In Chief of War, Momoa plays Ka’iana, a war chief for the Kingdom of Maui who is trying to escape his past. In the first two episodes, he is recruited back to fight, but soon learns a terrible truth that forces him and his family to run and escape a grave danger.

The actress, who broke out in "The Night Agent," stars with the predominantly Polynesian cast in the historical drama about the unification of the Hawaiian islands from an indigenous perspective.