MICHELLE ST. JOHN as AGNES ROTH

Michelle St. John began her career at the age of 11, recording television and radio jingles and voice-overs. At 13, she became the lead singer of Innercity, a local Toronto band made up of 7 teenagers who played a mix of R&B and jazz. At the age of 17, Michelle landed her first role in a CBC television movie of the week 9B and has since stayed busy with film, television, theatre and voice work. Theatre credits include the premieres of Winterman for DTW in New York City; Darrel Dennis's Trickster of 3rd Ave. East for Native Earth Performing Arts: Marie Clements The Unnatural and Accidental Women for The Firehall Arts Centre in Vancouver and Drew Hayden Taylor's Sucker Falls for Touchstone and Ruby Slipper Theatres in Vancouver. Film and television credits include: 9B (The Series); Arrest The Book; Spirit Rider; Curse of the Viking Grave; TNT's Geronimo and the CBC M.O.W. Liar Liar. She has also appeared in Murphy Brown, Mentors, Northern Exposure, Side Effects and This is Wonderland. In 1989 Michelle earned a Gemini Award for Best Actress for her work in Where the Spirit Lives and a second Gemini the following year for Best Guest Performance for her appearance in Alliance TV's E.N.G. She can also be heard as Great Grandma on Treehouse and APTN's Tipi Tales. Michelle can also be seen riding in the car with Elaine Miles, in Sherman Alexie's Smoke Signals and as the female lead, Agnes in his latest film, The Business of Fancydancing. Michelle is featured on the soundtrack for The Business of Fancydancing, singing OSINILSHATIN, co-written with Jennifer Kreisberg (Ulali), in the Spokane language. In 1999, Michelle and partners Monique Mojica and Jani Lauzon founded Turtle Gals Performance Ensemble, a Native women’s theatre company based in Toronto. Together they have written, performed and produced their first original play; the critically acclaimed The Scrubbing Project and are currently planning a tour while continuing to develop a new play The Only Good Indian (working title), facilitate theatre workshops and perform as an ensemble across Canada and the United States. Michelle currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Reel World Film Festival, the Toronto Arts Council – Theatre Committee and is a 2003/04 Dora Juror for the Independent Theatre Category. This spring Michelle will launch a new radio show called Red Tales as Associate Producer and Host, for Aboriginal Voices Radio. Red Tales is literary show, featuring Indigenous writers from across the continent. Michelle is currently working on her first solo album of original music and will soon make her directorial debut with a short film, currently in development.

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