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Relatives | Tamara Podemski (sister) Sarah Podemski (sister) |
Jennifer Podemski (born May 3, 1973) is a Canadian film and television actress and producer. [1]
Her acting credits include starring roles in the television series Tin Star , The Rez , Riverdale , Moccasin Flats , Bliss , and Moose TV , and the films Dance Me Outside , The Diviners , and Empire of Dirt , as well as supporting or guest roles in Degrassi , Republic of Doyle , The Eleventh Hour , Blue Murder , Wild Card , This Is Wonderland , Rabbit Fall , The Border , and Maniac Mansion . Her production credits include Rabbit Fall, Moccasin Flats, and Empire of Dirt.
Podemski was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. Her father is Jewish and her mother is of Saulteaux/Ojibwe/Anishinaabe, Leni Lenape, and Métis descent. [2] [3] [4] Her paternal grandparents were from Poland, and moved to Canada after WWII. [5] Her sisters, Tamara Podemski and Sarah Podemski are also actors. All three sisters appear together in the FX series Reservation Dogs . [4] [5]
Podemski's acting credits include starring roles in the television series Tin Star , The Rez , Riverdale , Moccasin Flats , Bliss , and Moose TV , and the films Dance Me Outside , The Diviners , and Empire of Dirt , as well as supporting or guest roles in Degrassi , Republic of Doyle , The Eleventh Hour , Blue Murder , Wild Card , This Is Wonderland , Rabbit Fall , The Border , and Maniac Mansion . Her production credits include Rabbit Fall, Moccasin Flats, and Empire of Dirt.
She was a Gemini Award nominee for the Best Actress in a Drama Series at the 1997 Gemini Awards for The Rez and a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards, for Empire of Dirt.[ citation needed ]
In 2018, Podemski created the documentary series Future History for APTN. [6]
In 2021, together with Derek Diorio, she created the television series Unsettled for APTN. She went on to produce the drama series Little Bird for Crave with Hannah Moscovitch. [7]
In January 2023, she was named as a recipient of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's Board of Directors Tribute Award at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards. [8]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993 | The Diviners | Pique | |
1994 | Dance Me Outside | Sadie Maracle | |
2005 | Distant Drumming: North of 60 Mystery | Marjory Sebastian | |
2007 | Fugitive Pieces | Grace | |
2011 | Take This Waltz | Karen | |
2013 | Empire of Dirt | Minerva | Also producer |
Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian | Doll | ||
2015 | Fire Song | Jackie | |
2018 | Mouthpiece | Mrs. Cappo | |
2020 | Akilla's Escape | Mrs. Rosenthal | |
2024 | Aberdeen | Grace |
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