Kaniehtiio Horn

Kaniehtiio Horn, a Canadian actress and filmmaker of Kahnawake Mohawk heritage, grew up in Ottawa and at the Kahnawake reserve near Montreal. Her first acting job came in 2006, on the CBC miniseries Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis, and she later worked with Jeff Barnaby on The Colony. In 2008 she was nominated for a Gemini Award for the TV film Moccasin Flats: Redemption and took a part in the film Journey to the Center of the Earth. She went on to roles in The Trotsky, Leslie, My Name Is Evil and Good Neighbours. On television she is recognized for Letterkenny, 18 to Life, Hemlock Grove, The Man in the High Castle and Reservation Dogs, and her Letterkenny work brought her two Canadian Screen Awards. She voiced Kaniehtí:io in Assassin's Creed III, wrote and directed The Smoke Shack, and made her feature directing debut with Seeds (2024), for which she won a Directors Guild of Canada Award.