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Jessica Matten is a Canadian actress and producer.

Jessica Matten
Born	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Citizenship	Canadian
Alma mater	University of Alberta (BS Human Ecology)
Occupation	Actress producer

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Career

In 2018, Matten appeared in Season 3 of Discovery Canada and Netflix's TV show Frontier starring Jason Momoa. Also in 2018, she began appearing in the CW Network and CBC drama Burden of Truth.

In 2020, Matten began starring in Tribal on the APTN Network. She plays the newly appointed chief of an indigenous police force in Alberta, Canada. Also in 2020, Matten appeared in the horror movie The Empty Man for Disney/20th Century Fox studios.

In 2022, Matten co-starred in Robert Redford, George R.R. Martin (Game of Thrones) and Graham Roland's produced Dark Winds television series opposite Zahn McClarnon and Kiowa Gordon for the AMC Network.

Matten is the President of 7 Forward Entertainment, an Indigenous-owned production company based out on the West Coast of Canada. She is also a Co-Founder of The Counting Coup Indigenous Film Academy (“CCIFA”), an educational environment for creative work, where emerging and aspiring First Nations, Metis and Inuit artists can gain expertise and experience in film.

Personal life

Matten was born in Edmonton, Alberta.[1]

Matten is of Red River Métis and Saulteaux-Cree heritage through her mother.[1][2] Since the age of 6, she assisted with her mother's First Nations modeling agency around Canada. She also worked for her father in marketing for several years before becoming an actor.[3]

Matten graduated from the University of Alberta with a science degree in Human Ecology.[1]

Partial filmography

Acting performances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	A Red Girl's Reasoning	Delia	Short
2014–2015	Blackstone	Gina	12 episodes
2016–2018	Frontier	Sokanon	18 episodes
2018–2019	Burden of Truth	Gerrilyn Spence	14 episodes
2020	The Empty Man	Fiona
2020–2021	Tribal	Sam Woodburn	18 episodes
2022	Dark Winds	Bernadette Manuelito

References

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