Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs

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Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs
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Jacobs in 2017
Born (1993-08-08) August 8, 1993 (age 28)
Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Other namesDevery Jacobs
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present
Known forRhymes for Young Ghouls, Mohawk Girls, American Gods, The Order

Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs (born August 8, 1993), occasionally credited as Devery Jacobs, is a Canadian actress. For her performance in Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013), she garnered a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress nomination.[1]

Career[]

Jacobs began acting in the late 2000s with role in the television series The Dead Zone (2007) and Assassin's Creed: Lineage (2009).

In 2013, Jacobs played the lead character in Rhymes for Young Ghouls, which premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. For her work in the film, Jacobs was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress in a leading role.[1]

In 2014, she appeared in the music video for A Tribe Called Red's "Sisters".[2]

In 2019, in the second season of American Gods, Jacobs played a young Cherokee college student, Sam Black Crow, who identifies as "two-spirited". In an interview, she said that Neil Gaiman (author of the novels on which the series is based) advocated strongly for her to be cast in the role, but noted:

"I identify as queer, and not two-spirited, because I’m Mohawk and we don’t have that."[3][4]

Also in 2019, Jacobs played a recurring role as Lilith Bathory in the first and second season of the Netflix series The Order.[5]

In 2021 Jacobs was cast as a regular on the TV series Reservation Dogs about a group of Indigenous teenagers growing up in rural Oklahoma.

Personal life[]

Jacobs is Mohawk.[6] At the time of her performance in Rhymes for Young Ghouls, Jacobs was a student in the correctional intervention program at John Abbott College.[6]

Jacobs identifies as queer.[7]

Filmography[]

Year Title Role Notes
2007 The Dead Zone Monique TV series
2008 South of the Moon Alexa Dumont Film
2009 Assassin's Creed: Lineage Claudia Auditore TV miniseries
2012 Exploding Sun Nourhan TV film
2013 The Blanketing Seniya Short film
2013 Rhymes for Young Ghouls Aila
2013–2015 Mohawk Girls Lollipop TV series
2015 A Big Black Short Jess Short film
2016 The Sun at Midnight Lia
2016 The Land of Rock and Gold Andrea
2016 Running Eagle Judith Short film
2016 Another WolfCop Daisy
2016 Level 16 Vivien
2016 The Walking Dead: Michonne Sam Video game
2016 Stolen Director Short film
2018 The Lie Britney Ismali
2019 American Gods Sam Blackcrow TV series; recurring role
2019–2020 The Order Lilith Bathory TV series; recurring role
2019 Blood Quantum James
2019 Rustic Oracle Older Ivy
2021 Rutherford Falls Jess Wells TV series; recurring
2021 Reservation Dogs Elora Danan TV series; main role[8]
2021 Bootlegger Mani
2022 Ark: The Animated Series Alasie Voice role[9]

Awards[]

Year Award Result Film
2014 Canadian Screen Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role Won Rhymes for Young Ghouls
2016 Whistler Film Festival: Best Performance in a Canadian Film[10] Won The Sun at Midnight
2017 American Indian Film Festival: Best Actress[11] Won The Sun at Midnight
2017 Yorkton Film Festival: Best Aboriginal Film[12] Won Stolen
2017 ImagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival: Ellen Monague Award for Best Youth Work[13] Won Rae
2018 Palm Springs Shortfest[14] Shortlisted Rae

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Canadian Screen Awards recognize Aboriginal talent". CBC News. January 13, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03.
  2. ^ "Watch A Tribe Called Red's 'Sisters' Turn Their Day Into a Dance Party". SPIN. 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  3. ^ Radish, Christina (March 24, 2019). "'American Gods' Season 2: Devery Jacobs on Bringing Sam Black Crow to Life". Collider. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  4. ^ "'American Gods' Casts Mr. Town, Sam Black Crow & New Media Roles For Season 2 On Starz". Deadline.com. June 4, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  5. ^ Ellenbogen, Rachael (March 6, 2019). "Meet 'The Order' Cast Before Netflix Series Premiere". International Business Times. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Ghoul Power!: Actress Devery Jacobs Discusses Her 'Badass' New Movie". Indian Country Today. October 18, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-10-21.
  7. ^ "American Gods' Devery Jacobs is a Queer Indigenous TV Star". 19 June 2019.
  8. ^ White, Peter (2020-12-22). "'Reservation Dogs' From Sterlin Harjo & Taika Waititi Receives Series Order At FX". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  9. ^ Del Rosario, Alexandra (December 11, 2020). "'Ark: The Animated Series': Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh & Elliot Page Among Voice Cast Members In New Video Game-Inspired Show".
  10. ^ "Previous Winners". Whistler Film Festival. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  11. ^ "Theatrical, Awards & Festivals". The Sun At Midnight Movie. February 26, 2018. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  12. ^ "2017 Winners & Nominees". Yorkton Film Festival. March 22, 2017. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  13. ^ "Festival 2017 Winners — imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival". January 9, 2019. Archived from the original on January 9, 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  14. ^ Jacobs, Devery. "Devery Jacobs: The Indigenous Actress You Need to Know". Reader's Digest Canada. Retrieved 2019-10-29.

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