Kaniehtiio Horn
CBC Books | | Posted: January 22, 2020 1:18 AM | Last Updated: June 25, 2020
Defending Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson
About Kaniehtiio Horn
Kaniehtiio "Tiio" Horn is a Canadian actor from Kahnawake, the Mohawk reserve outside of Montreal. She stars as Mari in the highly anticipated National Geographic series Barkskins, based on the 2016 bestselling novel of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx, and currently appears in the critically acclaimed comedy series, Letterkenny, created by fellow Canadian Jacob Tierney.
Additional television credits include the irreverent digital series Ghost BFF, Netflix's Northern Rescue and Wayne for Youtube Red. She has also recurred on the Amazon series Man in the High Castle, Defiance and Alphas for Syfy, and was a series regular on the Netflix/Gaumont series, Hemlock Grove.
In 2017, Tiio starred in the action/thriller, Mohawk, directed by Ted Geoghegan, for which she has received outstanding reviews. She holds supporting roles in Immortals, On the Road, The Hummingbird Project and the soon-to-be released feature Possessor, directed by Brandon Cronenberg.
Tiio hosts the podcast Coffee With My Ma, sharing the adventures and experiences of her activist mother, Kahentinetha, and co-hosted the 2019 Indspire Awards. She also wrote, directed and starred in the short film The Shack, which has collected awards on the short film circuit.
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