Who Is Inde Navarrette? Marvel's New Rogue Hosts SNL on Halloween, and Her Training Confession Is So Relatable

Mark your calendar for Halloween night: Marvel's brand-new Rogue is hosting SNL.

Inde Navarrette, the breakout star of the horror hit Obsession, will make her Saturday Night Live hosting debut on Saturday, Oct. 31, with Gracie Abrams as musical guest, NBCUniversal announced. It caps a whirlwind weekend: she went from the Academy Museum Gala on Saturday to the Newport Beach Film Festival on Sunday, Oct. 18, where she was celebrated as one of Variety's 10 Actors to Watch, Variety reports.

Inde Navarrette says it's an “honor” to play Rogue in “X-Men”: “It's a beautiful project.”

📍 Newport Beach Film Festival pic.twitter.com/bHR4TWlr9u

— Variety (@Variety) October 18, 2026

If you're just catching up on the 25-year-old everyone's talking about, here's your guide.

From Obsession to superhero

Inde played Nikki in the Focus Features horror sensation Obsession, and that role led to her casting as the superhero Rogue in Marvel Studios' upcoming X-Men film, according to Variety's 10 Actors to Watch announcement.

The movie has been a monster hit. NBC Insider calls Obsession a box-office hit and a cultural phenomenon, and notes she previously had recurring roles in 13 Reasons Why and Superman & Lois. People describes it as a psychological horror thriller about a man who uses a cursed supernatural charm, the "One Wish Willow," to force his coworker, Nikki, to fall in love with him. NBC Insider notes the film is now streaming on Peacock.

NBCUniversal says she'll also star in The Waffle House Index.

"I feel like I snuck in"

Hosting SNL is a dream gig, and Inde is keeping things humble. "I literally I feel like I snuck in," she joked to Variety's Marc Malkin. "I'm super excited to keep everything under wraps because I really truly want to make this super fun for the audience. And what I love is when I don't know anything. So I'm really excited to be working with the writers."

Her episode is the show's fourth of Season 52, airing on Halloween night, per NBC Insider. And NBCUniversal says it's Gracie Abrams' second time as musical guest.

Inde Navarrette arrives at the Newport Beach Film Festival HONORS pic.twitter.com/ElHERzujKL

— Variety (@Variety) October 18, 2026

Playing Rogue

On the Newport Beach carpet, she told Variety it's an "honor" to play Rogue. Inde also said she hasn't corresponded directly with Anna Paquin, who originated the role, Variety reports, but she feels "the correspondence started when I was younger, when I really fell in love with the 'X-Men' movies in the first place."

She's in great company, too. Variety announced its 2026 class on Sept. 9, and says past Actors to Watch honorees include more than 35 Oscar winners and nominees, among them Mahershala Ali, Timothée Chalamet and Brie Larson.

The twist: "I'm the laziest person"

Here's the confession that made us love her even more. Asked about stunt training for the superhero film, Inde was refreshingly honest. "I've always wanted to take part in that sort of a thing," she told Variety. "I think it's also a really good excuse to get in the gym. I'm the laziest person, and I am very excited to get up and move my body."

As Filmofilia points out, her comments were about enthusiasm for the work ahead, not an account of completed training or a detailed stunt plan.

Inde Navarrette Has ‘Worn Many Wigs’ to Attend ‘Obsession’ Screenings in Disguise This Year https://t.co/H7Dddo6y0V

— People (@people) October 15, 2026

And that's not her only relatable moment. She has secretly watched Obsession with real audiences, People reports, citing her interview with W Magazine. "I hide really well, and they don't see me," she said, as quoted by People. "I've worn many wigs."

Starstruck at the gala

Even a rising star gets starstruck. Inde told Variety the Academy Museum Gala was "amazing," and she was excited to see Jessica Lange and Pamela Anderson. "I spoke to Jessica Lange, who is an icon," she said. "[And] the way that Pamela carries herself with such grace and honesty and just pure creativity and love is just exactly who I want to be."

From horror breakout to Marvel mutant to SNL host, Inde Navarrette's 2026 just keeps leveling up, and we'll be watching on Halloween.

More from the gala weekend: see Inde's Schiaparelli moment in our Academy Museum Gala best-dressed list and relive Taylor Swift's live debut of "The Fate of Ophelia". Plus: KATSEYE's plan for Sophia Laforteza's return.