Speaker Devery Jacobs
Devery Jacobs is an actor, writer, director, producer, and advocate for Indigenous and LGBTQ2S+ rights from Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory. Her leading role on the Emmy-nominated FX comedy series Reservation Dogs earned her two Critics’ Choice Award nominations and a Gotham Award nomination for her performance as “Elora Danan.” Jacobs also wrote and directed on Reservation Dogs.
Other credits include her feature film producorial debut Backspot, the Disney+ and Marvel Studios series Echo and What if..? where she spoke exclusively in the Mohawk language, Amazon MGM’s holiday comedy film OH. WHAT. FUN., and Netflix’s horror dramedy series The Order. Jacobs’ breakout performance in feature film Rhymes with Young Ghouls earned a Canadian Screen Award nomination. She directed the award-winning shorts Stolen and Rae, and co-wrote and starred in feature film This Place. A Sundance Directors Lab fellow, Jacobs recently finished writing her feature film High Steel, and she is developing other projects.
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