Directing
Shirley Cheechoo
EN, CR cinema · 11 credits
Birthplace
Eastmain, Quebec, Canada
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
2005
Johnny Tootall
Director, Writer
In Shadow
Director
Backroads
as Ruby, Writer, Producer, Director
Johnny Greyeyes
as Shirley
Song of Hiawatha
as 1st Old Woman
Silent Tears
1997
Silent Tears
Actor, Director, Writer
Place of the Boss: Utshimassits
as Narrator
Medicine River
as Candy