Jayli Wolf
Jayli Wolf | |
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![]() Wolf in 2019 | |
Background information | |
Born | 23 November Creston, British Columbia, Canada |
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Years active | 2013–present |
Associated acts | Once A Tree |
Nationality | Canadian |
Spouse(s) | Hayden John Wolf (m. 2012) |
Jayli Wolf (born 23 November) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and filmmaker. She began her music career in collaboration with Hayden Wolf under the name Once A Tree. As a solo artist, she broke out with her single and music video "Child of the Government", which made CBC Music's top 10 Canadian songs of 2021 and won Best Music Video at the Venice Short Film Awards.[1] She released her debut solo EP Wild Whisper in 2021.[2][3]
Early and personal life[]
Wolf was born in Creston, British Columbia to a teen mother of Danish descent and raised in a trailer with her maternal family. She was told she was half-Mexican growing up, only to learn she was First Nations at the age of eight. Her father reached out to her with the discovery that he had been unwittingly taken in the Sixties Scoop and had his ethnicity covered up on his adoption papers. He found his family in the Saulteau community near Chetwynd.[4]
Wolf is bisexual. She grew up a Jehovah's Witness in what she has described as a Doomsday cult. She convinced her collaborator Hayden Wolf, whom she met online through mutual friends, to join her in leaving the religion. They married in 2012 and moved to Toronto together when Jayli won a songwriting contest. She dropped out of university to pursue a career in music. She has reconnected with her paternal family and indigenous heritage as an adult.[5][6]
Wild Whisper, her debut EP, was a Juno Award nominee for Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022.[7]
Discography[]
EPs[]
Title | Details |
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Wild Whisper | Released: 2021
Label: Studio 71 |
Singles[]
Year | Title | Album |
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2013 | "I Can't Remember" | N/A |
2021 | "Child of the Government" | Wild Whisper |
"Hush"[8][9] | ||
"Lead Me"[10] | N/A |
Music videos[]
Year | Title | Album |
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2021 | "Child of the Government" | Wild Whisper |
"Hush" | ||
"Would You Die"[11] | ||
"Hell" | ||
"Lead Me" | N/A |
Filmography[]
Film[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | Being | Angel | Short film |
2017 | Ways to Water | Girl | Short film |
2018 | Level 16 | ||
2021 | Run Woman Run | Jess | |
2021 | The Exchange | Brenda |
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014–2016 | Mohawk Girls | Tulip | Recurring role; 8 episodes |
2015 | Single Ladies | Flight Attendant | Episode: "Gone" |
2016 | Urban Native Girl | 2 episodes | |
2018 | rising | Herself | Documentary |
2019 | Burden of Truth | Ashley | 3 episodes |
2020 | Tribal | Susan | Episode: "The Road to Hell is Paved" |
2020 | Trickster | Destiny | 1 episode |
2021 | Y: The Last Man | Laura / Athena | 5 episodes |
Awards and nominations[]
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
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2021 | Venice Shorts Film Awards | Best Music Video | "Child of the Government" | Won | [12] |
American Indian Film Festival | Best Supporting Actress | Run Woman Run | Nominated | [13] | |
2022 | Juno Awards | Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year | Wild Whisper | Pending |
References[]
- ^ "The top 100 Canadian songs of 2021". CBC Music. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Hot Streak: Jayli Wolf". Instrumental. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ Leiber, Sarah Jae (2 April 2021). "Jayli Wolf Releases 'Child Of The Government'". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ Peters, Alexa (14 May 2021). "Jayli Wolf Reclaims Every Part of Herself on Forthcoming EP Wild Whisper". AudioFemme. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ Weekes, Jabbari (6 August 2015). "Once A Tree Want to Save Your Soul". Vice. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ Eckersley, Lorne (7 December 2017). "Creston grad and husband recognized by Rolling Stone as new performers of note". Creston Valley Advance. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ Jackson Weaver, "Charlotte Cardin, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber lead 2022 Juno Award nominees". CBC News, March 1, 2022.
- ^ Estrada, Sienna. "Jayli Wolf soars in her new single, "Hush" [Video]". EarMilk. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ "Queer Indigenous artist Jayli Wolf refuses to be silent in new single "Hush"". Queer Forty. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ Major, Michael (30 September 2021). "Jayli Wolf Releases Empowering New Single 'Lead Me'". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ Valentine, Claire. "Premiere: Jayli Wolf finds strength in vulnerability in "Would You Die" video". Nylon. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ Rosier, Lauren (5 April 2021). "Indigenious and queer artist, Jayli Wolf, drops new video "Child of the Government" out now". That Mag. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ Schilling, Vincent (7 November 2021). "American Indian Film Festival: 126 films, 30 nominees, 6 winners". Indian Country Today. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
External links[]
- Jayli Wolf at IMDb
- Living people
- Actresses from British Columbia
- Bisexual actresses
- Bisexual musicians
- Canadian people of Danish descent
- Canadian people of First Nations descent
- Canadian TikTokers
- First Nations actresses
- First Nations musicians
- Former Jehovah's Witnesses
- LGBT musicians from Canada
- LGBT First Nations people
- Musicians from British Columbia
- People from the Regional District of Central Kootenay
- Saulteaux people