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Shirley Cheechoo

Eastmain, Quebec, Canada
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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

Backroads
Backroads

2000

as Ruby

Song of Hiawatha
Song of Hiawatha

1997

as 1st Old Woman

Medicine River
Medicine River

1993

as Candy

Christmas in the Clouds
Place of the Boss: Utshimassits
Johnny Greyeyes
Johnny Greyeyes

2000

as Shirley

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