Shirley Cheechoo
Age: N/A | From: Eastmain, Quebec, Canada
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Eastmain, Quebec, Canada
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Movie Involvements: 9
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
In Shadow
(2003) Director
Backroads
(2000) Writer
Johnny Tootall
(2005) Writer
Pikutiskaau (Mother Earth)
(2003) DirectorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Betty | |
| 2000 | Ruby | |
| 1996 | Narrator | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
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| 2005 | Director | |
| 2003 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 2000 | Director | |
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Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2005 | Writer | |
| 2000 | Writer | |
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Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2000 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |