Kali Reis was born on August 24,1986 and is an American professional boxer and actress.
25 Facts About Kali Reis
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Kali Reis is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBC female middleweight title in 2016 and the WBA, WBO, and IBO female light welterweight titles between 2020 and 2022.
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In 2021, Reis made her acting debut as the star of the American thriller film Catch the Fair One.
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Kali Reis has since starred in the mystery series True Detective: Night Country, for which received a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Critics Choice Award nomination.
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Kali Reis was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on August 24,1986, the youngest of five children.
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Kali Reis has Cape Verdean heritage, and is a member of the Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe.
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Kali Reis was an athletic child and often played rougher sports with the neighborhood boys.
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Kali Reis started boxing at age 14 at Manfredo's Gym in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
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Kali Reis was coached at home by a local Native American boxer who was a friend of her mother.
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Kali Reis later attended school for criminology, aiming to be a corrections officer for juveniles.
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Kali Reis continued her training at Manfredos Gym and Big Six Boxing Academy in Providence.
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In 2012, Kali Reis was involved in a serious motorcycle accident that sidelined her for the remainder of the boxing season.
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Kali Reis gained further attention in the sport after the match.
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On November 12,2014, Kali Reis won the IBA crown defeating Teresa Perozzi in Bermuda.
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Kali Reis won a total of 19 fights during her career, 5 by knockout.
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Kali Reis became involved in the movie Catch the Fair One after filmmaker Josef Kubota Wladyka discovered Kali Reis's advocacy for the MMIWG movement and asked if she would collaborate as a co-writer and lead actress on a film about that subject.
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Kali Reis was cast in Jean-Stephane Sauvaire's 2023 film Asphalt City, starring Sean Penn, Tye Sheridan, and Katherine Waterston.
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In June 2022, Kali Reis was announced as the co-lead of True Detective: Night Country, the fourth season of HBO's anthology crime series.
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Kali Reis starred alongside Jodie Foster as a detective investigating the disappearance of eight men from an Alaskan research station and that event's possible connection to the earlier murder of a young woman, an Inupiaq activist.
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Kali Reis was nominated for Best Female Lead at the 37th Independent Spirit Awards.
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In 2024, Kali Reis became the first Native American woman nominated for a Primetime Emmy for acting; Kali Reis was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for her work in True Detective.
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In February 2022, Kali Reis was honored for her achievements as an athlete and for mentoring local youth by being inducted into the North American Indigenous Athletic Hall of Fame.
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Kali Reis identifies as two-spirit, and has been in relationships with both women and men.
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Kali Reis is married to Brian Cohen, a retired professional boxer.
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Kali Reis is an active supporter of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls movement.