Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs (born August 8, 1993), known professionally as Devery Jacobs, is an Indigenous Canadian ( Kanien'keha:ka (Mohawk)) actress and writer. For her performance in ''

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'' (2013), she garnered a

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nomination for

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. In

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, for her role on '' Reservation Dogs'', she was nominated for a

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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 ''

'', which premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. For her work in the film, Jacobs will be nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress in a leading role. In 2014, she appeared in the music video for A Tribe Called Red's "Sisters". In 2019, in the second season of '' American Gods'', Jacobs played a young

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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."

Also in 2019, Jacobs played a recurring role as Lilith Bathory in the first and second season of the Netflix series '' The Order''. Since 2021 Jacobs has played a leading role on the acclaimed TV series '' Reservation Dogs'' about a group of Indigenous teenagers growing up on a reservation in rural Oklahoma. For the role, she was nominated for a

. In season 2, she also joined the writer's room of the show.

Personal life

Jacobs is Kanien'keha:ka (Mohawk). At the time of her performance in ''Rhymes for Young Ghouls'', Jacobs was a student at

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, studying correctional intervention. She identifies as queer.

Filmography

Awards

References

External links

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