Indian Gaming Tradeshow 2019

Irene Bedard
actor/director/producer/activist



Irene Bedard is a Native American actor, director,producer & advocate . She received her BFA in Theater from the University of the Arts. In film & televisions she has over 60 credits including Lakota Woman for which she was nominated a Golden Globe, Robert Redford's Grand Ave, Speilberg's Into The West, cult classic Smoke Signals, & Disney's Pocahontas, which she has most recently reprised in Wreck it Ralph 2. She can be seen in the Netflix Original series Longmire, Stephen King’s series The Mist for Spike TV, the 444th President of the United States in the Ava Duvernay directed Jay Z Beyonce collaboration, & HBO’s Westworld. Irene has received much critical acclaim for her performances & garnered numerous Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards from First Americans In The Arts, American Indian Film Festival, NAMIC VISION AWARDS, Diversity Awards, LA Film Festival, & Sundance Audience Award.This year, Irene is very honored to be inducted into the 2018 class of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She serves on the American Indian Enterprise and Business Council Board as the Delegate to the White House and U.N., as well as the Special Consul to the U.N. for the Cities of Peace and the World Indigenous Forum where she is currently working to form a Peace Treaty based on the Values formulated by Standing Rock. She served on the Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists National Diversity Committee, and also served on the National Task Force in support of VAWA for the National Congress of the American Indians, personally delivering 180,000 signatures to Congress during her attendance of the NIWRC field hearings throughout the US. Irene is honored & humbled to follow with her mission and vision statement : To Heal through the Power & Art of Storytelling. Mitakuye Oyasin.We are all Related.

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