Annabella Piugattuk

Annabella Piugattuk

Born: December 19, 1982
in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
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Annabella Piugattuk (born December 19, 1982 in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada) is a Canadian Inuit actress, notable for her role in The Snow Walker. Piugattuk was raised in Igloolik, a village with a population of 1286 in the Nunavut territory of Canada. Since starring in The Snow Walker she has moved to Vancouver, British Columbia.

She was approached by a casting agent about auditioning for The Snow Walker while at a dance with some friends in Igloolik. Like the character she portrays in The Snow Walker, she is an Inuit throat singer, and can fish, hunt seal and walrus, and make clothing out of caribou hides. For her role in The Snow Walker, Piugattuk received a Genie nomination as best supporting actress in 2004.

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Movies for Annabella Piugattuk...

Title: Into the West
Character: Dancing Water
Released: June 10, 2005
Type: TV
The lives of two families, one white American, one native American, become mingled through the momentous events of American expansion, between 1825 and 1890.
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The Snow Walker
Title: The Snow Walker
Character: Kannalaq
Released: September 11, 2003
Type: Movie
A bush pilot in nothern Canada who with the aid of modernity thinks he can handle it all & knows it all. After reluctantly agreeing to transport a local indian girl to a medical facility his light plane crashes & they have to survive whilst finding their way back to civilization. Along the journey the man finds a new respect for the native ways as they battle to survive the elements.