Jenna Clause
Jenna Clause | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 20, 1999 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2015–present |
| Known for | The Wilds |
Jenna Clause (born February 20, 1999) is a First Nations (Cayuga) Canadian actress known for playing Martha Blackburn on the American drama The Wilds.
Clause was born in Buffalo, New York and raised in Southern Ontario. She is a Cayuga Nation Wolf Clan Member of the Haudenosaune people from Six Nations of the Grand River near Brantford, Ontario.[1][2] Growing up she took acting classes in School of Dramatic Arts and Imagination Drama School in Niagara Falls.[citation needed] Clause also played lacrosse.[3]
Clause appeared in smaller films You're It and The Furies Inside Me before being cast as Ojibwe character Martha Blackburn on The Wilds.[4] In an interview with The Advocate, Clause discussed acting on a show that featured Indigenous characters and representing a culture other than her own stating: "it was so important to me that I got every little bit correct."[5] Her character's feature episode was directed by Navajo filmmaker Sydney Freeland.[1][2]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Jenna Clause at IMDb
Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).