Alyssa Wapanatâhk

Alyssa Wapanatâhk

History

Alyssa Wapanatâhk is a Canadian actress and a member of the Cree (Nêhiyaw) First Nation.

Profile

Alyssa Wapanatâhk

Movies

Peter Pan & Wendy
Tiger Lily
Wendy Darling, a young girl afraid to leave her childhood home behind, meets Peter Pan, a boy who refuses to grow up. Alongside her brothers and a tiny fairy, Tinker Bell, she travels with Peter to the magical world of Neverland. There, she encounters an evil pirate captain, Captain Hook, and embarks on a thrilling adventure that will change her life forever.
Bones of Crows
Perseverance Spears
Cree matriarch Aline Spears survives a childhood in Canada’s residential school system to continue her family’s generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. She uses her uncanny ability to understand and translate codes into working for a special division of the Canadian Air Force as a Cree code talker in World War II. The story unfolds over 100 years with a cumulative force that propels us into the future.