Jessica Matten is a Canadian actress and film producer.
Early life and education
Matten was born in Edmonton, Alberta. She is of Red River Métis and Cree heritage through her mother, and Eurasian on her father's side.
From the age of six, she assisted with her mother's First Nations modeling agency around Canada. She also worked for her father in marketing for several years before becoming an actor.
Matten graduated from the University of Alberta with a science degree in human ecology.
Career
In 2018, Matten appeared in Season 3 of Discovery Canada and Netflix's TV show Frontier starring Jason Momoa. Also in 2018, she began appearing in the CW Network and CBC drama Burden of Truth.
In 2020, Matten began starring in Tribal on the APTN Network. She plays the newly appointed chief of an indigenous police force in Alberta, Canada. Also in 2020, Matten appeared in the horror movie The Empty Man for Disney/20th Century Fox studios.
In 2022, Matten began co-starring in the TV crime drama series Dark Winds opposite Zahn McClarnon and Kiowa Gordon, produced by Robert Redford, George R. R. Martin, and Graham Roland for the AMC Network.
Other activities
Matten is the President of 7 Forward Entertainment, an Indigenous-owned production company based on the West Coast of Canada. She is also a co-founder of The Counting Coup Indigenous Film Academy (“CCIFA”), an educational environment for creative work, where emerging and aspiring First Nations, Metis and Inuit artists can gain expertise and experience in film.
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Year of birth missing (living people) Actresses from Edmonton Canadian television actresses Canadian Métis people University of Alberta alumni Saulteaux people Cree people First Nations actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses