Michelle St. John
Biography
Michelle St. John is a Canadian performer and filmmaker, a member of the Wampanog Nation, whose work across film, television, theater and music dates back to the 1980s. Born in Toronto, she started out in front of the camera and won a Gemini Award for best actress in a dramatic program for her leading part in the 1989 CBC film Where the Spirit Lives. Her television credits include By Way of the Stars and Northern Exposure, and she provided the voice of Nakoma in Disney's animated Pocahontas (1995). She also played Velma in Chris Eyre's award-winning Smoke Signals (1998), and has produced short films and stage productions with Marie Clements and worked as a co-producer with Shane Belcourt on Heritage Minutes. Her directorial debut, Colonization Road (2016), a feature documentary, premiered at imagineNATIVE and was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award.
59years old
Turns 60 on August 26in 288 days
- Born Toronto
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 3 years1995 to 1998
Every film, newest first
- 1998Pocahontas II: Journey to a New WorldIMDb rating 4.8
- 1998Smoke SignalsIMDb rating 7.2
- 1995PocahontasIMDb rating 6.7
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First role
St. John's first major screen role was the lead in the 1989 CBC film Where the Spirit Lives, and she won a Gemini Award for Best Actress in a Dramatic Program for it.
Behind the camera
St. John's first work as a director was Colonization Road, a feature-length documentary from 2016. It had its premiere at the imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival.
Behind the camera
St. John wrote, produced and directed Colonization Road after finding its inspiration while touring with Turtle Gals in Fort Frances, Ontario.
Michelle St. John movies on Netflix
Most often with
Irene Bedard appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Irene Bedard's page
Frank Welker's page
Jim Cummings's page
David Ogden Stiers's page
John Kassir's page
Linda Hunt's page
Also two films together2 more actors
- Russell MeansPocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998) and Pocahontas (1995)
- Judy KuhnPocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998) and Pocahontas (1995)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.