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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

Song of Hiawatha
Song of Hiawatha

1997

as 1st Old Woman

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Backroads
Backroads

2000

as Ruby

Medicine River
Medicine River

1993

as Candy

Christmas in the Clouds
Johnny Greyeyes
Johnny Greyeyes

2000

as Shirley

Place of the Boss: Utshimassits
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