Shirley Cheechoo
Known For: Directing
Biography
Shirley Cheechoo CM (Cree: ᔒᓕᒋᒍ born 1952) is a Canadian Cree actress, writer, producer, director, and visual artist, best known for her solo-voice or monodrama play Path With No Moccasins, as well as her work with De-Ba-Jeh-Mu-Jig theatre group. Her first break came in 1985 when she was cast on the CBC's first nations TV series Spirit Bay, and later, in 1997, she found a role on the CBC's TV series The Rez. She was named chancellor of Brock University in July 2015,[1] the institution's first female and first aboriginal chancellor.
Filmography
2005
- Johnny Tootall ... (Director)
2003
- In Shadow ... (Director)
- Pikutiskaau (Mother Earth) ... (Director)
2001
- Christmas in the Clouds as Betty
2000
- Backroads as Ruby
1997
- Song of Hiawatha as 1st Old Woman
1996
- Place of the Boss: Utshimassits as Narrator
1993
- Medicine River as Candy