Shirley Cheechoo

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.

Directed

1. Johnny Tootall (2005) — Director
2. Backroads (2000) — Director
3. In Shadow (2003) — Director
4. Pikutiskaau (Mother Earth) (2003) — Director
5. Silent Tears (1997) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Christmas in the Clouds (2001) — Betty
2. Song of Hiawatha (1997) — 1st Old Woman
3. Johnny Greyeyes (2000) — Shirley
4. Medicine River (1993) — Candy
5. Backroads (2000) — Ruby
6. Place of the Boss: Utshimassits (1996) — Narrator
7. The Wake (1986)
8. Silent Tears (1997)