Monkey Beach
WINNER for Best Actress
Grace Dove
Grace is a Secwépemc actress based on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples–Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. She has embraced a responsibility to lift up her audience and her community. She co-starred with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy in the Oscar-winning film The Revenant. You can currently watch Grace in the Netflix thriller How It Ends alongside Academy Award winning actor Forest Whitaker and Theo James. Recently she wrapped up her first leading role in the feature film adaptation of Eden Robinson’s novel Monkey Beach premiering in 2020.
When the red carpet is rolled up, and tucked away she facilitates her own youth-empowerment program “Thunderbird Dreams” in communities.
Related Nominees
Picture, Monkey Beach
Directing, Loretta Todd
Actor in a Lead Role, Adam Beach
Actress in a Supporting Role, Sera-Lys McArthur
Actress in a Supporting Role, Tina-Marie Lameman
Actor in a Supporting Role, Nathaniel Arcand