Tanaya Beatty

Tanaya Beatty (born February 12, 1991^[1]) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Rachel Black in the movie adaptation of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 as well as her starring roles as Jessica Finch in True Justice, Caitlin Janvier on the hit Canadian television series Arctic Air, and Sacagawea in the upcoming HBO miniseries Lewis and Clark.^[2] In 2016, she was added to the cast of NBC's The Night Shift as Dr. Shannon Rivera. In 2018, she had the lead role as Annie in a film adaptation of Joseph Boyden's novel Through Black Spruce and as Avery in Yellowstone.

Tanaya Beatty
Born	Tanaya Beatty (1991-02-12) February 12, 1991 (age 33) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Alma mater	Vancouver Film School
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2011–present

Early life

Tanaya Beatty was born on February 12, 1991, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Beatty's mother is of Awaetlatla First Nations descent while her father is of Himalayan ancestry.^[3] She was adopted and raised by a family of Italian descent.^[3] Beatty spent her childhood living in the interior of British Columbia, including Midway, Nelson, and Grand Forks.^[3]

Career

In December 2010, Beatty graduated from the Vancouver Film School, successfully completing the full-time Essentials and Acting Program.^[3] Prior to this, she earned a certificate from a social work program.^[3]

Beatty has been included in the group of Native American actresses considered with "both the talent and the beauty to be an A-List",^[4] and was cast in the role of Sacagawea for the planned HBO miniseries, Lewis and Clark,^[2][5][6][7] which has been in development hell since 2016.^[8][9] In 2017, she appeared opposite Christian Bale and Wes Studi in Hostiles.^[10] She has the lead role in Through Black Spruce, an adaptation of Joseph Boyden's novel of the same name.^[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2011	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1	Rachel Black
2013	Words and Pictures	Tammy
2016	The Last Hunt	Crystal	Short film
2017	Hochelaga, Land of Souls	Akwi
	Hostiles	Living Woman
2018	Through Black Spruce	Annie
2022	Crimes of the Future	Berst
	God's Country	Gretchen
	Murder at Yellowstone City	Violet Running Horse
TBA	In the Blink of an Eye		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	True Justice[12]	Jessica Finch	Recurring role; 7 episodes
	Blackstone	Sandra	Episode: "Hitchin"
2012–2014	Arctic Air	Caitlin Janvier	Main role; 18 episodes
2013	Continuum	Rebecca	Recurring role; 3 episodes
2014	The 100[13]	Mel	Recurring role; 2 episodes
2016–2017	The Night Shift	Dr. Shannon Rivera	Main role (Season 3–4); 23 episodes
2018–2022	Yellowstone	Avery	Guest role (season 1), Recurring role (season 2, 4); 8 episodes

References

1. Tanaya Beatty's bio at www.northernstars.ca
2. Moya-Smith, Simon (11 June 2015). "HBO Finds Their Sacagawea; Network Hires Cultural Advisor for 'Lewis and Clark' Miniseries". Indian Country Today Media Network. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
3. "Arctic Air Cast". CBC via web.archive.org. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
4. Rondeau, Chantal (March 19, 2014). "Hollywood Wants To Cast Rooney Mara As A Native American, We Native Americans Want Hollywood To Give Us A Chance". xoJane. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
5. staff (May 27, 2014). "La miniserie de HBO 'Lewis and Clark' contrata a Tanaya Beatty, Aidan Kahn, Stephen Hill y Creed Garnick" (in Spanish). Pizquita. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
6. Tiggett, Jai (June 1, 2015). "Stephen Hill and Tanaya Beatty Cast as York and Sacagawea in HBO's 'Lewis and Clark' Miniseries". Indiewire. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
7. Petski, Denise (May 27, 2015). "'Lewis And Clark' Miniseries Adds Four To Cast". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
8. "Why Tom Hanks' Lewis And Clark Miniseries Is Shutting Down Production At HBO". Retrieved April 11, 2018.
9. "HBO Redeveloping 'Lewis & Clark' Miniseries with Michelle Ashford Rewriting". February 3, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
10. Cheshire, Godfrey (December 22, 2017). "Hostiles movie review". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
11. Schneller, Johanna (September 2, 2018). "TIFF 2018: Waiting for Tanaya Beatty's perfect world". globeandmail.com. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
12. Ferrar, Pietro (June 20, 2015). "Stasera in tv su Rete 4: "True Justice II - L'angelo della morte" con Steven Seagal" (in Italian). Blogo. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
13. Donguines, Arvin (May 13, 2015). "'The 100' Season 3 News, Update: New Season New Territories to Explore, Which Characters Will Return?". Christian Post. Retrieved June 30, 2015.

External links

• Tanaya Beatty at IMDb