Acting

Misty Upham

Born July 6, 1982 · Kalispell, Montana, USA

Died October 5, 2014 · aged 32

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Misty Anne Upham (July 6, 1982 – October 5, 2014) was a Native American actress best known for her role in the 2008 film Frozen River, for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. She also appeared in Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian and August: Osage County. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mi…

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Django Unchained

Django Unchained · 2012

Django Unchained

MovieDramaWestern

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

August: Osage County

August: Osage County · 2013

August: Osage County

MovieComedyDrama

An intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother who raised them.

Cake

After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide.

Skinwalkers

Skinwalkers · 2002

MovieDramaThriller

Faced with the murder of three medicine men, Navajo police must find the culprit. That the murders appear to be the work of a Skinwalker, or bad medicine man, complicate and illuminate the detective's work.

Within

MovieHorrorThriller

A widower, his daughter, and his new wife move into a peaceful neighborhood. At first it appears to be a perfect neighborhood but the family quickly realize that something is not right about their new home.

Frozen River

Frozen River · 2008

MovieDramaCrime

After her husband deserts her, working-class mother Ray Eddy is in great need of money to find a home. Lured by the possibility of easy cash, she joins Lila, a widowed Mohawk who earns a living by smuggling immigrants from Canada to the U.S. across the St. Lawrence.

Jimmy P.

Jimmy P. · 2013

At the end of WWII, Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot who fought in France, suffers from unexplainable symptoms and is admitted to a military hospital. When doctors suspect schizophrenia, an eccentric psychoanalyst takes up the case and starts a conversation with the veteran.

The Dry Land

The Dry Land · 2010

A U.S. soldier returning home from war struggles to reconcile his experiences abroad with the life and family he left in Texas.

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Django Unchained

Django Unchained · 2012

Django Unchained

MovieDramaWestern

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

Minnie (uncredited)

August: Osage County

August: Osage County · 2013

August: Osage County

MovieComedyDrama

An intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother who raised them.

Johnna Monevata

Cake

After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide.

Liz

Skinwalkers

Skinwalkers · 2002

MovieDramaThriller

Faced with the murder of three medicine men, Navajo police must find the culprit. That the murders appear to be the work of a Skinwalker, or bad medicine man, complicate and illuminate the detective's work.

Nina

Within

MovieHorrorThriller

A widower, his daughter, and his new wife move into a peaceful neighborhood. At first it appears to be a perfect neighborhood but the family quickly realize that something is not right about their new home.

Tina Walsh

Frozen River

Frozen River · 2008

MovieDramaCrime

After her husband deserts her, working-class mother Ray Eddy is in great need of money to find a home. Lured by the possibility of easy cash, she joins Lila, a widowed Mohawk who earns a living by smuggling immigrants from Canada to the U.S. across the St. Lawrence.

Lila Littlewolf

Jimmy P.

Jimmy P. · 2013

At the end of WWII, Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot who fought in France, suffers from unexplainable symptoms and is admitted to a military hospital. When doctors suspect schizophrenia, an eccentric psychoanalyst takes up the case and starts a conversation with the veteran.

Jane

The Dry Land

The Dry Land · 2010

A U.S. soldier returning home from war struggles to reconcile his experiences abroad with the life and family he left in Texas.

Gloria

Edge of America

Edge of America · 2003

Edge of America

MovieDramaFamily

From acclaimed director Chris Eyre, whom People Magazine calls "…the preeminent Native American filmmaker of his time", comes this touching and inspirational story about loyalty, friendship, and courage. New man in town Kenny Williams has just accepted a position as an English professor at the Three Nations Reservation in Utah. Finding it hard to fit in with the tight-knit Native American community, he decides to take on the challenge of coaching the high school girls' basketball team.

Shirleen

Burn the Wagons

Burn the Wagons · 2009

Burn the Wagons

MovieDramaWestern

A Tribal Court Clerk trudges through another work-day.

Big Love

Big Love · 2006

The story of Bill Henrickson and his life in suburban Salt Lake City, balancing the needs of his three wives -- Barb, Nicki and Margene-- their seven kids, three new houses and the opening of his newest hardware store. When disturbing news arrives about Bill's father, he is forced to reconnect with his polygamist parents who live on a fundamentalist compound in rural Utah.

Leila Stilwell