
Cheri Maracle is an Award winning Actor/Singer/Songwriter & Playwright of Mohawk & Irish ancestry, of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. She has performed across the expanse of Turtle Island and abroad for the past 30 years. Recent tv credits include Alaska Daily (CBC), The Coroner (CBC), UNSETTLED (APTN, TVO), The Parker Andersons (BYUtv), Blackstone (APTN, *CSA nominated), Tribal (APTN), DeGrassi (MTV, Family Channel), Murdoch Mysteries (CBC)and more.
Selected Theatre credits include; Women of the Fur Trade (The National Arts Centre, GCTC, Native Earth), Tartuffe: An Indigenous Misadventure (Arts Club Theatre), WhiteNoise (The Firehall Arts Centre), Paddle Song (Various *Best Performance nomination at High Performance Rodeo), Kisageetin Cabernet (The National Arts Centre) and The Unnatural & Accidental Women (The National Arts Centre), Keepers of the Salish Sea, (The Cultch). Cheri recently won an a Best Performance Award for her role as Ceclia in The Women of the Fur Trade at the Prix Rideau Awards.
Cheri’s musical endeavours includes the Cheri Maracle Jazz quartet. Cheri’s first solo album garnered 7 music nominations within the Indigenous Music Awards circuit. Cheri has travelled as far as India, to perform with her piano player Brendan Peltier, and they continue to play festivals and events all over Canada. Her music can be found on itunes and spotify.