Shirley Cheechoo
- Directing
- Eastmain, Quebec, Canada
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Johnny Tootall · Writer, Director
- In Shadow · Director
- Pikutiskaau (Mother Earth) · Director
- Christmas in the Clouds · Betty
- Johnny Greyeyes · Shirley
- Backroads · Ruby, Writer
- Silent Tears · Director, Writer
- Song of Hiawatha · 1st Old Woman
- Place of the Boss: Utshimassits · Narrator
- Medicine River · Candy
- The Wake