MORNINGSTAR ANGELINE
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, and Latinx womxn.
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, and HBO's This Much I Know Is True.
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 (Morningstar Media, LLC.) co-produced Blackhorse Lowe's feature FUKRY. She is a 2018 Sundance Indigenous Lab Fellow for her directorial and writing debut, Yá’át’ééh Abiní.
Most recently Morningstar assisted Zack Snyder on 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’.
Morningstar is an actress, director, writer, producer, and performer. She currently resides in Albuquerque, NM, and Los Angeles, CA.
ACTING AWARDS &
NOMINATIONS
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'
FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS
2020 Vision Maker Media Short Film Fellow
Seeds (short)
2020 Native American Feature Writers Lab Fellow
Rowdy by Nature
2016 Sundance Institute Indigenous Lab Fellow
Yá'át'ééh Abiní (short)
WORK HISTORY
Producer's Assistant
Canyon Del Muerto, First Line Films
Director
Covfefe for Two (short), Arabela Films
Associate Producer
Ralph Lauren Southwest Holiday Commercial, Red Ambition
Director
Vibrant Eyes (music video), Morningstar Media, LLC.
Director’s Assistant
Army of the Dead, The Stone Quarry
Producer’s Assistant
Freedom, Final-Cut For Real Productions
Location Assistant
Manson Brother’s Midnight Zombie Massacre, Mona Vista Productions
Transportation Assistant
REI Commercial
Director’s Assistant
FUKRY, Blackhorse Lowe, LLC.
Production Assistant
A Song Often Played on the Radio, Blackhorse Lowe, LLC.
Director
Yá'át'ééh Abiní, Morningstar Media, LLC.
Extras Casting Assistant and EPK Assistant
WACO, Brothers Dowdle Productions
Producer’s Assistant
Scalped, DC Entertainment, Warner Horizon Television
Camera Operator
Rise, VICE
Legal Assistant
Fuentes Law Office