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Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs (born August 8, 1993) is a First Nations (Mohawk) actress. For her performance in Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013), she garnered a Canadian Screen Awards nomination for Best Actress. [1]
Devery Jacobs was born and raised in Kahnawa:ke Mohawk Territory and is an award-winning actor and filmmaker. Her breakout leading role in Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013) landed her a nomination for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.
Jun 1, 2022 · Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs, known professionally as Devery Jacobs, is an award-winning Indigenous actor and filmmaker, born and raised in Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, a reservation in Quebec,...
Best known for her critically acclaimed turn in Reservation Dogs, in Backspot, Devery Jacobs takes on the role of a driven teenager who struggles to handle the pressure when she is promoted to an elite cheer squad that trains under a formidable coach played by Evan Rachel Wood.
Jun 5, 2024 · As a transmasculine Quechua Qariwarmi writer, their work focuses on transgender health and wellness. The 30-year-old actor shattered Indigenous stereotypes in Reservation Dogs. Now, she’s ready to tell her own authentic queer stories in Backspot.
Devery Jacobs was born and raised in Kahnawa:ke Mohawk Territory and is an award-winning actor and filmmaker. Her breakout leading role in Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013) landed her a nomination for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.
Jul 27, 2023 · From her lauded work on Reservation Dogs to her new film This Place, Jacobs is blazing her own trail.