Lucy Tulugarjuk (born February 28, 1975) is an Inuit actress, throat singer, and director.[2] She is executive director for the Nunavut Independent Television Network.[3]
Lucy Tulugarjuk | |
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| Born | (1975-02-28) February 28, 1975 (age 47) Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada |
| Occupation | Actress Throat singer Director |
| Children | Nuvvija Mikili Tulugarjuk |
| Relatives | Madeline Ivalu (aunt)[1]
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Tulugarjuk is from Igloolik, Nunavut.[4]
Tulugarjuk is known for starring in the 2001 film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner,[5] for which she won the award for Best Actress at the American Indian Film Festival.[6] In 2015, she acted in the film Maliglutit.[7] In 2017 she directed her first feature-length film Tia and Piujiq (Inuktitut: ᑏᐊ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᐅᔪᖅ).[8][9] The film featured Marie-Hélèn Cousineau as producer and Tulugarjuk's daughter in the lead role as Piujuk.[10]
She performs as a throat singer, but in 2014 declined to perform for Nunavut MP Leona Aglukkaq in protest of the government's seismic testing.[5] That year, she wore seal skin at the Gone Wild show in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories to support Inuit culture.[11] In 2016, she also called for the resignation of Aglukkaq's successor as MP, Hunter Tootoo.[4]
She is executive director for Nunavut Independent Television Network, a service of Isuma based in Igloolik.[3] In 2021, Isuma launched Uvagut TV, a 24/7 online channel devoted to Inuktitut language programming, for which Tulugarjuk is managing director. Tulugarjuk reported that she sees the channel as 'a tool for preserving and revitalizing the Inuit people's [sic] language and culture'.[12]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner | Puja | |
| 2005 | L'iceberg | Nattikuttuk | |
| 2006 | The Journals of Knud Rasmussen | Nuvvija | |
| 2007 | Issaittuq | Title translated as 'waterproof' | |
| 2013 | Maïna | Aasivak | |
| 2016 | Searchers | 'Maliglutit' in Ikutitut.[13] | |
| 2018 | Tia and Piujuq | Tarriagsuk Ansaana | |
| 2020 | Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice | Young Shaman | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Journals of Knud Rasmussen | Writer, casting director, makeup artist | Credited with writing the Inuktitut dialogue |
| 2018 | Tia and Piujuq | Director, writer | |
| 2019 | Restless River | Co-producer | |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | American Indian Film Festival | Best Actress | Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner | Won |
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