Cherish Violet Blood

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Cherish Violet Blood is a Kainai actress and storyteller from Canada. [1] She is most noted for her performance as Marie in the 2021 film Scarborough , for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022. [2]

Prior to her film debut in Scarborough, she was known for her leading role as Lila in a touring stage production of Tara Beagan's play Deer Woman. [3] For Scarborough, she also received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2021. [4]

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