Misty Upham

Misty Upham

Born: July 6, 1982
Died: October 5, 2014
in Kalispell, Montana
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Misty Anne Upham (July 6, 1982 – October 5, 2014) was a Native American actress best known for her role in the 2008 film Frozen River, for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. She also appeared in Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian and August: Osage County.

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Movies for Misty Upham...

Within
Title: Within
Character: Tina Walsh
Released: October 18, 2016
Type: Movie
A widower, his daughter, and his new wife move into a peaceful neighborhood. At first it appears to be a perfect neighborhood but the family quickly realize that something is not right about their new home.
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Cake
Title: Cake
Character: Liz
Released: September 7, 2014
Type: Movie
After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide.
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August: Osage County
Title: August: Osage County
Character: Johnna Monevata
Released: December 26, 2013
Type: Movie
A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
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Jimmy P.
Title: Jimmy P.
Character: Jane
Released: September 11, 2013
Type: Movie
At the end of WWII, Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot who fought in France, suffers from unexplainable symptoms and is admitted to a military hospital. When doctors suspect schizophrenia, an eccentric psychoanalyst takes up the case and starts a conversation with the veteran.
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Django Unchained
Title: Django Unchained
Character: Minnie (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 2012
Type: Movie
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
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The Dry Land
Title: The Dry Land
Character: Gloria
Released: July 30, 2010
Type: Movie
A U.S. soldier returning home from war struggles to reconcile his experiences abroad with the life and family he left in Texas.
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Burn the Wagons
Title: Burn the Wagons
Released: July 4, 2009
Type: Movie
A Tribal Court Clerk trudges through another work-day.
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Frozen River
Title: Frozen River
Character: Lila Littlewolf
Released: March 26, 2008
Type: Movie
Ray Eddy, an upstate New York trailer mom, is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling. Broke after her husband takes off with the down payment for their new doublewide, Ray reluctantly teams up with Lila, a smuggler, and the two begin making runs across the frozen St. Lawrence River carrying illegal Chinese and Pakistani immigrants in the trunk of Ray's Dodge Spirit.
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Edge of America
Title: Edge of America
Character: Shirleen
Released: December 10, 2003
Type: Movie
From acclaimed director, Chris Eyre, whom People Magazine calls "…the preeminent Native American filmmaker of his time" comes this touching and inspirational story about loyalty, friendship and courage. New man in town Kenny Williams (James McDaniel) has just accepted a position as an English professor at the Three Nations Reservation in Utah. Finding it hard to fit in with the tight-knit Native American community, he decides to take on the challenge of coaching the high school girls' basketball team.
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Skinwalkers
Title: Skinwalkers
Character: Nina
Released: November 2, 2002
Type: Movie
Faced with the murder of three medicine men, Navajo police must find the culprit. That the murders appear to be the work of a Skinwalker, or bad medicine man, complicate and illuminate the detective's work.