Before appearing as Dijon in the 2017 indie flick Saturday Church and then landing their breakout role in 2018 as Angel Evangelista in Pose, Indya had never taken a single acting lesson. "I never took acting classes, so I think my process was a lot more heady and method," they explained to Variety in June 2019 when asked how they got into character. "It was a lot of emotional and psychological work for me to place myself in the environment that she existed in, but when you step into a character, you live in them, and you live like them, for whatever the scene is or whatever story you're being called to tell."