Morningstar
Angeline
THEY/THEM/THEIRS
SHE/HER/HERS
DINÉ (NAVAJO), CHIPPEWA, BLACKFEET, SHOSHONE, & LATINX
SAG-AFTRA ACTOR & FILMMAKER
Morningstar Angeline (they, she) is a queer Navajo, Chippewa, Blackfeet, Shoshone, and Latinx actor and filmmaker. They were born in Santa Fe, NM, and raised in Gallup, NM and the Los Angeles, CA area by their mother Rita Rose Wilson, father Ethan Shawn Chippewa and stepfather, Daniel H. Freeland.
Morningstar's most recent short film, Seeds, enjoyed a critically acclaimed festival run at ImagineNative, SFiFF, Palm Springs International Shorts Fest, National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian, among numerous others. Currently they are preparing for pre-production for their feature film debut Caroline and developing their second feature, Rowdy By Nature.
As an actress and producer, she recently completed two feature films, Radon's Daughters and Sky Valley and starred in Frybread Face and Me, which was directed by Billy Luther and executive produced by Taika Waitit. They will be in the HBO's upcoming IT prequel series Welcome to Derry and also heavily recurred on Echo for Marvel, Westworld for HBO, Outer Range for Amazon and Yellowstone for Paramount. Other credits include the 2014 Sundance feature, Drunktown's Finest.
Fellowships, Labs + Grants include...
2022 SFFILM Rainin Grant Recipient
2022 NBCU Launch New Mexico Directors Initiative
2022 Fourth World Indigenous Lab
2021 ImagineNATIVE Director's Lab
2020 Vision Maker Media Short Film Fellowship
2020 Native American Feature Writers Lab
2018 Sundance Institute Indigenous Lab
Nominations and Awards include...
The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development
2024 Native American 40 Under 40
2022 C&I Movie Awards
Best Actress Nominee for 'The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw'
2020 Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival
Best Leading Actress Nominee for 'The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw'
2019 American Indian Film Festival
Best Actress Nominee for 'The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw'
2018 New Mexico Film & TV Hall of Fame
‘Rising Star’ Honoree
2017 IAIA Cinema Showcase
Best Acting Performance for 'Raven'
2014 American Indian Film Festival
Best Supporting Actress for 'Drunktown’s Finest'


Morningstar Angeline by Darklisted Photography


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