Irene Bedard was born on July 22,1967 and is an American actress, who has played mostly lead Native American roles in a variety of films.
16 Facts About Irene Bedard
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Irene Bedard is perhaps best known for the role of Suzy Song in the 1998 film Smoke Signals, an adaptation of a Sherman Alexie collection of short stories, as well as for providing the speaking voice for the titular character in the 1995 animated film Pocahontas.
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Irene Bedard graduated from Dimond High School in Anchorage, Alaska in 1985.
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Irene Bedard attended The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she studied musical theater.
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In 1994, Irene Bedard appeared in her first role as Mary Crow Dog in the television production of Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee, which depicted the 1970s standoff between the US government and citizens of several Native nations, including many of the Pine Ridge Reservation, at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
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Irene Bedard is probably best known as the voice of the eponymous heroine in the 1995 Disney animated film Pocahontas, the direct-to-video 1998 sequel Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World and in the 2018 film Ralph Breaks the Internet.
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Irene Bedard appeared in a different take of the story in Terence Malick's 2005 film The New World, as Pocahontas's mother, Nonoma Winanuske Matatiske.
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In 1995, Irene Bedard was chosen as one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People".
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In 2001, Irene Bedard hosted the Ninth Annual First Americans in the Arts Awards from the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
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In 2002, at the Tenth Annual FAITA Awards, Irene Bedard won Outstanding Guest Performance by an Actress in a TV Drama Series for The Agency.
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Irene Bedard has been very active in environmental groups to protect sacred lands.
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In 2016, Irene Bedard announced an agreement with the Catawba Nation of South Carolina to join in a production agreement.
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Irene Bedard made an appearance in the music video for Jay-Z's 2017 song "Family Feud".
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In 2020, Irene Bedard played a recurring character in seasons one and two of the drama series FBI: Most Wanted.
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Irene Bedard then was a starring cast member in the Paramount+ miniseries The Stand, as Ray Brentner, a gender-swapped version of Ralph Brentner from the 1994 adaptation.
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In November 2020, Irene Bedard was arrested twice in three days.