the platform – second only to South Park, according to streaming data collection website FlixPatrol.
Despite episode nine being the second-last of the season, Landman isn’t done introducing new characters. As Ainsley Norris (Michelle Randolph) – Tommy (Billy Bob Thornton) and Angela (Ali Larter) Norris’ daughter – starts her freshman year at Texas Christian University, she meets her new roommate, Paigyn Meester.
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Meester, played by Bobbi Salvör Menuez, goes against everything Ainsley thought she knew about the world. They are a non-binary, vegan ferret owner – and Norris does not get along well with them.

So, what else do we know about Bobbi Salvör Menuez?

What’s their background?

Menuez was born in May 1993. In 2019, they announced on Instagram that they would be going by Bobbi Salvör Menuez. Menuez is trans and non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.

They were raised in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and lived briefly in London until their parents separated, they told LGBTQ entertainment website Autostraddle. Their mother worked in retail, and their father made furniture, but both were also creatives, per Vanity Fair.

Menuez grew up with gay aunts and uncles – close friends rather than biological relatives. One of their close uncles lived with Aids, they told the NYC Tourism website as part of its “Trans Voices in NYC” series. In high school, Menuez co-founded an art collective called Luck You, per i-D magazine.

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