



Shirley Cheechoo
DirectingEastmain, Quebec, Canada

Biography
Shirley Cheechoo CM (Cree: ᔒᓕᒋᒍ born 1952) is a Canadian Cree actress, writer, producer, director, and visual artist, best known for her solo-voice or monodrama play Path With No Moccasins, as well as her work with De-Ba-Jeh-Mu-Jig theatre group. Her first break came in 1985 when she was cast on the CBC's first nations TV series Spirit Bay, and later, in 1997, she found a role on the CBC's TV series The Rez.
She was named chancellor of Brock University in July 2015,[1] the institution's first female and first aboriginal chancellor.
Known For
Acting History
2005
Johnny Tootall
Writer
Johnny Tootall
Director
2003
In Shadow
Director
Pikutiskaau (Mother Earth)
Director
2001
Christmas in the Clouds
as Betty
2000
1997
Song of Hiawatha
as 1st Old Woman
1996
Place of the Boss: Utshimassits
as Narrator
1993
Medicine River
as Candy
1986





