Anna Lambe

Anna Lambe
Born (2000-09-25) 25 September 2000 (age 24)
Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active2018–present
Known forThe Grizzlies
Trickster
North of North

Anna Lambe (born 25 September 2000) is a Canadian Inuk actress from Iqaluit, Nunavut. She is known for debut role in the 2018 film The Grizzlies, for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.

Career

Lambe made her film debut as Spring in the 2018 film The Grizzlies, based on a real-life story, as Wynter Kuliktana Blais.[1] She was encouraged to audition for the role by her drama teacher. The film was shot in Iqaluit, Lambe's hometown.[1] The film was met with critical acclaim, and Lambe was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards for her performance.[2]

In 2020, she had a supporting role as Sarah in the television series Trickster.[3] At the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, she received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.[4]

In September 2022, Lambe was cast in the fourth season of True Detective on HBO.[5]

In March 2024, Lambe was cast in the lead role of the CBC original comedy series North of North.[6]

Personal life

As of April 2022, Lambe was studying International Development and Globalization at the University of Ottawa.[1]

In 2020 she wrote an open letter calling for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut to censure MLA Cathy Towtongie, following Towtongie's statement objecting to the use of the word two-spirit in a legislative motion on the grounds that the concept was not a part of Inuit culture.[7] She wrote that "as Inuit, we pride ourselves on being a tolerant, accepting people… Cathy Towtongie does not speak for me as an Inuk in claiming two-spirit lives are not the Inuit way. Sexual fluidity and gender fluidity are parts of Inuit history…"[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Anna Lambe Biography". Inuit Art Foundation. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  2. ^ Knegt, Peter (7 February 2019). "Women, children and maybe ghosts? 10 takeaways from the 2019 Canadian Screen Award nominations". CBC Arts. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  3. ^ van Koeverden, Jane (18 September 2019). "Cast revealed for CBC's upcoming series, The Trickster". CBC Books. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  4. ^ Furdyk, Brent (30 March 2021). "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, 'Schitt's Creek' Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations". ET Canada. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  5. ^ Otterson, Joe (23 September 2022). "'True Detective' Season 4 at HBO Adds Five to Cast, Including Fiona Shaw and Christopher Eccleston". Variety. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  6. ^ Brendan Christie, "Arctic comedy North of North begins filming in Nunavut". Playback, March 14, 2024.
  7. ^ Tranter, Emma (9 March 2020). "Nunavut MLA called out for statement about 'two-spirit'". Nunatsiaq News. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Towtongie reignites controversy over two-spirited people's acceptance in Inuit culture". Nunavut News. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2021.