Michelle Thrush

Michelle Thrush is a Canadian actress of Cree heritage who began acting in film while still in high school and went on to a long career in television and movies, often in stories about Indigenous peoples. Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, she got her first theater job after moving to Vancouver at 20, with a bit part in The Ecstasy of Rita Joe. She became known for recurring parts in North of 60 and Arctic Air, as Sylvie LeBret and Deanna Martin, and for her lead performance as Gail Stoney in Blackstone, which won her a Gemini Award in 2011. Her film work includes Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian (2013), a Palme d'Or and César award nominee. She wrote the solo show Find Your Own Inner Elder in 2011 and has toured it in Canada as Inner Elder.