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- Ashley Callingbull is a Cree First Nations woman from Enoch Cree Nation, Alberta.
She appears in the Gemini award winning television series Blackstone. Ashley is also featured in CBC's 8th Fire Series and the Catch The Dream series. The loss of some very close family members have led Ashley to support the Stollery Children's Hospital, Walk for the Cure, Run for the Lung and to mentor underprivileged aboriginal youth. Ashley was the first First Nations woman to become Miss Canada in 2010 and represented her nation in international pageants in China, Barbados and Europe.
Ashley is also an international motivational speaker and role model for many educational institutions, workshops, conferences and award ceremonies. Ashley has spoken at Harvard University, TED Talks and WE Day. Ashley's hard work and charity work was recognized as she received the Role Model Award at the Dreamcatcher Gala and she also received the Top 20 Under 30 Award in Canada. Ashley also received a role model award from the United Nations in October 2015 for Global Dignity Day.
Ashley is currently the reigning Mrs Universe 2015 and a Canadian Activist for First Nations Rights and environmental causes in Canada. Ashley is also a spokesperson and model for the Nike N7 organization.Cree Nation - Actor
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Martin Sensmeier is an American Actor and Producer from the Alaskan Native Tribes, Tlingit as well as Koyukon-Athabascan. He was raised in the village of Yakutat, Alaska.
He is best known for his roles in the Magnificent Seven, Wind River, Yellowstone and Westworld. He next can be seen in Netflix' Mini-Series The Liberator and The Feature Film The Last Manhunt opposite Jason Momoa.Tlingit & Koyukon-Athabascan Nation- Tanaya Beatty was born on 12 February 1991 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress, known for Yellowstone (2018), Through Black Spruce (2018) and Hostiles (2017).Da'naxda'xw Nation
- Chaske Spencer is an award-nominated actor who currently stars in Marvel Studios' new series ECHO as 'Henry "Black Crow" Lopez, Maya's (Alaqua Cox) well-intended uncle with ties to Fisk's (Vincent D'Onofrio) criminal underworld. His recent co-lead opposite Emily Blunt in Hugo Blick's limited series THE ENGLISH Amazon/BBC) garnered him critical acclaim including: BAFTA Awards and Royal Television Society (RTS) Programme Awards with a 2023 Leading Actor nomination and Outstanding Performance in a New Series nomination at the 2023 Gotham Awards. On the feature side, he starred in WILD INDIAN which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival for which Chaske was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for the 2022 Independent Spirit Awards.
Up next, Chaske stars in WIND RIVER: THE NEXT CHAPTER with Jason Clarke as well as the Peacock horror thriller TEACUP (executive produced by lan McCulloch, Atomic Monster's Wan, Michael Clear and Rob Hackett) alongside Yvonne Strahovski and Scott Speedman, inspired by Robert McCammon's novel Stinger.
When Chaske was young, he dreamt of becoming a photographer, but before long, he also found himself in front of the camera. Chaske moved to New York City and in between bartending and waiting tables, he was cast in his first off off-Broadway play, DRACULA, as the title role. He went on to perform at The Public Theater in NYC and The Roundabout, and soon was discovered by casting director Rene Haynes.
Chaske is well known for his portrayal of 'Sam Uley' in the Twilght Saga: New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn I and II. He starred in the Susanna White directed feature, WOMAN WALKS AHEAD, opposite Jessica Chastain and Sam Rockwell, which made its World Premiere at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. His most notable television credits include: NatGeo's BARKSKINS, NBC's BLINDSPOT, Netflix's JESSICA JONES, the Emmy award-winning Cinemax series BANSHEE, A&E's LONGMIRE, and the Amazon series SNEAKY PETE with Bryan Cranston.
Chaske Spencer was born of the Lakota Sioux tribe, and raised on Indian Reservations in Montana and Idaho.Lakota, Nez Perce, Cherokee, & Creek Nations - Actress
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Tonantzin Carmelo is a multifaceted American actress playing lead and supporting roles in movies, television series, documentaries, video games, and theater. Her break-out performance in Steven Spielberg's, Into the West, earned her several awards and nominations, including a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Television Movie or Miniseries. Recently, she filmed prime roles in Spain and Australia for the television series The English (BBC) and La Brea (NBC). Throughout her career Tonantzin has received praise for her performances. She played the leading role of Shayla Stonefeather in the critically acclaimed, independent thriller, Imprint. She won the American Indian Film Festival award for Best Actress and was nominated for the Best Actress award at the Hoboken International Film Festival for this role. She was named "An Indie Darling to Crave" at the Sundance film festival 2015 for her role as Teresa, opposite John C. Riley in the film Entertainment. Tonantzin has also appeared in several video games, including Dead Space, The Crew, Lego Marvel's Avengers, and Cyberpunk 2077. Her memorable motion-capture and voice performance portrayal of the villainous character Kendra Daniels for Dead Space led Maxim Magazine to add Kendra to their Hottest Video Game Babes of the Year list. Today, the character continues to attract legions of loyal fans. Additionally, Tonantzin is a talented choreographer. Her work was featured in the Amazon TV series, Undone, and in the opera, Sweetland, for which she was described as a "crucial choreographer" by the LA Times. She has a penchant for languages and enjoys learning new dialects. As a teenager, Tonantzin taught herself to speak Spanish. She also is a member of the Tongva Language Committee for revitalization. To prepare for some of her roles, she has worked with language specialists and has learned dialects for Wampanoag, Lakota, Nahuatl, Diné, Cheyenne, and Shoshone. Tonantzin's diverse talents can be traced back to her multicultural roots. She is a Southern California girl from suburban Orange County of Indigenous and Latina descent. In her youth, she forged a performing path through Native dances and music touring with cultural groups throughout North America. While touring, she also became a technically trained dancer and performed with the modern dance company Daystar. She discovered her love for acting while studying at UC Irvine, where she earned a bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies and a minor in Dance. While in college, she began acting in theater productions and independent films. She has also performed as a singer with the band Trio del Alma and has recorded on three albums for Canyon Records. Her first professional acting venture was an educational musical theater show produced by the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts. The production toured the Los Angeles area and allowed her to make the leap from dancer/musician to a professional actress. She has had an ongoing relationship with Native Voices at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles where she has performed on stage and has served on the advisory board. She resides in Los Angeles with her husband and is a California native plant, wildlife and outdoor enthusiast. In her free time, she enjoys restoring her yard as a native wildlife habitat, observing birds and occasionally rescuing opossums as she continues to perform as a musical entertainer, cultural educator and stage actress.California Mission Indian (Gabrielino & Mexica Nations)- Canadian film and television actor, Bronson Pelletier, got his start as the host of popular children's show, "Art Zone". His first big break occurred through his role as Jack Sinclair in Renegadepress, a Canadian series for which he received Gemini and Leo nominations. After filming several episodes for BBC and Discoveries Dinosapien, he received international recognition for his performance in the Twilight Saga as Jared, a Quileute shape-shifter. In addition to acting, Bronson dove into behind the scenes producing work in 2014. He is married to Danish model, Sabine Bezzelt Moestrup Pelletier, whom he met in Copenhagen in 2009.Cree Nation
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Devery Jacobs was born and raised in Kahnawa:ke Mohawk Territory and is an award-winning actor and filmmaker. Her breakout leading role in Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013) landed her a nomination for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. Since then, Jacobs is mainly known for her performances in Taika Waititi's FX Series Reservation Dogs (2021-), Amazon Prime Video/STARZ's American Gods (2019-20), Netflix's The Order (2019-20) CTV's Cardinal (2018) and the Amazon Prime thriller The Lie (2020).
Alongside acting, Jacobs is also an award-winning filmmaker. Her short film Rae (2017) was an official selection of the 2018 Palm Springs Shortfest, and won Best Youth Work at the 2017 imagineNATIVE Film Festival. Jacobs was named one of Canada's Rising Breakout Stars by the Hollywood Reporter and was honored by Telefilm Canada at the 2017 Birks Diamond Tribute, celebrating women in film. Jacobs was also a TIFF Rising Star at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.Iroquois (Mohawk) Nation- Actor
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Jerry Wolf is a Native American (Cherokee and Osage) Actor and co-founder of Napesni Motion Pictures, based in Los Angeles. His journey in the world of film and storytelling is motivated by the importance of representation. Jerry's recent role in Martin Scorsese's 'Killers of the Flower Moon' and his presence on the festival circuit with 'Last Patrol on Okinawa' exemplify his dedication to inclusive storytelling.
His journey began with 'Four Winds,' a Western film he co-wrote and produced. This groundbreaking project featured Native American leads in the post-Civil War American West and premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013. Jerry's love for acting and storytelling blossomed during this time as did the beginnings of navigating Los Angeles as an actor, writer, and producer.
What sets Jerry apart is his strong connection to his Native communities. He actively participates in traditional ceremonial life on his Osage reservation in Oklahoma, carrying a deep sense of responsibility and community into his work. Jerry Wolf's journey exemplifies the power of diverse voices and the impact of multicultural storytelling in spaces where representation has historically been lacking.Osage, Cherokee, & Lakota Nations- Katrina Kavanaugh has been married to Harrison Kavanaugh since 25 May 2015.Navajo Nation
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William J. Finley is known for The Bold and the Beautiful (1987), NCIS (2003) and Criminal Minds (2005).Cherokee Nation- Actress
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Jessica has spent her whole life dedicated to helping move Indigenous communities forward. Over a span of 20 years, she has worked extensively with Indigenous people primarily all over Canada to help break cycles of inter-generational trauma with her company 7 Forward Entertainment. Her purpose within the film and TV industry is directly fueled by her philanthropic work dedicated mainly to helping Indigenous youth struggling with identity, racism, lateral violence, bullying, and displacement due to trauma, abuse, adoption, and also advocating for justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Jessica stars opposite Zahn McClarnon and Kiowa Gordon in Robert Redford, George R.R. Martin (Game of Thrones) and Graham Roland's produced "Dark Winds" television series with the AMC Network this 2022.Anishinabe (Saulteaux) & Cree Nations- Actor
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Jeremy (Ray) Valdez has worked steadily since he first landed in Hollywood. Valdez is also the recipient of the 2010 Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actor in La Mission, opposite Benjamin Bratt. In addition, he's taking his skills behind the scenes having produced his first feature, Dreamer and has several other projects in development.
Valdez, born in New Mexico, attended school in Arizona and came to Los Angeles where he began working almost immediately. His first bookings were national commercials for brands such as Coca Cola, McDonalds, Six Flags, Verizon and Toys R Us.
Valdez continued to hone his acting skills, landing his first network television guest-starring role on Family Law. Since then, Valdez has had recurring roles on hit TV shows including ER, Veronica Mars, Medical Investigation, American Family and guest starring roles on 24, CSI: NY, JAG, The Mentalist, CSI: Miami, Without A Trace, The Closer, Longmire and others. The FOX.com web series The Rookie, a spin-off of 24, starred Valdez as a young Jack Bauer for three seasons. He further starred in director Carlos Avila's JUNKYARD SAINTS (which was presented on the Emmy award-winning PBS series, Independent Lens). HE also starred in HBO's critically acclaimed TV Movie, Walkout, directed by Edward James Olmos as well as Alan Ball's dark comedic drama pilot, All Signs Of Death.
On the big screen, Valdez has been drawn to roles that bring life to stories that influence and inspire conversations about the complexities of life, as was the case with La Mission, which garnered opening night honors at the Sundance and San Francisco Film Festivals. Other notable films for Valdez include All She Can (Sundance 2010) Blaze You Out, Dreamer, H.O.M.E. and Mission Park (aka, Line of Duty).
Valdez's talents extend beyond film and television and are showcased in his musical abilities. He was raised in a family of musicians and began studying music at the age of 10. Jeremy studied at the Musician's Institute and he currently plays guitar for various artists in and around Los Angeles. He is also an active charity volunteer, Valdez is involved with Autism Speaks, The National Hispanic Foundation For The Arts, GLAAD and was picked by Michelle Obama to take part with her in her Read Across America campaign.Navajo Nation- Justin Rain was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor, known for Resident Alien (2021), Lean on Pete (2017) and Fear the Walking Dead (2015).Cree Nation
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Rebeckah Boykin is known for Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher (2021) and Corsicana (2022).Choctaw Nation- Native American actor Colton Clause was born in Buffalo NY, and grew up in the Niagara Region of Ontario Canada. He is a Wolf Clan member of the Cayuga Nation (Haudenosaunee). Taking up acting in 2013, Colton has been best known for his work in television show appearances in shows such as Three Pines (2022), and Murdoch Mysteries (2021). He is also known for his work in short length and feature films such as The Grizzlies (2018).Iroquois Nation
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Born on a military base in Okinawa and raised in San Diego, Elizabeth Frances is a talented, multi-ethnic actress best known for her on-camera roles such as Angela Maryboy in Drunktown's Finest, produced by Robert Redford which premiered at Sundance Film Festival; Bad Penny in the Emmy®-nominated series Her Story; Lilly Rowan on Netflix's Love from producer Judd Apatow; NBC's Heartbeat; FX's Mayans M.C.; and Prairie Flower on AMC's hit series The Son starring Pierce Brosnan.
She received a BFA from Cal Arts, and started her professional career working with such notable theaters as Center Theater Group, La Jolla Playhouse, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Marin Theater Company, Native Voices, and the Kirk Douglas Theatre.Cherokee Nation- Actor
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Kiowa Gordon was born on March 25, 1990 in Berlin, Germany as Kiowa Joseph Gordon. Moved to the States shortly after to live on the Hualapai Indian Reservation in Peach Springs, AZ and moved around quite a bit growing up until settling down in Phoenix, AZ where he landed the role of Embry Call in The Twilight Saga. He recently won best supporting actor at the 2013 American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco for his role in the indie film, The Lesser Blessed. Ki was also a series regular on a Sundance original series called The Red Road, starring Jason Momoa, Julianne Nicholson and Martin Henderson. Starting in 2021, became a series regular on AMC's hit drama, Dark Winds, an adaptation of Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn and Chee novels. Kiowa's mother, Camille, is from the Hualapai Nation and his father, Tom, is Scottish, Jewish and Choctaw. He has 7 siblings; Cheyenne, Josh, Lakota, MacGregor, Aaron, Sean and Sariah.Hualapai Nation- Actress
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Amber Midthunder is an American actress who uncovered a deep love of acting at a young age. Growing up with an actor father and casting director mother, she began her own on-screen career early in life. Her first speaking role was at the age of 9 opposite Oscar winner Alan Arkin in the indie hit Sunshine Cleaning. Since that time she has continued her work as an actress with series regular roles on Marvel/FX's "Legion", and The CW's "Roswell, New Mexico"; as well as leading feature films such as "The Ice Road" for Netflix and 20th Century's "Prey."
Midthunder is an enrolled tribal member at Ft. Peck Indian Reservation.
Outside of acting she has a passion for animal rights and environmental activism.Lakota Nation- Actor
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Robbie Daymond (Robert Daymond Howard) was born on March 11th, 1982. He graduated with an MFA degree in Acting in 2007. Best known for his work in voice over he also has a long career in theatre, television, film and as a theatre instructor. In 2010 Robbie became a full-time Voice Over Artist.
Robbie resides in Los Angeles with his wife and children and continues to perform, produce & write.Blackfeet, Sioux, & Cherokee Nations- Shayla Stonechild is Plains Cree from the Muskowpetung reserve. However, she resides in Vancouver, BC and is an artist in residence at 'Skwachays Lodge'. She has been acting, dancing and modeling since the age of six. From growing up around her mother's performing arts company, and continuing on to graduate from 'Vancouver Academy of Dramatic Arts.' She has always been active within her community - she has received the titles of 'Metis Youth Ambassador of Alberta', 'Sogo Active Community Host', 'Youth Director of Sunworks Arts & Cultural Society' and was a finalist for 'Miss Teen Canada' - representing her hometown, Medicine Hat.
She wrapped up hosting Season 1 of APTN's 'Red Earth Uncovered' alongside her costar, Tom Jackson. When Shayla isn't filming, she can be found facilitating youth led workshops that focus on suicide prevention and raising kids self esteem through healing of the arts - acting, dancing, modeling and public speaking. Shayla is studying at the 'Vancouver School of Yoga' all while expanding her performing arts portfolio and resume.Cree & Metis Nations - Actor
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Before becoming an actor Shaun earned a BA in International Relations as a Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Delaware. He surprised his professors by continuing his studies in acting at RADA, the NY Public Theater, and Ron Burrus at the Art of Acting. Shaun can be seen as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet at Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum. The play, set in East Jerusalem, opens on June 4th and runs through October 2nd. Visit Theatricum.com for tickets! He recently toured as Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys, performing at LA's Pantages Theater in October, 2014. He played the role of Sonny in the hit Broadway musical In the Heights, and was also seen in that role when the show played the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles in 2010. Before that, Shaun played himself on the hit kids TV series Hi-5 (Discovery Kids/TLC), and played the role of Juan in Altar Boys Off-Broadway in NY. In addition to living and acting in LA, Shaun is also continuing work on his Native American-inspired musical, Distant Thunder, shooting for a Broadway run within the next few years.Blackfeet Nation- Actress
- Location Management
Taysha Fuller was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and grew up on Six Nations Reservation. Taysha is a North American Native. Taysha's mother is Cayuga Nation Wolf Clan, and her father is Mohawk Nation, Turtle Clan. Taysha attended Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts College in Toronto, Ontario. Taysha started in the performing arts at a young age taking Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Lyrical, & HipHop. She competed for several years winning many National Dance Championships in the U.S.A. & Canada. Taysha has trained with Acting Coaches in Toronto & Los Angeles. Taysha made her first film at age eight. She has appeared in Television, Films & Radio. Taysha has appeared on Degrassi the Next Generation in Season 10 & 11 as Jessica Martello. She has had two Films in Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. In 2015.."Songs My Brothers Taught Me" & in 2004, "Prayer For A Good Day". In 2015 Taysha's Film she had a Principal Role in "Songs My Brothers Taught Me" also made it in the Cannes Film Festival.Iroquois (Mohawk & Cayuga) Nation- Wesley French was born on Good Friday April 13th, 1979 in London, Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Chippewas of the Thames 1st Nation reservation in Southwestern Ontario. He is an actor known for Cashing In (2009-2014), Skinwalkers (2006) and In Einem Wilden Land (Wild Land) (2013). He resides in Toronto, CanadaAnishinabe (Chippewa) Nation
- Cara Gee is a Canadian film, television, and stage actress.
Gee was primarily known as a stage actress in Toronto, Ontario, where her acting credits included productions of Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad, Daniel MacIvor's Arigato, Tokyo, Tomson Highway's The Rez Sisters, Cliff Cardinal's Stitch, Birdtown and Swanville's 36 Little Plays About Hopeless Girls and Louise Dupré's Tout Comme Elle.
She made her feature film debut in Empire of Dirt for which she was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award. The film also won a Special Jury award at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and Cara won Best Actress at the American Indian Film Festival. In 2013, Gee was named one of TIFF's annual Rising Stars.
Gee has also worked in television, playing guest roles in the television series King and Republic of Doyle. In 2014, she starred as the lead character in the Western drama series Strange Empire on CBC Television, for one season until it was cancelled in 2015.
As of 2016, Gee stars in the 33-episode web series Inhuman Condition, which airs on the KindaTV YouTube channel. In 2017 she began to star in the recurring role of Camina Drummer on the Amazon television series The Expanse.
Gee is Ojibwe (Chippewa). She was born in Calgary, Alberta, and raised in Bobcaygeon, Ontario.Anishinabe (Ojibway) Nation - Actor
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Alex Meraz was born on 10 January 1985 in Mesa, Arizona, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) and Suicide Squad (2016). He has been married to Kim since 31 December 2007. They have two children.Tarascan Nation- Actress
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- Shawn Youngchief was born on 4 August 1988 in Canada. He is an actor, known for Alert: Missing Persons Unit (2023), Mohawk Girls (2010) and Tracker (2024).Metis Nation
- Kindall is an Nlaka'pamux First Nation Originating from Merritt B.C. He hitch hiked to Vancouver and lived in the Covenant House (Youth Shelter) to pursue his dream of being an actor. Kindall first started his off as a background performer and has been gaining experience since 2009. He has played multiple leads and supporting roles in film such as Sammy on Amir Aghelnegiad's A Safe Place (2016), and First Indian in Thomas Arlsan's German western feature film "Gold" premiered in the Berlinale film festival 2013. More recently 2016, Kindall just came back from filming in Budapest for Carnival Productions. The road to success has it hardships, but his journey pursuing his dreams is a greatest joy anyone can find! Kindall resides in Vancouver B.C, where he completed a two-year degree in film and television at New Image College of Fine Arts in 2013.Nlaka'pamux Nation
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Sarain Fox is known for I Need You, Need Me (2011), Once a Tree: Hide (2016) and A Tribe Called Red Feat. Northern Voice: Sisters (2013).Anishinabe (Ojibway) Nation- Actor
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Evan Saucedo was born on 8 September 1988 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Lion King (1994), I'm with Her (2003) and Cedric the Entertainer Presents (2002).Yaqui Nation- Actress
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- Camera and Electrical Department
Jamie Loy is an American actress known for her role as Elizabeth Canoe in the feature film The Cherokee Word for Water and as Tara in the short Running Deer.
Jamie was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma as the second of three children of James and Annie Loy. She grew up in the country near many small towns and communities in northeastern Oklahoma. Her acting career began when she took a summer theater job at the Cherokee Nation Heritage Center in the theater show The Trail of Tears Drama. That same summer she was able to be a part of the historical documentary The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy with James Earl Jones and Wes Studi. After this she did a couple of modeling jobs for Ihloff Salons and Bacardi. Her big break came when she auditioned and got the role of Elizabeth Canoe in the feature film The Cherokee Word For Water. This role would earn Jamie her SAG eligibility. For The Cherokee Word For Water she not only got the part of Elizabeth Canoe she also got the part of the lead actress's (Kimberly Guerrero) stand-in/double. Being the leads stand-in/double allowed Jamie to be on the set of The Cherokee Word For Water for the whole shooting of the movie. She gained an enormous amount of film experience working on the film. In between the main shooting and re-shoots of The Cherokee Word For Water she was a featured extra in the family comedy Thunderstruck starring NBA star Kevin Durant. After Thunderstruck and The Cherokee Word For Water Jamie would go on to do a few commercials for companies such as AT&T, Oklahoma State Department of Health, and Dicks Sporting Goods. Next she would go on to play Tara alongside Booboo Stewart and Q'Orianka Kilcher in the short teenage drama Running Deer. In 2013 she would be a featured extra in the musical drama Rudderless, working alongside the likes of Anton Yelchin, Billy Crudup, and William H. Macy. After Rudderless she became a part of Gray Frederickson's historical documentary Unconquerable. For Unconquerable Jamie got to do acting, voice-over, stunt work and CGI modeling. After Unconquerable she worked on a music video for an up and coming Oklahoma band, a small independent film about vampires, and do modeling for Oklahoma Tourism. She recently wrapped on the feature film Light From The Darkroom which stars Lymari Nadal, Patricia De Leon, Russell Wong, and Steven Michael Quezada. On Light From The Darkroom she got to be co-lead Patricia De Leon's unofficial stand-in/double as well as a featured extra and production intern. She continues to work in film, commercial and modeling today.Cherokee Nation- Actor
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Brendt Thomas Diabo is known for Appalachia (2017), Helix (2014) and Abandoned: Angelique's Isle (2018).Iroquois (Mohawk) Nation- Crystle Lightning, the Canadian Screen Award Winner for "Best Actress in a Drama Series" 2021, is an Indigenous Actress from the Enoch Cree Nation in Alberta. She began her career at age nine when she landed her first lead role in the feature: 3 NINJAS: Knuckle Up and has been working in the industry ever since.
Crystle's film and television appearances include "Yellowstone" on Paramount +, "Outlander" on Starz, "Trickster" (series lead) on The CW, "The Good Doctor" on ABC, "Rutherford Falls" on Peacock, "Ghosts" (recurring) on CBS, and recently the #1 Series on Amazon Prime TV "Three Pines" on Prime TV. This year, you will see Lightning in "Spirit Rangers" on Netflix, George R. R. Martin's "Mary Margaret Road Grader," directed by Steven Paul Judd, "Fancy Dance," directed by Erica Tremblay and "Bass Reeves" on Paramount +.
Lightning is co-creator and star of the all-Native, hit musical "BEAR GREASE," an Indigenous twist to the 1978 Classic, "Grease," marking her directorial debut.
In addition to acting, Lightning is a Hip Hop recording artist and a member of the award- winning group "LightningCloud." She has won Power 106's "Who's Next?" and Hot 97's "Battle for the Best." Additionally, she has recorded with a myriad of artists including Cypress Hill and Timbaland and toured with legends like Kendrick Lamar, Asap Rocky and Nicki Minaj.
Now, Crystle lives in Treaty 6, Alberta with her husband, son and 3 dogs.Cree Nation - Tristen Marty-Pahtaykan was born on 23 January 1997 in Frog Lake, Alberta, Canada. He is an actor, known for Indian Horse (2017) and Heartland (2007).Cree Nation
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A dedicated performer, visual artist, & creative producer, Marisa is best known for her role as "Huilen" - a pivotal character in the Box Office hit Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2.
She is a graduate of the esteemed Brown University, and as part of her Ivy League undergraduate experience she had the privilege of training at both the National Theater Institute and the St. Petersberg State Theatre Arts Academy in St. Petersberg, Russia.
Upon graduation Marisa moved to New York City where she co-founded Davai Theatre Ensemble. During her time in NYC, she modeled in popular magazines like "Latina" & "Glamour", appeared in indie films, commercials, and produced and performed in Off-Broadway theater productions.
Since moving to LA, Marisa has booked roles in national commercials, print ads, indie films, studio films, as well as portrayed memorable characters in popular Network TV shows like Sons of Anarchy and Private Practice. Most recently, Marisa has worked with Oscar-winning Director Bill Condon in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 2.
Her artistic endeavors in the realms of music, photography, and production have led to a myriad of opportunities both at home and abroad. Marisa has performed as a professional vocalist in both the Unites States and Mexico, as well as been commissioned as a professional photographer in LA, New York, and Europe.
Marisa's dedication to creating opportunities for artistic expression in Film, Television, and New Media inspired her to establish Monarch Media Productions, an organization committed to generating innovative content which challenges stereotypes and promotes diversity. Monarch Media Production's first major project, Sweet Mary & Jane, allowed Marisa the collaborative experience of co-producing, co-creating and co-starring in this edgy, female comedic film."Lipan Apache Nation"- Actor
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Actor, Director, and Producer Román Zaragoza has quickly become "one to watch" in the entertainment industry, bringing diverse stories to life on stage and screen.
On the film front, Zaragoza produced the short film "This Is Their Land," which takes place during the Modoc War of 1872-73 and follows the Modoc Civic Leader, Captain Jack, as he negotiates for peace in his homeland against the U.S. army, and the sacrifices he is forced to make for the sake of his people. As a director, Zaragoza co-directed a music video entitled "Change Your Name" for artist Raye Zaragoza, one of his two sisters, which was inspired by their mother's life and experiences of the immigration process.
Zaragoza identifies as mixed race, being of Akimel O'odham and Mexican descent on his father's side and Japanese and Taiwanese descent on his mother's side. His father, acclaimed actor Gregory Zaragoza and mother, college business professor Shirley, supported Zaragoza's love of theatre, film, and television from a very young age, with one of his earliest childhood memories spending time backstage watching his father star in the 1999 Broadway revival of "Annie Get Your Gun" alongside the legendary Bernadette Peters. Zaragoza's family moved to Hell's Kitchen when he was 9, where he would take the subway to school and pass by all of the major Broadway shows, which had a huge influence on his future career. When Zaragoza was 11, his family moved to southern California where he would continue taking acting and improvisation, dance, and singing lessons. When Zaragoza was 15 he started working with Native Voices at the Autry, the Equity Native American Theatre company. It was there that he met his mentor, Randy Reinholz, who made an influential impact on Zaragoza's life as well his show "Off the Rails" at Native Voices which was later selected to go to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Zaragoza attended California State University Northridge where he graduated with a degree in Film Production. He is a proud member of CSUN's American Indian Student Association and continues his involvement post-graduation. While in college, he took time to go work with the prestigious Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF - 2017, 2018, 2019) where he was able to further hone his craft. Zaragoza notes that his time working with the company aided in discovering more about his identity, specifically his racial identity. Upon graduation and finishing his time with OSF, Zaragoza landed his biggest role, co-starring on CBS' "Ghosts." Additional credits for Zaragoza include appearing on ABC's "Stumptown" (where he worked alongside his dad for the first time professionally), "Those Who Can't," and "Austin & Ally."
When he isn't on set, Zaragoza works on his poetry and essay skills. Like his character in "Ghosts", he is a passionate storyteller. He also enjoys rock climbing, has trained in martial arts and boxing, and played soccer since he was little. Zaragoza has supported a handful of charitable organizations over the years, including: Seeding Sovereignity, Black Lives Matter, Return to the Heart Foundation, and IllumiNative; an initiative created and led by Native Americans to challenge the negative narrative that surrounds their communities and to ensure accurate and authentic portrayals are present in pop culture and the media.Pima Nation- Additional Crew
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Monika Crowfoot is a published model and actress. She is known for Woman Walks Ahead (2017), The Gifted (2018), and Chambers (2019). She also performs in local community theater projects. She and her husband run a small photography business on the side. She is of Native American ancestry from the Navajo Nation.Navajo Nation- Kyle Nobess was born and raised in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. A credited Film Actor and Screen Play Writer. He began his film and television training in 2005, attending local film schools throughout the city. Kyle has had various types of exposure to television, From supporting roles to becoming one of APTN'S top Television personalities.Metis Nation
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Making his big screen debut, Forrest Goodluck appears opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domnhall Gleeson and Will Poulter in FOX's epic drama, "The Revenant." Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, the movie centers on legendary hunter, Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio), who is left for dead by his compatriots following a bear mauling. Goodluck plays Hawk, the son of DiCaprio's Hugh Glass.
While "The Revenant" marks his burst onto the scene, Goodluck has several years of acting work under his belt, participating in community theater and short films since the age of ten. Prolific behind the camera, Goodluck is an award-winning youth filmmaker whose work has premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival, Taos Shortz Film Festival, LA Skins Festival, and had made him the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian and SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market Class X Youth Winner. Goodluck's film work also led to him being chosen as one of Sundance Institute's 2015 Full Circle Fellows.
A member of the Diné, Mandan, Hidatsa and Tsimshian tribes, Goodluck is the son of Laurie and Kevin, a Practice Manager and Internal Medicine Physician, respectively. He is a student at the prestigious Bosque School and studies drama with acclaimed acting teachers Angela Gibbs and Judith Weston in Los Angeles. Born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Goodluck is currently finishing his high school studies, while pursuing his acting career.Navajo, Mandan, Hidatsa & Tsimshian Nations- Composer
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Mia Sable is known for Legends from the Sky (2015), Dance Moms (2011) and Bear with Me: Episode Three (2017).Choctaw Nation- Actress
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Dana Solomon is known for Teenagers (2014), The Strength of My Spirit (2021) and Two Beating Drums (2021).Anishinabe (Ojibway) Nation- Actress
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Shannon Baker, an Indigenous Actor from the Stellat'en First Nation reserve is Dakelh Dene. Shannon was raised by her Grandmother on her reserve in Northern B.C., Canada. Shannon is an actor, producer, writer and TV host. Shannon's television experiences include TV shows such as: "CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION", ""BLUE MOUNTAIN STATE", "BONES OF CROWS" and "SMALLVILLE".Carrier Dene Nation- Actor
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Tatanka Means was born on 19 February 1985 in Rapid City, South Dakota, USA. He is an actor, known for Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and The Host (2013).Lakota, Navajo, & Omaha Nations- Actress
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Sera-Lys McArthur is a screen and stage actor, producer, model, martial artist, horseback riding enthusiast, and a musical theatre nerd. A prairie girl with big city dreams, Sera-Lys is a proud member of the Nakota/ Assiniboine Nation who was raised by her German-Canadian single mother in southern Saskatchewan.
Despite being raised in a remote region, she managed to become a working actor at age 13. She later moved to New York City to study musical theatre, and then went on to gain an MA in Acting from East 15 Acting School, the University of Essex, UK. Sera-Lys has experienced success on both sides of the border, gaining Canadian household recognition with recurring roles on such series as: Arctic Air, Hard Rock Medical, Burden of Truth, and Pretty Hard Cases. She had an unforgettable guest appearance on the hit Starz series Outlander, as Mohawk healer Johiehon on episode 412 "Providence." She also had a comedic turn on opposite Cobie Smulders on episode 203 of Netflix's Friends From College. She is the female lead in independent feature films Robbery, Don't Say Its Name, and The First Encounter, and a key supporting role in the award-winning film adaptation of Monkey Beach. She is also an emerging producer, with several finished short films under her belt, including: kwêskosîw (She Whistles), Pharmalarm, Magic Madeleines and The Wolf of Waubamik Woods, with more projects in development.
When she isn't busy helping develop new plays and feature films, or participating in theatrical residencies, Sera-Lys spends her time teaching online ESL to children overseas, developing a palate for delicious New York cuisine, hanging out in Central Park with her canine sidekick, and seeing tons of theatre.Nakota Nation- Actor
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At the age of 17, Darrell Dennis walked into his first professional audition and walked out with the lead role of Brian Potter on the hit CBC drama "Northwood". Since then, Darrell has become a multi- faceted Native American (First Nations) actor, writer, and comedian.
As an actor, Darrell has gone from classic theater productions in Shaw's "Arms and the Man", Strindberg's "Miss Julie", and Pinter's "Deceived", to film and television roles in "Leaving Normal" opposite Meg Tilly and Christine Lahti; to the hit TV series "Degrassi"; and as Shania Twain's slick and wealthy lover in "Shania: A life in Eight Albums". When Darrell won the lead role of Frank Fencepost on the CBC television series "The Rez" his comedy career exploded. Darrell received a scholarship to train at the world famous "Second City" and became the first Native American (First Nations) comedian to be hired as a performer in any of the Second City companies. He then co-founded the all- Native comedy troupe "Tonto's Nephews" and the L.A. based all Native American comedy troupe "The Mayflower Welcoming Committee".
In addition to acting and comedy, Darrell is a successful writer. His first play, "Trickster of Third Avenue East," was produced by Native Earth Performing Arts, which twice named Darrell their "Writer-in- Residence". On APTN, Darrell joined the writing team of the talk/variety show, "Buffalo Tracks" and went on to host the APTN smash hit "Bingo and a Movie." Darrell then wrote a half- hour television pilot called "Moccasin Flats" which was an official selection at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and was picked up by Showcase Television and APTN for three seasons. Darrell was a key writer on this series.
Darrell's one man show "Tales of an Urban Indian" was nominated for two Dora Awards (Best Original Play and Best Performance by an actor) and his feature film adaptation of "Tales" was one of 13 international screenplays to be accepted in the prestigious Sundance Screenwriters Lab. A television pilot based on "Tales" was produced and broadcast on the Aboriginal People's Television Network which Darrell also produced. Darrell recently gave a special performance of "Tales" at the legendary Public Theater in New York City.
In 2005, Darrell became the comedic Native voice on the CBC Radio series "Spin Off" and the CBC television special "The American Empire". He then co- wrote and hosted the ground breaking CBC radio program "Revision Quest" which ran for four seasons and won numerous awards including the prestigious New York Festival Award. During this time, Darrell's stand- up career flourished and he performed in televised galas at the "Winnipeg Comedy Festival" and the world famous "Just For Laughs Festival".
At present, Darrell is a series regular on the Teen Nick/YTV show "Open Heart". His book "Peace Pipe Dreams:The Truth About Lies About Indians" from Douglas & Macintyre Publishing is available in book stores and online. Darrell continues to perform stand up comedy and is developing two T.V. series, a T.V. movie, a feature film, a web series, and a U.S. radio program.Secwepemc Nation- Actress
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Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers is a writer, director, producer and actor. She is a member of the Kainai First Nation (Blood Tribe, Blackfoot Confederacy) as well as Sámi from Norway.
Her short documentary Bihttos was included in the 2015 TIFF Top Ten Shorts and was commissioned for the imagineNATIVE Embargo Collective. Bihttos won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Short at the Seattle International Film Festival.
With The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, she made her feature co-directorial debut (alongside Kathleen Hepburn), as well as starring-in and co-writing. Taking its title from an essay by Cree poet Billy-Ray Belcourt, The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, is based on a true-chance encounter between Tailfeathers and another Indigenous woman. Premiering at the Berlinale in 2019, The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open received the Toronto Film Critics Association and Vancouver Film Critics Circle' awards for Best Canadian Feature Film. The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open was also nominated for six Canadian Screen Awards, and Tailfeathers and Hepburn received the CSAs for best direction and best original screenplay.
Hailed as one of "... the most important film[s] about addiction to date ..." by the Vancouver International Film Festival, her latest feature documentary Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy is an intimate portrait of survival, love and the collective work of healing in the Kainai First Nation in Southern Alberta, a Blackfoot community facing the impacts of substance use and a drug-poisoning epidemic, where community members active in addiction and recovery, first responders and medical professionals implement harm reduction to save lives. Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy premiered at the 2021 Hot Docs International Documentary Festival and received a Roger's Audience Choice Award as well as the Emerging Canadian Filmmaker Award for Tailfeathers. Since it's premiere, Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy and Tailfeathers have received the Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Director at DOXA 2021, the Audience Choice Award for a Canadian Documentary at the 2021 Calgary International Film Festival, the Co-winner, Inspiring Voices & Perspectives Feature Film Award at Cinéfest Sudbury, and the 2022 Canadian Screen Award for the Ted Rogers Best Canadian Feature Documentary.
Her acting credits include roles in; Jeff Barnaby's Blood Quantum, Canadian Screen Award winning performance in Danis Goulet's Night Raiders, Canadian Screen Award nominated performance in The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, Canadian Screen Award winning performance in Rachel Talalay's Unclaimed, the soon to be released Stellar by Darlene Naponse, and the upcoming Amazon/Left Bank Pictures series Three Pines.
In 2018 Elle-Máijá was the Sundance Film Institute's Merata Mita Film Fellow and is an alumnus of the Berlinale Talent Lab and the Hot Docs Accelerator Lab. Elle-Máijá is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, the Director's Guild of Canada, UBCP/ACTRA, and the Documentary Organization of Canada.Blood Nation- Actor
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Robert Vestal is known for Love in the Land of the Impossible, Straight on Till Morning and Grandma's Wedding (2019).Cherokee Nation- Anishinabe (Ojibway) Nation
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2019 Nathaniel featured in the CBS Television show FBI: Americas Most Wanted as Clinton Skye. Nathaniel is a highly respected actor. He got his start, starring in a few smaller roles for local independent filmmakers, Nathaniel's big break came when he auditioned for the role of William MacNeil in the hit CBC TV series North of 60. This role landed him guest appearances in other such popular television shows as Due South, Incredible Story Studio, Caitlin's Way, Shoebox Zoo and Smallville. Nathaniel found himself co-starring with the likes of Luke Perry and Malcolm Jamal-Warner (Jeremiah), as well as with veteran actor Nicholas Campbell (DaVinci's City Hall, DaVinci's Inquest). He even had the chance to work with his son Griffin Powell-Arcand in Hallmark Entertainment's 2-part TV mini-series, Dreamkeeper. One of his most memorable roles was the role of Tonto in the television movie The Lone Ranger.
Aside from his first major film role as Ned White Bear in the 1999 film Grey Owl, his other notable film credits include Two Indians Talking, Every Emotion Costs, Unnatural and Accidental, Elektra, Black Cloud, Ginger Snaps Back, American Outlaws and 20th Century Fox's Paththfnder.
Nathaniel won the award for Best Supporting Actor in Shirley Cheechoo's film Johnny Tootall, which screened at the 2005 American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco, and he was also the recipient of the Performing Arts Award at the 2006 Aboriginal Role Models of Alberta Awards. In addition to CBC's mini-series Northern Town, Nathaniel also starred in the APTN Pilot Clean Fight as the lead role of Trevor, a kick boxer struggling with diabetes. Other TV appearances include the Nora Roberts' movie of the week Montana Sky (Lifetime Network), and Showcase's Moose TV (as Clifford). Nathaniel also returns as Scott Cardinal in Heartland (CBC), as Bruce Ward in Arctic Air (2013) (CBC), and as Victor Merasty in APTN's award-winning series Blackstone (2011), Makya "Mack" Begally in Bull (2017) and Derek Swan in Supernatural (2017).Cree Nation- Actress
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Morningstar Angeline (she, they), born as Morningstar Angeline Wilson-Chippewa, is a queer Navajo, Chippewa, Blackfeet, Shoshone, and Latinx actor and filmmaker. She was born in Santa Fe, NM, to Rita Rose Wilson and Ethan Shawn Chippewa. They were later adopted by Daniel Harold Freeland and raised in Gallup, NM and Los Angeles, CA. Morningstar is a 2018 Sundance Indigenous Lab, 2020 Native American Feature Writers Lab, and a 2021 ImagineNative Directors Lab Fellow and serves on the Board of Directors of the mixed-media company Tse'Nato'.Shoshoni, Nez Perce, Blackfoot, & Chippewa Cree Nations- Actor
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Taboo was born on 14 July 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), Taxi (2004) and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004). He has been married to Jaymie Dizon since 12 July 2008. They have one child.Shoshone Nation- Metis Nation
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Kalani Queypo is an actor, musician, director, writer and producer. He was born and raised in Hawaii and is best known for his acting roles in The New World, Jamestown and Trickster. He has received the RIIFF's Directorial Discovery Award for his short film "Ancestor Eyes", and is a founding member of SAG-AFTRA's National Native American Committee and serves on the Advisory Council for Native Voices Theater at the Autry. His latest writing projects in development include a stage play, Stored and Safe, and his television series, When You Miss Aloha.Blackfeet Nation- Umitilla, Anishinabe (Ojibway), Modoc, and Mandan Nations
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Ryan Begay (Diné) A US Air Force veteran. He attended the Colorado Film School in Denver, Colorado. It was there that he found his passion and love for Filmmaking. He completed his BFA in New Media Art from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Ryan has written and directed numerous short films, music videos, PSAs and continues to work behind the camera. In 2011, a newfound passion for acting emerged. He has appeared in many short films but not until "Blaze You Out" (2011) did he realized his love for movies encompasses more than working behind the camera. He has since gone on to perform in many film productions both Independent and Big Budget Feature Films as well as notable TV series. He continues to Write, Direct and Act as well as develop ideas for a stronger Diné/Native American presence in Film and Television both in front of and behind the camera.Navajo Nation- Teneil Whiskeyjack was born on 27 May 1988 in Baja California, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Hank William's First Nation (2006), DreamKeeper (2003) and Hey, Viktor! (2023).Cree Nation
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Levi Sophia is known for 451 (2012) and When the Ocean Met the Sky (2014).Cree Nation- Anthony Whitewolf is a Lakota Sioux Actor and a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. He was adopted by Parents who are of Irish and Comanche heritage. His love for acting began helping his older brother work on independent films through college. In 2008 he moved to California to continue his acting career. He joined The Actors Workshop of Los Angeles where he Trained with RJ Adams until his passing. He continues to hone his craft through his son Rob Adams as well as his experiences with actors in the business. He has three Siblings, two older brothers and one younger sister. His father is a descendant of Quanah Parker; the last tribal chief of the Comanche Nation.Lakota Nation
- Tod Thawley was born on 26 March 1971 in Culver, Oregon, USA. He is an actor, known for Roswell (1999), Peacemakers (2003) and Terminal Justice (1996).
- Julia Jones is one of the entertainment industry's brightest talents.
Julia stars in a leading role on Dexter: New Blood, Showtime's record-shattering, most watched series to date. She can also be seen in Peacock's comedy series Rutherford Falls, Disney+'s hit series The Mandalorian, and HBO's critically acclaimed drama Westworld.
Jones played the pivotal role of 'Wilma' in Taylor Sheridan's critically acclaimed neo-Western, Wind River, opposite Jeremy Renner. The film premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and won the Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard-Best Director award. Other film credits include Lionsgate's Cold Pursuit alongside Liam Neeson and Laura Dern; Quentin Tarantino Presents' Hell Ride; Jonah Hex opposite Josh Brolin; Winter in the Blood; and Netflix's The Ridiculous Six, to name a few. She also portrayed 'Leah Clearwater' in the hugely popular The Twilight Saga franchise.
Jones' television credits include Amazon's legal drama, Goliath, and recurring roles as "Gabriella Langton" on the Netflix series Longmire and "Dr. Kaya Montoya" on NBC's long-running series, ER.
On stage, Jones played "Dacotah" in the Culture Clash play Palestine, New Mexico at The Mark Taper Forum.
A native of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, Julia began working in commercials and community theatre at a young age. She also performed regularly in Boston Ballet's production of The Nutcracker. After high school, Jones moved to New York to attend Columbia University, where she graduated with a degree in English. While in college, she began modeling internationally appearing in ads for such companies as Levi's, Esprit, and Polo Ralph Lauren. She is on the board of Colt Coeur, a Brooklyn based theater company.
Jones currently resides in Los Angeles.Choctaw & Chickasaw Nations - Adam Joaquin-Gonzalez is known for The Colors of Hell (2020), Tell Me Again, Grandfather (2020) and Freedom Riders (2009).Choctaw Nation
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Delanna Studi was born on 4 June 1976 in Muldrow, Oklahoma, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for DreamKeeper (2003), Edge of America (2004) and Shameless (2011).Cherokee Nation- Actor
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Gary "Litefoot" Davis, an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation, has been a notable figure in Indian Country for nearly 30 years. First recognized for his considerable achievements in music, film and television with eight award winning albums, as well as award-winning starring roles in such films as, The Indian in The Cupboard (Paramount Pictures) and appearances on television programs such as, House of Cards (Netflix) and numerous inspirational concert tours which have taken him to nearly every tribal nation in the United States.
Mr. Davis recently launched IndigiStudios, an indigenous film and production company focused on a slate of theatrical, episodic, and documentary projects all centered around the company's mission of reclaiming the indigenous narrative in film and television. The first project released by IndigiStudios is the documentary short film written and directed by Davis, Strong Hearts: An Indigenous Love Letter To My Sons. It will be followed by several other film projects he intends to either write, direct or produce.
In 2022, Davis will lend his voice acting talents to various roles in an upcoming animated indigenous children's cartoon series for Netflix.
In addition to his pursuits in the arts, Mr. Davis has served as the chief executive officer at prominent national tribal economic development organizations, is a member of the Forbes Finance Council and is a seasoned entrepreneur having started his first business in 1992. His consulting firm, Davis Strategy Group, serves an array of tribal and corporate clients.
His ascension in national tribal economic development began in 2007, when he became Vice-President of U.S. Native Affairs for the Triple Five Group (owners of the Mall of America) and co-chair of the National Indian Gaming Association's, American Indian Business Network. He has since led the largest annual gathering of tribal and indigenous entrepreneurs in North America, operated multiple federal programs, and led various initiatives related to business and entrepreneurship across Indian Country.
He has twice testified before the U.S. Senate and is astute at policy matters related to Indian Country. He is a relentless advocate for tribal sovereignty and advancing business in Indian Country and has been appointed as an ambassador for the U.S. Department of Energy's Minorities in Energy (2015) and Equity in Energy (2020) initiatives as well as an appointment to the U.S. Small Business Administration's Council on Underserved Communities (2016).
He is an accomplished international public speaker and has presented to audiences ranging from colleges and universities, major corporations, to serving as the featured keynote speech at the World Indigenous Business Forum in Guatemala City, Guatemala and providing remarks at Hannover Messe, the world's largest trade fair for industrial technology, in Hannover, Germany.
Mr. Davis is a recipient of the prestigious Sevenstar Award from the Cherokee Nation Historical Society and received the U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency's National Director Special Recognition Award in 2015. Mr. Davis was also recognized by Scholastic Books in their publication "Native American Heroes" in 2019.Cherokee Nation- Music Department
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Raye Zaragoza is known for Resident Alien (2021), 1 Dead Party (2013) and Hollywood, je t'aime (2009).Pima Nation- Actor
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Jeremiah Bitsui (born September 25, 1980 in Chinle, Arizona) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Victor in the AMC series Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Bitsui is of Navajo and Omaha descent. He started his career at the age of five as Mickey in the Japanese film Mickey's House. He appeared in the 1994 film Natural Born Killers and the 2005 film A Thousand Roads, which was an official Sundance Film Festival selection. He is also known for his portrayal of Eagle Flies in the 2018 video game Red Dead Redemption 2. More recent work has been on Bosch and Yellowstone.Omaha & Navajo Nation- Actress
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Carolina Hoyos began as a childhood concert pianist before spending 3 seasons on MTV Hits (2002). She plays Antonella in Nicolas Winding Refn series Too Old to Die Young (2019), and made cameos in Under the Silver Lake (2018), Gene Simmons: Family Jewels (2006) and Pharrell Williams 's music video for Oscar Nominated song "Happy". She has shared the stage with Edward Van Halen, Ryan Adams, and members of Guns N' Roses. She is a current fellow in La Skins Fest 2019 Native American TV Writers Lab and she performs regularly with comedy troupes Dad Jeans and Nightpantz.Quechua Nation- Tyler Christopher was born on 11 November 1972 in Joliet, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for General Hospital (1963), Shouting Secrets (2011) and Into the West (2005). He was married to Brienne Pedigo and Eva Longoria. He died on 31 October 2023 in San Diego, California, USA.Iroquois (Seneca) & Choctaw Nations
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At fourteen years old, Q'orianka Kilcher emerged into the front ranks of young actresses with her portrayal of Pocahontas opposite Colin Farrell and Christian Bale in Terrence Malick's 'The New World', an epic about the encounter between English and North American societies in the early 1600s. Her performance won her the National Board of Reviews best breakthrough performance of 2006 and the 2006 Alma Award for best Latin American actress in a feature film, as well as numerous nominations and rave reviews.
Kilcher was born in Schweigmatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany to a Peruvian indigenous father of Quechua-Huachipaeri background and an Alaskan-born mother of Swiss-German origin. She was raised in Kapa'a, Hawaii. Having started her performing arts career at six years old, she is not only an award-winning actress with critical acclaim, but an amazing singer, lyricist, and expert dancer. Kilcher is also a committed human rights and environmental activist, as well as a fearless, powerful, young force who uses her voice as tool to bring the need for universal dignity, compassion, environmental justice, and basic Human Rights to the attention of the international community.
Traveling frequently to speak at youth events, colleges, and universities, Kilcher has been invited as a featured keynote speaker and workshop facilitator at many international conferences and events for organizations such as Amnesty International, the I.F.G. (International Forum on Globalization), and Amazon Watch I.F.I.P. (International Funders for Indigenous Peoples). She was a panelist on the "Indigenous Peoples: Human Rights, Dignity and Development with Identity in collaboration with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples" United Nations panel. She also lends her energy as spokeswoman, collaborator, and supporter to several international and national NGOs.
In her free time, Kilcher is an accomplished singer/song-writer, and recently launched her own youth driven human rights and environmental organization on Q Initiative, heading campaigns to connect young Hollywood with youth-activist leaders and projects from around the world.
Through her production company, IQ-Films, Kilcher is also producing several cause-driven documentaries and youth-programming projects.Quechua & Huachipaeri Nations- Actor
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Guthrie is an actor, filmmaker and philanthropist. His awards include Outstanding Actor at the Image Nation Film Festival, Best Actor & Best Live Short at The American Indian Film Festival and Best Director at the West Coast American Indian Music Awards. He has also been honored by the Potlatch Foundation for representing the Native American culture with authenticity in film.
While continuing to explore new artistic challenges, Guthrie is using his professional success as a vehicle for positive change. His most recent filmmaking challenge is an award winning film titled Given To Walk. It's a survival story about the unique federal jurisdictional nightmare on Indian reservations that can trap Native American women into permanent Domestic Violence situations by non-native perpetrators. Given To Walk was so pertinent to current political issues that it screened at the White House before President Obama signed the Tribal Law and Order Act.
Guthrie recently had the privilege of working with a rare list of renowned artists via the Sundance Filmmaker's Labs. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robert Redford, Ed Harris and Stanley Tucci were among his mentors for the story telling boot camp. His turn to mentor, Guthrie toured with The American Indian Film Institute to reservations across the US. The deprived youth discovered a sense of strength through media literacy. Inspired by them to help revitalize the Native way of life, Guthrie is now in development with multiple tribal councils from Canada, US and Mexico. Together they will make a series of children shows & toy products rich with Native American Arts, humanities and language for early childhood development.
Guthrie's most unforgettable starring character is Charlie Silvercloud III in Expiration Date, a film that has won over 37 awards internationally including Best Actor. Strengthened by the love of his wife and two children, Guthrie continues his creative growth and development while living and working in Los Angeles.Lipan Apache Nation- John Reddy is known for Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015), Psychic Ills: Baby (2016) and Psychic Ills: Another Change (2016).Lakota Nation
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Shyla Lefner is an actress and writer, known for Woo (1998), A Starbucks Story (2005) and Whatever It Takes (2000). She is married to David Wayne Lefner.Choctaw Nation- Stunts
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Joey Many Horses is known for Dark Winds (2022), Walker: Independence (2022) and Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher (2021).- Actress
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Mary Galloway was born on 11 September 1993 in Comox, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress and director, known for Supernatural (2005), Querencia (2021) and Never Steady, Never Still (2017).- Actor
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David Midthunder is an enrolled tribal member at the Fort Peck Indian reservation in Montana. Midthunder graduated from Stewart Indian School in Nevada and went on to pursue a degree in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Utah. He is best known for playing the leading role of "Famous Shoes" in Larry McMurtry's Comanche Moon, and for playing "David Ridges", Longmire's nemesis on seasons 2 and 3 of Longmire. Outside of acting, Midthunder is known for his love of solo sports such as surfing, skateboarding, dirt biking, and horse riding.Lakota Nation- Actress
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Grace Dove is an Indigenous Actress and Director who has embraced a responsibility to lift up her audience and her community. In 2015 she co-starred with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy in the Oscar-winning film The Revenant. Other recent film credits include the Netflix thriller How It Ends (2018), where she starred alongside Academy Award winning actor Forest Whitaker and Theo James. In 2020 she appeared in her first leading role in the feature film adaptation of Eden Robinson's novel Monkey Beach. Her past television credits include a series lead beside Hilary Swank on ABC Alaska Daily, Syfy series Resident Alien and the Netflix series The Order. In 2020 Dove made her directorial debut with the poignantly beautiful and visually stunning short film Kiri and The Girl, which is currently streaming on Apple TV. The well-received short screened at St. John's International Women's Festival, American Indian Film Festival SF, San Diego International Film Festival and Victoria Film Festival after debuting at the Vancouver International Film Fest. Dove recently wrapped filming the five-part limited series Bones of Crows, where she stars as Cree Matriarch "Aline Spears". Bones of Crows tells the story of Spears' childhood as she survives Canada's residential school system to continue her family's generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. She uses her uncanny ability to understand and translate codes into working for a special division of the Canadian Air Force as a Cree code talker in World War II. The story unfolds over 100 years with a cumulative force that propels us into the future.Secwepemc Nation- Actor
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Tokala Black Elk was born in 1984 in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, USA. He is an actor, known for 1883 (2021), Yellowstone (2018) and Grey's Anatomy (2005).Lakota Nation- Maika Harper is known for Flashback (2020), Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (2024) and Kim's Convenience (2016).Inuit Nation
- Lawrence Santiago is known for The New World (2005), Into the West (2005) and Freedom Riders (2009).Coushatta Nation
- Canadian born, Shauna Baker was raised by her Dené Grandmother on a reservation in northern Canada. Shauna was extensively involved in business before her entertainment career began. Despite her success in the corporate world, she instinctively knew she was not following her dreams. Shauna started modeling, then moved to hosting and then fell in love with the dramatic arts.
Her acting credits include a supporting lead in an executive produced Robert Redford feature film selected in Sundance called Drunktown's Finest (2014), guest-starring roles in Blue Mountain State (2010) and Smallville (2001).Carrier Dene Nation - Actor
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Born in Chamberlain, South Dakota and residing in Montana, Spears has five brothers, one sister, and is Lakota Sioux Tribe. His first role was in the film "Dances With Wolves" as Otter. Michael went on to appear in "Skins", "Into The West", "Yellow Rock", Cyril Morin's "The Activist", and had a guest role on "Longmire". He has an American Photographic Artists (APA) Award for best subject matter in a film. He co-hosted the American Indian Film Institute Awards in 2013.Lakota Nation- Actress
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Nôses Kisik-Papimohtew (Mother Walks-in-the-Sky), also known as Roseanne Supernault, is a classically trained Actress who was raised on East Prairie Métis Settlement, and also hails from the Whitefish Lake Atikameg First Nation in the Treaty 8 territory of Canada. Born in the Treaty 8 territory to a Politician Father and Artist Mother, her eclectic upbringing included classical training in art, theatre, and dance; practicing and sustaining her cultural hunting & land rights as a Cree Metis; and being exposed to the politics and social justice movements of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Her life took a sharp turn into arts when she was discovered by a Los Angeles Casting Director at 13 and thereafter signed to a Talent Agency - she has worked steadily as a performer and has seen her profile rise steadily since.
Recognizable from the APTN hit series, "Blackstone," where her haunting performance has garnered her several accolades; the historical, pre contact epic, "Maina," where she plays the title character, for which she received the Best Actress Award at American Indian Film Festival; and the groundbreaking Feature, "Rhymes For Young Ghouls," by Jeff Barnaby, that premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and was named TIFF Top 10.
She can be seen in several book-to-film adaptations, such as "Neither Wolf Nor Dog," where she plays twins across Dave Bald Eagle, Christopher Sweeney, and Tatanka Means; and "Juliana and the Medicine Fish," across from Adam Beach, and Emma Tremblay. She appears in Sky1's "Jamestown" among a star studded English & Native American cast, produced by the makers of "Downton Abbey." She attended Cannes International Film Festival with sci-fi, "The Northlander," - for which she was also nominated for the Best Actress Award at the American Indian Film Festival.
Recently, she plays the lead role of Jo in CTV Comedy's #1 hit series "Acting Good," which also streams on Crave; she plays across stand up comedian Paul Rabliauskas. She also appeared in the Canadian hit film "Guitar Lessons," which had an immensely successful theatrical run. And she is in production with her feature film directorial debut, "Dusk & Dawn," a dark comedy ensemble piece which she also wrote and produced.
She has been nominated for and received multiple acting awards, namely Best Actress for her performances in "Maina," "Blackstone," "Every Emotion Costs," and Best Supporting Actress for "Rhymes For Young Ghouls." She was recently nominated for an A.M.P.I.A Best Actress/non-Binary award for her performance in Berkley Brady's directorial debut "Dark Nature," where she plays a soldier with PTSD who suffers against a dark entity while on a healing retreat in the Rocky Mountains.
Her stage performance in "Dreary and Izzy," where she played a First Nations woman with FASD, has garnered her rave reviews from various critics. She continues on her storytelling journey as a producer and filmmaker, through her film production companies Flying Up Moon, and Magnate.
Supernault is trained in Theatre, Film, and Television. She graduated from 4 years at Victoria School of the Arts an institution focused on not only the history of the arts, but the execution and constant immersion in the field; this is where she discovered her passion.Cree & Metis Nations- Eddie Spears was born on 29 November 1982 in Chamberlain, South Dakota, USA. He is an actor, known for DreamKeeper (2003), Hell on Wheels (2011) and Bone Tomahawk (2015).Lakota Nation
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Brittany LeBorgne is a Montreal-based actor from the Mohawk community of Kahnawake. She is best known for her role as Zoe on the award-winning APTN series, Mohawk Girls, for which she received a nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series at the 2016 Canadian Screen Awards. She has also appeared on The Bold Type (Freeform), and will appear in the upcoming feature film, Rustic Oracle. When she's not in front of the camera, Brittany is behind the scenes as a director, for APTN's documentary series' Dream Big and Working It Out Together III, and CBC's digital documentary series, Thunderblanket. She also works as a production coordinator, most recently on APTN's Indians + Aliens II, and the upcoming Dreamcatcher Bios.Iroquois (Mohawk) Nation- Actor
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Simon R Baker virtually grew up in front of the camera with his first starring role at the age of 9 in the feature "Once in a Blue Moon"; he followed that with 3 seasons of the hit TV series, "North of Sixty". Some career highlights include a leading role in the Stephen Spielberg produced mini series, "Into the West", the lead in the Disney Channel feature "Buffalo Dreams", working 4 months opposite Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett in Ron Howard's "The Missing", the lead in the Independent Film "Buckaroo" and his compelling role of Randy in the award winning festival hit "On the Corner" which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Other projects include the MOW's "Journey to the Center of the Earth", "Dreamkeeper", the two North of Sixty MOW's "Dream Storm" and "Distant Drumming" plus the mini series "Big Bear".
His work in feature films includes Chris Eyre's "Smoke Signals" which earned Simon a First Americans in the Arts nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He also appeared in the Academy award nominated "The Sweet Hereafter" with Director Atom Egoyan
Other features include, "Now and Forever", "Shanghai Noon", "I Robot", "Spooky House", "Tribe of Joseph" and "Back to Turtle Island". His series work includes "Strange Empire", "The Crow", "Nothing to Good for a Cowboy", "Two" and "Hawkeye".
Simon graduated from the prestigious Canadian Film Centre's new Actors Conservatory. Only 8 were chosen to participate from across the country and instructors included Norman Jewison, Keifer Sutherland, Sarah Polley, Colm Feore, Martha Henry, Clement Virgo, Patricia Rozema, Lynne Stopkewich, Donald Petrie, to name just a few.
Simon was the host of CTV's "First Story"; a show that featured Arts, Culture and happenings in the Native community across Canada. Simon lives in Vancouver, his father is of the Squamish and Haida nations and his Mother is Cree. Simon is an avid Lacrosse player. He is also accomplished in martial arts and has a background in Pow Wow and Haida dancing.
Simon is touring the world as the Host of the show "Native Planet", a series that travels to Indigenous cultures around the world and highlights their land, culture and the universal story of all indigenous people on the planet. Currently wrapping his third three season of the show.Cree & Squamish Nations- Actress
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Born in Montana, Gladstone was raised on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and later near Seattle, WA. She graduated with high honors from the University of Montana in 2008 with a BFA in Acting/Directing, and a minor in Native American Studies.
Gladstone was introduced to audiences in Alex and Andrew Smith's adaptation of Winter in the Blood, a NYT best seller and seminal novel by Blackfeet/Gros Ventre author James Welch. Her breakout role came in 2016 from Kelly Reichardt's Certain Women, a performance which earned her the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress, Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, as well as nominations for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female and Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor.
In 2017 Gladstone joined the Oregon Shakespeare Festival acting company, and in 2020 she stared in the Yale Repertory Theater production of Mary Kathryn Nagle's Manahatta.
In 2019 Gladstone reunited with Reichardt for First Cow. The film won Best Film at the 2020 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, and was named one of the ten best films of 2020 by the National Board of Review.Blackfeet Nation- Cree Nation
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Jayli Wolf is known for Spirit Rangers (2022), Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On (2022) and Monster High (2022).Anishinabe (Saulteaux) Nation- Actor
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Jimmy Blais is of Plains Cree and Canadian heritage. Best known for his portrayal of Watio on APTN's Canadian Screen Award nominated Comedy, Mohawk Girls. Born and raised in Montreal, he attended the Theatre Performance program at Concordia University. Jimmy has been performing since 2005. Most recently for the Stratford Festival. Jimmy is a founding member of PlayShed. He is also a writer and director; winning Best Film at the ACTRA short film festival for Café de Paris. The Film was also an official selection of the L.A.Comedy Fest.Cree Nation- Alexandria Rice is biologically a Mohawk Aboriginal Canadian through her parents. She continues to be an active and proud member of the Kahnawake First Nation throughout her career. Though Rice was born in Quebec, she spend the majority of her childhood in Brooklyn, New York among a community of Mohawk iron workers, where she trained to become a professional dancer. Little did she know that her life would change forever when she landed a part in an educational video produced at her grammar school. She discovered her true passion-acting. Since then, Rice has successfully worked in the world of entertainment where she is best known for the role of Janet Pete. In addition to mainstream television credits for guest-starring-roles, Alex has also starred in several critically acclaimed independent features. Special honors and awards include the Motion Pictures Award presented by the American Indian Film Institute for Best Actress (2003) for her reprisal of Janet Pete in Coyote Waits and the First American Award (2005) for her work in A Thief In Time, presented by the First Americans in the Arts Committee.Iroquois (Mohawk) Nation
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Kaniehtiio 'Tiio' Horn is a Canadian actress from Kahnawake, the Mohawk reserve outside of Montreal. Since graduating from Dawson College's Professional Theatre Program in 2005 she has established herself as a versatile actress with roles on television including the multiple award-winning comedy Letterkenny, Amazon's Man in the High Castle, Hemlock Grove for Netflix, and the CBC legal drama Diggstown. Feature film credits include Immortals, On the Road, Death Wish and The Hummingbird Project opposite Alexander Skarsgård. Tiio received critical acclaim as Oak in the 2017 action/thriller Mohawk, directed by Ted Geoghegan. Tiio earned a Gemini Award nomination in 2009 for her portrayal of Angel in the APTN MOW Moccasin Flats: Redemption, as well in 2010 and 2011 as part of the ensemble cast of CBC's 18 to Life. In 2018 she launched the podcast Coffee With My Ma, sharing the adventures and experiences of of her activist mother, Kahentinetha. Most recently, Tiio co-hosted the 2019 Indspire Awards on CBC, recognizing the outstanding achievements of individuals within Canada's Indigenous community.Iroquois (Mohawk) Nation- Director
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Kelvin Redvers is a multiple award-winning Aboriginal filmmaker and actor. Born and raised in the small town of Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada, at the age of 15 he started a video production company called Crosscurrent Productions. In high school, he made short films with his classmates that soon went on to win national and international awards at film festivals around the world. Sheep, a 35 minute long movie Redvers made at the age 16, went on to win a Golden Starfish Award at the Hamptons International Film Festival in New York.
Redvers attended Simon Fraser University, while at the same time continually finding success at film festivals in Canada and around the world for his works. He completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in Film Production, and was awarded the Gordon Shrum Gold Medal, the most prestigious award available to any student at SFU.
Immediately after university, Redvers was hired as a producer and director on the acclaimed Indigenous current affairs show First Story, where the first episode he produced, Black Blood, went on to win a prestigious Jack Webster Award, as well as winning the RTNDA Trina McQueen Award for Best News Information Program in B.C. In the three seasons working at the show, he was able to earn five journalism awards, including a second Jack Webster Award.
His first step into the world of major film festivals was with his narrative short film, The Dancing Cop, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, and a subsequent international premiere at the Oldenburg International Film Festival.
In television, Redvers created the concept for the documentary series "High Arctic Haulers", airing on CBC primetime television September 2019, while also acting as a Consulting Producer and Director on the show. Around the time that show was being developed, he also co-created the We Matter Campaign with his sister Tunchai - a national multi-media and social media campaign that supports Indigenous youth with issues around mental health. We Matter has tens of thousands of followers, and millions of views online.
Redvers working towards completing his first feature film, while also working on several other projects.Metis Nation