Jessica Matten

Jessica Matten is a Canadian actress who moved into screen work after years as a model. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, she earned a science degree in human ecology from the University of Alberta and later trained at Shoreline Studios Vancouver Acting School. Early television roles came in the Discovery Canada and Netflix series Frontier and the CBC and CW drama Burden of Truth. In 2020 she took the lead in Tribal on the APTN network, as the newly appointed head of an indigenous police force in Alberta, and she also served as an associate producer. She appeared that year in the horror film The Empty Man (2020). She co-starred from 2022 in the crime drama Dark Winds as Bernadette Manuelito, appeared in Rez Ball (2024), and voices Katara in Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (2026). She is president of the production company 7 Forward Entertainment.