Grace Dove (born July 25, 1991) is a Canadian actress and television host, early known for her role as Hugh Glass' wife in the 2015 film The Revenant; as well as Ricki, a talented mechanic in the 2018 film How It Ends. Currently (2022) she stars alongside two-time Academy Awards winner Hilary Swank in the ABC network drama Alaska Daily, as journalists shining light on missing and murdered indigenous women and girls (MMIWG).[2]
Grace Dove | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 25, 1991[1] Canim Lake, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, TV host |
| Years active | 2012–present |
Early life
editDove was born on July 25, 1991,[1] and is Secwepemc from the Canim Lake Indian Band in the Cariboo region of British Columbia.[3] She was raised in Prince George, British Columbia, where she attended Salmon Valley Elementary School and Kelly Road Secondary School.[4] Her father was a filmmaker who took her on visits to Hollywood when she was a child. After graduation from high school, she moved to Vancouver to study acting at Vancouver Film School.[5]
Career
editAt age ten, she landed a part as on-air correspondent of the Prince George TV children's show Splatterday.[5] She has also worked as a co-host of the reality action/adventure TV show UnderExposed, and appeared in the short film These Walls. (2012).[6] Dove said she went on many auditions after acting school before she landed the part of Hugh Glass's unnamed Pawnee wife. The Revenant's director Alejandro González Iñárritu did not audition her 'in the normal way' but "instead had some questions and a process that dug into who I was." she said.[7] After she got the part, playing an emotionally demanding role opposite Leonardo DiCaprio,[8] she said she "had to go in there extremely open without any expectations. Just like the audition process and even the filming process, I didn't know what exactly I was getting into. I prepared myself physically, emotionally and spiritually to be as open as possible so I could take direction, feed off my surroundings, and feed off my relationship with Leonardo within the scene. Obviously it's a period piece and so I was trying to connect to a layer of my ancestry as well."[7]
In 2016, The New York Times mentioned her as one of the 'lesser known faces' of the entertainment industry, in whom the fashion industry has taken an interest to promote new fashion.[9]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | These Walls | Mary | Short film |
| 2014 | The Cut | Emma | Uncredited |
| 2015 | The Revenant | Wife of Hugh Glass | |
| 2017 | O for a Thousand Tongues | Yaahl-Ts'uu-Kuuyas | Short film |
| Mino Bimaadiziwin | Bangishimogikwe | Short film | |
| 2018 | How It Ends | Ricki | |
| 2020 | Monkey Beach | Lisa | |
| 2021 | Hatha | Lena | Short film |
| 2022 | Bones of Crows | Aline Spears |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2015 | Kagagi | Cassie Shannon | 13 episodes |
| 2017 | UnderExposed | Herself | Seasons 2–4; 39 episodes |
| 2020 | The Order | Ellie | 2 episodes |
| Flimsy | Parker | Episode: "Chapter 13 – The End" | |
| Journey of My Heart | Ellen Rivers | TV film | |
| 2022 | Resident Alien | Sunny | Episode: "Radio Harry" |
| 2022–2023 | Alaska Daily | Roz Friendly | 11 episodes |
| 2023 | Bones of Crows: The Series | Aline Spears | 5 episodes |
References
edit- ^ a b Dove, Grace (July 25, 2013). "Grace Dove". Twitter. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
- ^ "Secwépemc actor Grace Dove starring in new network drama that shines light on MMIWG". CBC News. October 20, 2022. Archived from the original on June 10, 2023.
- ^ Anne-Diandra Louarn, "Une Britanno-Colombienne donne la réplique à Leonardo DiCaprio," Ici Radio Canada, September 30, 2015
- ^ Dove, Grace (May 25, 2016). "Grace Dove". Twitter. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ^ a b Frank Peebles, "Rising Star", Prince George Citizen, December 30, 2015
- ^ Sarah Field," Rising Star Grace Dove Stars Alongside Leonardo DiCaprio In New Film", The Inquisitr, January 3, 2016
- ^ a b Trevor Dueck, "Grace Dove Chats About Her Role in the Revenant Archived June 17, 2016, at the Wayback Machine", Van City Buzz, December 20, 2015
- ^ "The Revenant, Actor Grace Dove Talks About Performing with Leonardo DiCaprio", CBC News, January 7, 2016
- ^ Bronwyn Cosgrave, "The Allure of the Unknown," The New York Times, December 1, 2015
External links
edit- Grace Dove at IMDb