M O R N I N G S T A R
A N G E L I N E
SAG-AFTRA ACTOR/FILMMAKER
Morningstar Angeline (she, her, they), born as Morningstar Angeline Wilson-Chippewa, was born in Santa Fe, NM, to Rita Rose Wilson and Ethan Shawn Chippewa. She was later adopted by Daniel Harold Freeland and raised in Gallup, NM. She is a queer Navajo, Chippewa Cree, Blackfoot, Shoshone, and Latinx woman.
Angeline began acting in theatre as a child and continued studying acting and writing throughout college. In 2014 she made her feature debut as Nizhoni Smiles in Drunktown's Finest at the Sundance Film Festival. Since then, Angeline has starred in Paramount's Yellowstone, Netflix's Chambers, HBO's This Much I Know Is True, and Amazon's Outer Range.
Behind the camera, she has worked in AD, camera, casting, and location departments and received awards from the American Indian Film Festival, Institute of American Indian Arts, and was honored by the New Mexico Film and TV Hall of Fame. In 2019, she co-produced and starred in Blackhorse Lowe's feature FUKRY. She is a 2018 Sundance Indigenous Lab Fellow for her directorial and writing debut, Yá’át’ééh Abiní.
Morningstar assisted Zack Snyder on his 2021 film Army of the Dead, is a 2020 Vision Maker Media Shorts Fellow for her co-written script Seeds and is a 2020 Native American Feature Film Writers Lab Fellow for her script Rowdy by Nature. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the mixed-media company Tse'Nato'.
FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS
2021 Fourth World Indigenous Media Lab Fellow
2020 Vision Maker Media Short Film Fellow
2020 Native American Feature Writers Lab Fellow
2018 Sundance Institute Indigenous Lab Fellow
FILMOGRAPHY INCLUDES...
ACTING AWARDS &
NOMINATIONS
2020 Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival
Best Leading Actress Nominee for 'The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw'
2019 American Indian Film Festival
Best Actress Nominee for 'The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw'
2018 New Mexico Film & TV Hall of Fame
‘Rising Star’ Honoree
2017 IAIA Cinema Showcase
Best Acting Performance for 'Raven'
2014 American Indian Film Festival
Best Supporting Actress for 'Drunktown’s Finest'
