First Nations & Native American Celebs
by NativeFilmEnthusiast | created - 06 Aug 2011 | updated - 11 Feb 2021 | PublicProfiles with images, get priority. Please let me know of any Native, Metis or Inuit actors worth adding. Thanks
101. Cody Kearsley
Actor | Riverdale
Cody Kearsley was born on March 10, 1991 in British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Riverdale (2017) and Daybreak (2019).
Metis Nation
102. Sierra Ashkewe
Actress | Crimson Sands
Sierra-Skye's unique story is derived from her diverse tribal background. Her mother is of Mohawk ancestry who was raised Jewish and her father was a Traditional Ojibwe Elder. Sierra-Skye was born on October 5, 1993 in Oshawa, Ontario Canada as part of a blended family and was raised up to ...
Iroquois (Mohawk) & Anishinabe (Ojibway) Nations
103. Makayah Crowfoot
Actress | Yellowstone
Makayah Crowfoot is of Navajo, Blackfoot, Iroquois, Oneida, Armenian, Irish, English, and French decent. She has traveled and grown up all over the country. She loves reading, drawing, dancing, playing softball, and riding her bike. She enjoys working on films with her mother and siblings. Makayah ...
Navajo, Blackfoot, & Iroquois (Oneida) Nations
104. Phoenix Wilson
Actor | Longmire
Phoenix Wilson is an Canadian Indigenous/ Anishaabe actor. He was born in Sudbury, Ontario but his home community is M'Chigeeng First Nation, located on Manitoulin Island, home to the Anishinabek of the Three Fires Confederacy: Odawa, Ojibway and the Pottawattomi Nations. Phoenix has done movies, ...
105. Ana Red Horse
Actress | The Red Man's View
Ana Red Horse is known for The Red Man's View and Red Man's View: The Trail of Truth Begins.
106. Samuel Marty
Actor | Prey
Samuel is from Frog Lake First Nation's, the Land of Princes, a Plains Cree & Nakota Stoney descent born in Edmonton Alberta, Samuel is the youngest child, with two older brothers, and one sister. At age 12 Samuel made his entrance in the film industry as an extra on Blackstone's TV series. It ...
Cree & Nakota Nations
107. Johnny Sequoyah
Actress | Believe
Johnny Sequoyah was born on October 25, 2002 in Los Angeles, California. She is an actress, known for Believe (2014), Dexter: New Blood (2021) and American Housewife (2016).
Cherokee Nation
108. Sladen Peltier
Actor | It Chapter Two
Sladen Peltier is known for It Chapter Two (2019), Indian Horse (2017) and Run Woman Run (2021).
109. Bella Maltzman
Actress | Nova Road
Bella Rose Maltzman is an actor, dancer, model and host from Orlando, Florida. She is actively involved in central Florida films, commercials, dance and voiceover work.
Bella Rose started acting at the age of 6 when she expressed a true desire to be on television. Her passion for acting is very ...
Taos Pueblo Nation
110. Tryston Skye
Actor | All Roads to Pearla
Tryston Skye is known for All Roads to Pearla (2019), Hunting Jessica (2022) and The GateWay.
Otoe-Missouria, Cheyenne, & Chickasaw Nations
111. Camille Manybeads Tso
Producer | In the Footsteps of Yellow Woman
Camille Manybeads Tso is known for In the Footsteps of Yellow Woman (2009), Powerlands (2022) and The TV (2010).
Navajo Nation
112. Nakotah LaRance
Actor | Into the West
Nakotah LaRance was born on August 23, 1989 in Barrow, Alaska, USA (now Utqiagvik, Alaska, USA). He was an actor, known for Into the West (2005), Expiration Date (2006) and Longmire (2012). He died on July 12, 2020 in near Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, New Mexico, USA.
Hopi, Tewa, Assiniboine, & Navajo Nations (RIP)
113. Carsen Gray
Actress | Peter Pan
Carsen Gray is known for Peter Pan (2003) and Guilt Free Zone (2015).
Haida Nation
114. Cody Lightning
Actor | Four Sheets to the Wind
Cody Lightning was born on August 8, 1986 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is an actor and director, known for Four Sheets to the Wind (2007), Hey, Viktor! (2023) and Brick (2005).
Cree Nation
115. Raven Lockwood
Actress | American Indian Graffiti: This Thing Life
Raven Lockwood is known for American Indian Graffiti: This Thing Life (2003), Memory (2004) and When (2001).
116. Elias Louie
Actor | Clouds of Autumn
Elias Louie is known for Clouds of Autumn (2015) and Millennium Line (2015).
117. Sarah Podemski
Actress | Reservation Dogs
Sarah Podemski is an award winning Anishinaabe/Ashkenazi multidisciplinary artist from Toronto. She is passionate about recreating the Indigenous narrative that has been misrepresented since the beginning of cinema. She can be seen pulling double duty on television. She stars in the critically ...
Anishinabe (Saulteaux) Nation
118. Chevez Ezaneh
Actor | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Chevez Ezaneh was born on August 12, 1992 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. He is an actor, known for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007), Into the West (2005) and Freedom Riders (2009). He is married to Destiny Ezaneh. They have one child.
Dene Nation
119. Happy Frejo
Director | My Darkest Hour
Happy Frejo is known for My Darkest Hour (2006), The Veil (2017) and Wild Indian (2021).
Pawnee & Seminole Nations
120. Paul-Dylan Ivalu
Actor | Le jour avant le lendemain
Paul-Dylan Ivalu is known for Before Tomorrow (2008), Searchers (2016) and The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006).
Inuit Nations
121. Kendra Mylnechuk
Actress | 2 Days in New York
Kendra Mylnechuk is known for Two Days in New York (2012), The Blacklist (2013) and We Burn Like This (2021).
Inuit Nation
122. Kyle Agnew
Actor | John Carter
Kyle Agnew is known for John Carter (2012), Pop Star (2013) and Cowboys and Indians (2013).
123. Terri Poahway
Actress | American Indian Graffiti: This Thing Life
Terri Poahway is a proud enrolled member of the Kiowa tribe of Oklahoma. She is currently a sophomore at Cameron University (Lawton, Oklahoma) and is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communications with double minors in Theatre and Health and Physical education. Her future aspirations ...
Kiowa Nation
Inuit (Inupiat) Nation
125. Elena Finney
Actress | Charmed
Elena Finney is known for Charmed (1998), Medical Investigation (2004) and Love, Inc. (2005).
Mescalero Apache & Tarascan Nations
126. Tyson Houseman
Actor | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
Tyson Houseman was born on February 9, 1990 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is an actor, known for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) and The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009).
Cree Nation
127. Kumiko Konishi
Actress | The Following
Kumiko Konishi is known for The Following (2013), Blood After Sunset (2009) and Black Summer (2019).
Choctaw & Ishak Nations
128. Tahmoh Penikett
Actor | Battlestar Galactica
He is the son of former Yukon premier Anthony David John Penikett (Tony). A graduate of the Victoria Motion picture school, Tahmoh also studied at the Lyric School of Acting in Vancouver. Tahmoh and his family (his father, and his twin sisters Sarah and Stephanie) make their home in Vancouver, ...
Upper Tanana Nation
129. Nalita Murray
Self | The Real
Nalita Murray is a proud enrolled member of the Blackfeet (Aamsskáápi Piikûni) Nation. Her mother, Geraldine, a full blood Native American born and raised in Two Medicine on the Blackfeet Nation was a single mother who worked as a housekeeper. Her father, Ken, a fisherman whose mother was from ...
Blackfeet Nation
130. Adam Beach
Actor | Windtalkers
Adam Beach was born in Ashern, Manitoba, the son of Sally and Dennis Beach, and was raised on the Dog Creek First Nations Reserve, with his two brothers. A troubled childhood saw his mother killed by a drunk driver, and his alcoholic father drowned only weeks afterward. The three brothers went to ...
Anishinabe (Saulteaux) Nation
131. Kimberly Guerrero
Actress | The Glorias
Kimberly is a Native American actor who has enjoyed a long career in film, television, and theatre. Some of Kimberly's recent credits include playing "Auntie B" in FX on the hit comedy RESERVATION DOGS, "Katie Clarke" opposite Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer in the lauded Amazon/BBC limited series ...
Colville, Salish-Kootenai, & Cherokee Nations
132. Benjamin Bratt
Actor | Miss Congeniality
The middle of five children, Bratt hails from a close-knit family. His mother, an indigenous Quechua Peruvian from Lima, moved to the U.S. at age 14. He grew up in San Francisco. He is known for his roles in the films Traffic (2000), Miss Congeniality (2000), and Despicable Me 2 (2013). He is ...
Quechua Nation
133. Alana LaMalice
Actress | Aftermath
Alana LaMalice is known for Aftermath (2016), Stenwyken (2012) and Bad City (2014).
Dene & Cree Nations
134. Jonathan Brewer
Actor | Apocalypto
Jonathan Brewer was born in Cardston, Alberta, Canada. He grew up on his home land of the Blackfeet people on the Kainai nation in Southern Alberta, Canada on a farm/ ranch with his family. After he graduated in 1995, he took an interest in acting as a means of work which became a great interest.
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Cree Nation
135. Patricia Velasquez
Actress | The Mummy Returns
Creativity goes beyond canvas, photos, film, and media. It also catalyzes charity, philanthropy, and activism.
Award-winning actress, history-making supermodel, staunch philanthropist, conscientious activist, author, and loving mom Patricia Velásquez applies an eternal creative spirit to everything ...
Wayuu Nation
136. Noah Watts
Actor | Assassin's Creed III
Noah Watts is known for Assassin's Creed III (2012), Ringer (2011) and Sons of Anarchy (2008).
Crow Nation
137. Karina Lombard
Actress | Legends of the Fall
Karina Lombard is an actor, screenwriter and director. She is Italian, French, Native American. Born in Tahiti, the youngest of five children, and raised and educated in Spain, Switzerland and Peru. She is fluent in English, Spanish, Italian, French and German. She resides in Venice, California.
She...
Lakota Nation
138. William Belleau
Actor | Killers of the Flower Moon
William Grew up on a reservation in the central British Columbia, Alkali Lake, BC later his Mother Marilyn and Father Dave, whom are both Residential School Surviviors, would move to Edmonton until William was in his preteens. Having moved back William started acting in local plays for his ...
Secwepemc Nation
139. Erika Stone
Actress | Old Man
Erika Stone is known for Old Man (2004), The Ploy (2015) and Midnight (2006).
Iroquois Nation
140. Alex Kruz
Actor | Fallen: The Search of A Broken Angel
Alex Kruz is known for Fallen: The Search of A Broken Angel (2023), The Garden Left Behind (2019) and Parivara (2016).
Quechua & Mescalero Apache Nations
141. Tanis Parenteau
Actress | Rehab
Tanis is an actor/producer and member of the Métis Nation of Alberta (Cree). TV: Billions, FBI: Most Wanted, Gossip Girl, Designated Survivor, House of Cards and Tribal. New York theatre: The Public Theater, Signature Theater, 59E59 Theaters and La Mama. Regional: Oregon Shakespeare Festival. As a ...
Cree & Metis Nations
142. Ron E. Scott
Writer | Tribal
Ron E. Scott is an award-winning Showrunner and Director with over twenty five years of industry experience. After graduating from Vancouver Film School in 1993, he founded Prairie Dog Film + Television and has since become a prominent figure in the world of independent television production. He ...
Metis Nation
143. Leanne Poirier Greenfield
Actress | Life in a Year
Growing up in a small town in Manitoba and going to a school without a drama program, Leanne didn't realize her dream until moving to Fort McMurray Alberta. There she enrolled into the theater program at Keyano College. After graduation, Leanne moved to Toronto to pursue film and television. Being ...
Metis Nation
144. Aqqalu Meekis
Actor | I Still See You
Aqqalu Meekis is known for I Still See You (2018), Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024) and Dead Boy Detectives (2024).
145. Cara Jade Myers
Actress | Killers of the Flower Moon
In 2023 Cara Jade Myers can be seen starring opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Brendan Fraser in "Killers of the Flower Moon" (Apple Original Films). Directed by Martin Scorsese, the film is based on David Grann's best-selling book and set in 1920s Oklahoma, where a string of brutal ...
146. Ajuawak Kapashesit
Actor | Indian Horse
Ajuawak Kapashesit is known for Indian Horse (2017), Seeds (2022) and Language Keepers (2023).
Anishinabe (Ojibway) Nation
147. Oracle Arrand
Actress | Indian Horse
Oracle Arrand is known for Indian Horse (2017), Da Vinci's Inquest (1998) and Intelligence (2005).
Cree Nation
148. Dylan Cook
Actor | Letterkenny
Thomas-Dylan Cook is a multi-talented Ojibway artist and actor hailing from Batchewana First Nation, Ontario. With a diverse background in the film industry, Dylan's passion for the arts has led him down a variety of creative paths, including visual art and aircraft painting.
Dylan's strong work ...
Anishinabe (Ojibway) Nation
149. Cheyenne King
Cheyenne King was born in the USA. Cheyenne is an actor and producer, known for Older Than America (2008), Amityville Toybox (2016) and Terrible Angels (2012).
Anishinabe (Ojibway) Nation
150. Tristan Manyhorses
Stunts | Outer Range
Tristan Manyhorses is known for Outer Range (2022), The Comeback Trail (2020) and Dark Winds (2022).
151. Lora Martinez-Cunningham
Actress | Flamin' Hot
Lora Martinez-Cunningham was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. She is known for Flamin' Hot (2023), The Book of Eli (2010) and Sicario (2015).
Ute & Cherokee Nations
152. Benjamin Dane
Actor | First Lady
Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Benjamin attended the High School For Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) where he studied art, not drama. However, after a stint as a vet's assistant, he promptly switched enrolment to The High School for Health Professions. With an intense love for art and design...
Blackfeet & Comanche Nations
153. Allyson Pratt
Actress | Teenagers
Allyson Pratt is a mixed race First Nations actress born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. Her mother is of Plains Cree and French descent. Best known for her work on Teenagers (2014) and Mohawk Girls (2010), Allyson is also a trained vocalist and dancer, winning the RAPA Triple Threat Award in her ...
Metis Nation
154. Sheldon Silentwalker
Actor | 5th World
Sheldon Silentwalker, (Also known as: Naat'anii Tsoh (Big Leader) and Shelby Silentwalker) is Tóaheedlíínii (Water Flows Together Clan) Born for Tódích'ii'nii (Bitter Water Clan), his Maternal Grandfather's are Naasht'ézhi Dine'é Tábaahi (Zuni Water Edge Clan) and his Paternal Grandfather's are ...
Navajo Nation
155. Jenny Pudavick
Actress | Mohawk Girls
With over 20 years of on camera experience in film and television across Canada and the United States, Jenny's most recent television credits include a recurring role on CBC's new comedy Workin' Moms, a lead role in APTN's Mohawk Girls, and a recurring role in The Pinkerton's. Watch for Jenny is ...
Metis Nation
156. Meegwun Fairbrother
Actor | D dot H
Meegwun was born in Toronto, Ontario Canada. From age two to thirteen, he lived up on many First Nations communities across Northern Ontario. Meegwun grew up hunting, fishing and enjoying the outdoors while taking part in many Ojibway cultural practices. Dancing, singing and art were always a part ...
Anishinabe (Ojibway) Nation
157. Brianna Womick
Stunts | SEAL Team
Brianna Womick is an actress, stunt performer, & dancer. She has been performing from the time she was 3 years old on stage, on camera, & in front of live audiences in venues all over the country. Brianna is one of the most intense & humble actresses you will ever meet.
Brianna is Native American, ...
Iroquois (Mohawk) & Cherokee Nations
158. Sean Wei Mah
Sean Wei Mah is a full-blood Cree Native American/First Nations Actor/Artist from Canada. Sean is an accomplished Native American artist and entrepreneur with a successful art business. Sean currently resides in the USA living his dream as an artist and sharing his culture and spirituality. Sean ...
Cree Nation
159. Lisa Cromarty
Actress | The Silencing
Lisa Cromarty (Anishinaabe) is a First Nations actor born and raised in Northern Ontario. She is a member of the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve located on Manitoulin Island. She has trained at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre and Canada's National Voice Intensive. In addition to acting, she ...
Anishinabe (Ojibway) Nation
160. Vincent Whipple
Actor | Windtalkers
Vincent Whipple is known for Windtalkers (2002) and Unseen Evil (2001).
Oglala, Santee & Navajo Nations
161. Heather Rae
Producer | Frozen River
Heather Rae was born on October 1, 1966 in Venice, California, USA. She is a producer and director, known for Frozen River (2008), Tallulah (2016) and Bull (2019). She has been married to Russell Friedenberg since July 1999. They have three children.
Cherokee Nation
162. Flint Eagle
Stunts | The Incredible Hulk
Flint Eagle is known for The Incredible Hulk (2008), The Next Three Days (2010) and The Day After Tomorrow (2004).
Iroquois (Mohawk) Nation
163. Rulan Tangen
Actress | The New World
Rulan Tangen is an internationally accomplished dance artist and choreographer. She is the Founding Artistic Director and Choreographer of Dancing Earth, noted in Dance Magazine as "One of the Top 25 To Watch", and winner of the National Dance Project Production and Touring Grant, as well as the ...
Blackfeet & Metis Nations
164. Phillip Blanchett
Music_department | Die Einsamkeit des Killers vor dem Schuss
Phillip Blanchett is known for A Hitman's Solitude Before the Shot (2014), True Detective (2014) and Life Below Zero: First Alaskans (2022).
Inuit Nation
165. Carrie Madariaga
Actress | Eagle Falls
Carrie Madariaga is of Basque, Luiseno, Polish and Scotch-Irish descents. Raised on the Pechanga Indian Reservation in Temecula California, where her ancestors have lived for over ten thousand years. Madariaga began began acting in San Diego ca., working with commercial Emmy award winning director ...
Luiseno Nation
166. Myrton Running Wolf
Actor | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Myrton Running Wolf received his Ph.D. in Theater and Performance Studies from Stanford University, his M.F.A. in film production from the University of Southern California, and his M.A. in Performance Studies from NYU-Tisch School of the Arts. Professionally, he worked behind-the-scenes in ...
Blackfeet Nation
167. Sydney Freeland
Director | Drunktown's Finest
Sydney Freeland was born on October 29, 1980 in Gallup, New Mexico, USA. She is a director and writer, known for Drunktown's Finest (2014), Rez Ball and Reservation Dogs (2021).
Navajo Nation
168. Gil Birmingham
Actor | Wind River
Gil Birmingham is an American actor of Comanche ancestry, best known for his portrayal of Billy Black in the The Twilight Saga film series. Birmingham was born in San Antonio, Texas. His family moved frequently during his childhood, due to his father's career in the military. He learned to play the...
Comanche Nation
169. Stacey Thunder
Actress | Yellowstone
Stacey Thunder is a producer, television host, actress, and attorney serving Indian Country for over 20 years. She began her television career in 2004 as the host and co-producer of the on-going PBS weekly news magazine series, "Native Report", of which she has hosted 154 episodes in eleven years. ...
Anishinabe (Ojibway) Nation
170. Gary Sundown
Actor | Bury My Heart with Tonawanda
Actor, Director, Producer, Fight/Stunt Coordinator - Award winning Director of his first feature film Bury My Heart With Tonawanda. Born in 1969, is a descendant of the Seneca Nation, and lives with his family in Western New York. Started acting in 2004, and has been in such films as Terrence ...
Iroquois (Seneca) Nation
Metis Nation
172. Peter Bratt
Writer | Dolores
Aside from being Benjamin Bratt's brother, Peter Bratt is a growing force in his own right. With his critically acclaimed independent first feature film Follow Me Home (1996), he dared to explore race and identity from the multiple and intersecting perspectives of Chicanos, African Americans, and ...
Quechua Nation
173. Irene Bedard
Actress | Pocahontas
Irene Bedard (born July 22, 1967) is an Alaska Native actress enrolled in the Native Village of Koyuk who has played many American Indian characters in a variety of television shows and films. She is best known for her voice role as the title character in the Disney animated film "Pocahontas," and ...
Inuit (Inupiaq) & Cree Nations
174. Mo Brings Plenty
Actor | Yellowstone
Mo Brings Plenty is an enrolled Lakota who hails from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. His traditional name -- given to him as a young boy -- is Ta Sunke Wospapi ("catches his horse"); it befits a man who spends more time on his horses than anywhere else. As a Makes Room on his mother's side and ...
Lakota Nation
175. Carmen Moore
Actress | Blackstone
Carmen has had an extensive career in film and television for over 25 years, with prominent roles in many fan favorite shows.
With a start in local theatre in Vancouver she quickly gained recognition with a couple of Jesse nominations. Auditions for film started a slew of guest starring and ...
Wet'suwet'en Nation
176. Clint Andrew
Actor | Supernatural
From Supernatural to Masters of Horror and Thisbe in A Midsummer Night's Dream on stage, Clint is, Clint did, Clint is in the now.
He loved his two year full time studies at Gastown Actor's Studio in Vancouver, BC. receiving teachings and guidance from teachers/actors Bart Anderson, Andrew Johnston ...
Lil'wat Nation
177. Audrie Rivera
Actress | Streetballers
Stage and film actress Audrie Rivera was born in Germany and raised "all over the world" thanks to her father being in the military. While still in high school, Audrie was accepted into the prestigious Opera Theater of St. Louis where she trained and performed under the very best opera voice ...
178. Glen Gould
Actor | Tulsa King
Glen Gould is an acclaimed actor with a remarkable career in theater, television, and film. With his exceptional talent and versatility, he has garnered numerous awards and critical acclaim for his performances. From his recent roles in Marie Clements' "Bones of Crows" to his recurring role ...
Mi'kmaq Nation
179. Tamara Podemski
Actress | Outer Range
Tamara Podemski is a multi-disciplinary artist born and raised in Toronto to an Ojibway mother from Treaty 4 Territory in Saskatchewan and an Ashkenazi father from Israel. She is a graduate of the Claude Watson School for the Performing Arts where she studied theatre, dance and music throughout its...
Anishinabe (Saulteaux) Nation
180. Delno Ebie
Actor | Love, Courage and the Battle of Bushy Run
Delno Ebie is known for playing passionate characters with an edgy exterior. Good guy or bad guy there's always something boiling under the surface that makes his portrayals memorable and engaging. Born in Wichita, Kansas, he's the son of Leota Johnson and Thomas Loggia. Starting at an early age, ...
Anishinabe (Ojibway), Delaware, & Cherokee Nations
181. Anjelah Johnson-Reyes
Actress | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Anjelah Johnson-Reyes was born and raised in San Jose, California where she grew up with four siblings in a large extended family to which she remains close. She embarked upon her career as a professional cheerleader for the Oakland Raiders at the age of 20 and performed at Super Bowl XXXVII where ...
182. Tommy J. Mueller
Actor | Blackstone
Tommy J. Mueller is known for Blackstone (2009), The Birds Who Fear Death and Tender as Hellfire (2009).
183. Zoe Leigh Hopkins
Director | Little Bird
Zoe Leigh Hopkins is known for Little Bird (2023), Run Woman Run (2021) and Kayak to Klemtu (2017).
Heiltsuk & Iroquois (Mohawk) Nations
184. Joseph Lazare
Director | By the Rapids
Joseph Lazare is known for By the Rapids (2008), Might of the Starchaser (2004) and Good Looking (2007).
Iroquois (Mohawk) Nation
185. Kateri Walker
Actress | K-PAX
Kateri Walker is known for K-PAX (2001), Outside Ozona (1998) and Kissed by Lightning (2009).
Anishinabe (Chippewa) Nation
186. Julian Black Antelope
Actor | Debris
Representing the Buckskin, Black Horse family of the Weasel People, Julian Black Antelope aka "JBA" is a Canadian actor of First Nations/Central American and Irish descent. JBA's performing career first began in the Canadian music scene before transitioning to acting in film and television in the ...
Blackfeet Nation
187. Jennifer Podemski
Producer | Moccasin Flats
Actor, Writer, Producer, Director Jennifer Podemski is a director, writer, producer and actor. Born and raised in Toronto, Jennifer makes her home in Barrie, Ontario.
Of mixed Anishinaabe (First Nation) and Ashkenazi (Jewish) decent, Jennifer's professional acting career began when she was 17. Her ...
Anishinabe (Saulteaux Nation)
188. Eugene Brave Rock
Actor | Wonder Woman
Brave Rock is best known for his hard hitting roles in AMC's Dark Winds as Frank Nakai and The Stranger in The Dirty Black Bag role. Previously appearing in a standout role in Wonder Woman as "The Chief" in Wonder Woman (2017) starring Gal Gadot in the title role. He was born and raised at the ...
Blackfoot Nation
189. Jennifer Soucie
Actress | Two Lovers and a Bear
Jennifer Soucie is known for Two Lovers and a Bear (2016) and Anaana's Tent (2018).
Inuit Nation
190. Billy Luther
Writer | Frybread Face and Me
Billy Luther is known for Frybread Face and Me (2023), Dark Winds (2022) and Miss Navajo (2007).
Navajo, Hopi, & Laguna Peublo Nations
191. Renae Morriseau
Actress | Backroads
Renae Morriseau was born in 1965 on the Peguis First Nations Reserve in Manitoba, Canada. She is familiar as the character Ellen Kenidi (Peter's wife) in Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's television series North of 60 (1992), but her accomplishments in broadcasting extend far beyond this visible ...
Anishinabe (Saulteaux) & Cree Nations
192. Joseph Valdez
Actor | Blacked Out
Joseph Valdez is known for Blacked Out (2012), Fighting Past (2012) and When the West Was Young (2013).
Navajo Nation
193. Kinnie Starr
Soundtrack | Thirteen
Kinnie Starr was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She is known for Thirteen (2003), Hip Hop Pills 1.Z (2015) and Edge of the Knife (2018).
Iroquois (Mohawk) Nation
194. Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
Writer | On the Ice
Andrew Okpeaha MacLean is known for On the Ice (2011), Sikumi (2008) and Futurestates (2010).
Inuit (Inupiaq) Nation
195. Stefany Mathias
Actress | Prey
Stefany was born and raised in North Vancouver BC. She is the only daughter of Squamish Nation hereditary Chief Joe Mathias and Janice Antoine, the principal of the Coldwater School in Merritt, BC.
Her love of the arts was ignited in her as a young child because her mom brought her to the theatre ...
Squamish Nation
196. William Joseph Elk III
Actor | The Business of Fancydancing
William Joseph Elk III is a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla, Cayuse and Walla Walla Tribes and is a graduate of the Schools of Business Administration and Theatre Arts at Portland State University. He delayed his business coursework to practice the art of acting and playwriting ...
Umatilla, Cayuse & Walla Walla Nations
197. Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
Producer | Angry Inuk
Alethea Arnaquq-Baril is known for Angry Inuk (2016), Lumaajuuq (2010) and North of North.
Inuit Nation
198. Loren Anthony
Actor | Dark Winds
Bound by blood to the Chuska Mountains in the great southwest, Loren Anthony earned his position as a true modern day warrior for his people. Helping communities near and far, with his positive paying it forward mindset. This multi-talented artist/actor began his journey during his childhood, ...
Navajo Nation
199. Jade Puga
Actress | Liberation
Jade Puga is known for Liberation (2009), Un beso (2009) and Passion of Existence (2003).
200. Larry Yazzie
Actor | Coyotaje
Larry Yazzie is known for Coyotaje (2018), Come and Get Your Love (2008) and No Blood of Mine (2017).
Navajo Nation
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