Brianna Hildebrand

Brianna Hildebrand is an American actress known for playing the moody, fire-generating mutant Negasonic Teenage Warhead in Deadpool (2016) and its sequels — the first openly LGBTQ+ superhero in a major Hollywood blockbuster franchise. She came out as lesbian and shared her relationship with actress Jess Varley publicly in 2016. Hildebrand has spoken about the significance of her Deadpool character being confirmed as gay in Deadpool 2 (2018) through a brief but genuine on-screen girlfriend moment — a small but meaningful step for queer representation in superhero cinema.