Nationality Canadian Name Kawennahere Jacobs | Role Actress | |
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Occupation film and television actress Movies and TV shows Rhymes for Young Ghouls, Assassin's Creed: Lineage People also search for Jeff Barnaby, Roseanne Supernault, John Christou, Aisling Chin-Yee Nominations Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Known for Rhymes for Young Ghouls, Mohawk Girls | ||
'American Gods' Star Devery Jacobs Talks the Importance of Queer, Indigenous Representation
Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs, occasionally credited as Devery Jacobs, is a Canadian actress who garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actress at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards for her performance in Rhymes for Young Ghouls.
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- American Gods Star Devery Jacobs Talks the Importance of Queer Indigenous Representation
- Career
- Personal life
- References
Career
Jacobs has appeared in the films South of the Moon and Assassin's Creed: Lineage, and the television series Stephen King's Dead Zone, Being Human and Mohawk Girls.
In 2013 she 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.
In 2014 she appeared in the music video for A Tribe Called Red's "Sisters".
Personal life
Jacobs is Mohawk.
At the time of her performance in Rhymes for Young Ghouls, Jacobs was a student in the correctional intervention program at John Abbott College.