Cherish Violet Blood

Cherish Violet Blood is a Kainai actress and storyteller from Canada.^[1] She is most noted for her performance as Marie in the 2021 film Scarborough, for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.^[2]

Prior to her film debut in Scarborough, she was known for her leading role as Lila in a touring stage production of Tara Beagan's play Deer Woman.^[3] For Scarborough, she also received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2021.^[4]

References

^ Jessica Da Cunha, "'A Day in the Life' Cherish Violet Blood, Star of Deer Woman". Calgary Guardian, October 14, 2020.
^ "Night Raiders, Scarborough emerge victorious at 5th night of Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, April 8, 2022.
^ Randall King, "On with the shows: After 18 long months real, live theatre is ready to return – with audiences in the seats". Winnipeg Free Press, October 7, 2021.
^ Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog, Night Raiders lead Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards nominations". Vancouver Sun, February 20, 2022.

External links

Cherish Violet Blood at IMDb

Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Film

Best Supporting Actor
1970–2021

Gratien Gélinas (1970)
Danny Freedman (1971)
Donald Pilon (1972)
Willie Lamothe (1973)
No Award (1974)
Henry Beckman (1975)
Frank Moore (1976)
Jean Lapointe (1977)
Henry Beckman (1978)
Gordon Pinsent (1980)
Germain Houde (1981)
Saul Rubinek (1982)
R. H. Thomson (1983)
Michael Zelniker (1984)
Alan Scarfe (1985)
Alan Arkin (1986)
Gabriel Arcand (1987)
Germain Houde (1988)
Rémy Girard (1989)
Rémy Girard (1990)
August Schellenberg (1991)
Michael Hogan (1992)
Kevin Tighe (1993)
Don McKellar (1994)
Kenneth Welsh (1995)
Peter Donaldson (1996)
Peter MacNeill (1997)
Callum Keith Rennie (1998)
Mark McKinney (1999)
Martin Cummins (2000)
Vincent Gale (2001)
Elias Koteas (2002)
Stéphane Rousseau (2003)
Jean Lapointe (2004)
Denis Bernard (2005)
Stephen McHattie (2006)
Armin Mueller-Stahl (2007)
Callum Keith Rennie (2008)
Maxim Gaudette (2009)
Dustin Hoffman (2010)
Viggo Mortensen (2011)
Serge Kanyinda (2012)
Gordon Pinsent (2013)
John Cusack (2014)
Nick Serino (2015)
Vincent Cassel (2016)
Ethan Hawke (2017)
Richard Clarkin (2018)
Rémy Girard (2019)
Colm Feore (2020)
Joshua Odjick (2021)

Best Supporting Actress
1970–2021

Fernande Giroux (1970)
Olivette Thibault (1971)
Doris Petrie (1972)
Camille Bernard (1973)
No Award (1974)
Lila Kedrova (1975)
Tedde Moore (1976)
Carole Lazare (1977)
Marilyn Lightstone (1978)
Geneviève Bujold (1980)
Kate Reid (1981)
Denise Filiatrault (1982)
Jackie Burroughs (1983)
Jackie Burroughs (1984)
Linda Sorenson (1985)
Linda Sorenson (1986)
Louise Portal (1987)
Paule Baillargeon (1988)
Colleen Dewhurst (1989)
Robyn Stevan (1990)
Danielle Proulx (1991)
Monique Mercure (1992)
Nicola Cavendish (1993)
Martha Henry (1994)
Kate Nelligan (1995)
Martha Burns (1996)
Seana McKenna (1997)
Monique Mercure (1998)
Catherine O'Hara (1999)
Helen Shaver (2000)
Molly Parker (2001)
Pascale Montpetit (2002)
Marie-Josée Croze (2003)
Jennifer Jason Leigh (2004)
Danielle Proulx (2005)
Carrie-Anne Moss (2006)
Kristen Thomson (2007)
Kristin Booth (2008)
Martha Burns (2009)
Minnie Driver (2010)
Sophie Nélisse (2011)
Seema Biswas (2012)
Sarah Gadon (2013)
Suzanne Clément (2014)
Joan Allen (2015)
Molly Parker (2016)
Bahar Noohian (2017)
Sarah Gadon (2018)
Nour Belkhiria (2019)
Mary Walsh (2020)
Cherish Violet Blood (2021)

Best Supporting Performance in a Film
2022-present

Aaron Pierre (2022)

Canadian Film Awards 1968-1978, Genie Awards 1980-2011, Canadian Screen Awards 2012-present.
Separate awards were presented by gender prior to 2022; a single unified category for best performance regardless of gender has been presented since.