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Misty Upham(1982-2014)

  • Actress
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Misty Upham at an event for Jimmy P: Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian (2013)
This is the theatrical trailer for Frozen River, directed by Courtney Hunt.
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Frozen River (2008)
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Misty Anne Upham, born in Kallispell, Montana, grew up in south Seattle, the fourth of five children. She began her career at the age of thirteen when she joined a community theater group, Red Eagle Soaring. What began as a summer workshop soon turned into a full-time job. By the age of fourteen she was writing and directing short skits and performing on tours throughout the northwest. In the next four years she would be accepted to several Seattle theater companies, all while attending high school. Her first break came in 2001 when she landed the role of Mrs. Blue Cloud in Chris Eyre's sophmore project Skins (2002), where she portrayed a victim of domestic abuse on the Pine Ridge reservation. She also had a large role in the family drama August: Osage County (2013), playing Johnna Monevata, a live-in housekeeper.

Misty died in 2014, in Auburn, Washington, of blunt-force trauma.
BornJuly 6, 1982
DiedOctober 5, 2014(32)
BornJuly 6, 1982
DiedOctober 5, 2014(32)
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  • Awards
    • 5 wins & 9 nominations

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Misty Upham in Frozen River (2008)
Melissa Leo and Misty Upham in Frozen River (2008)
Misty Upham in Frozen River (2008)
Meryl Streep and Misty Upham in August: Osage County (2013)
Benicio Del Toro and Misty Upham in Jimmy P: Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian (2013)
Melissa Leo and Misty Upham in Frozen River (2008)
Melissa Leo and Misty Upham in Frozen River (2008)
Misty Upham in Frozen River (2008)
Juliette Lewis, Julianne Nicholson, and Misty Upham
Misty Upham
Misty Upham at an event for August: Osage County (2013)
Chris Cooper, Margo Martindale, John Wells, and Misty Upham

Known for

Ewan McGregor, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis, Dermot Mulroney, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, and Margo Martindale in August: Osage County (2013)
August: Osage County
7.2
  • Johnna Monevata
  • 2013
Frozen River (2008)
Frozen River
7.1
  • Lila Littlewolf
  • 2008
Jennifer Aniston in Cake (2014)
Cake
6.4
  • Liz
  • 2014
The Dry Land (2010)
The Dry Land
5.5
  • Gloria the Receptionist
  • 2010

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Actress

  • Within (2016)
    Within
    • Tina Walsh
    • 2016
  • Jennifer Aniston in Cake (2014)
    Cake
    • Liz
    • 2014
  • Without Fire
    • May
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Ewan McGregor, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis, Dermot Mulroney, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, and Margo Martindale in August: Osage County (2013)
    August: Osage County
    • Johnna Monevata
    • 2013
  • Benicio Del Toro and Mathieu Amalric in Jimmy P: Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian (2013)
    Jimmy P: Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian
    • Jane
    • 2013
  • Every Other Second
    • Nurse Kelly
    • Short
    • 2012
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, and Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained (2012)
    Django Unchained
    • Minnie (uncredited)
    • 2012
  • Mascots (2011)
    Mascots
    • Karen
    • Short
    • 2011
  • Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, and Ginnifer Goodwin in Big Love (2006)
    Big Love
    • Leila Stilwell
    • TV Series
    • 2010
  • The Dry Land (2010)
    The Dry Land
    • Gloria the Receptionist
    • 2010
  • Burn the Wagons (2009)
    Burn the Wagons
    • Video
    • 2009
  • Frozen River (2008)
    Frozen River
    • Lila Littlewolf
    • 2008
  • Expiration Date (2006)
    Expiration Date
    • Charles' Wife - 1955
    • 2006
  • DreamKeeper (2003)
    DreamKeeper
    • Chief's Daughter
    • 2003
  • Edge of America (2003)
    Edge of America
    • Shirleen
    • TV Movie
    • 2003

Videos2

Frozen River: Theatrical Trailer
Trailer 1:58
Frozen River: Theatrical Trailer
EXPIRATION DATE
Trailer 1:51
EXPIRATION DATE

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
  • Born
    • July 6, 1982
    • Kalispell, Montana, USA
  • Died
    • October 5, 2014
    • Auburn, Washington, USA(blunt-force trauma)

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  • Trivia
    On October 5, 2014, she was seen at her apartment in Auburn, Washington. Her father called police on October 6th saying that she was missing. Police stopped her father from going after her, instead they searched her apartment and felt that she left of her own volition; and have not officially declared her missing. As of October 12, 2014 she had not contacted family or friends. On October 16, 2014, family and friends found a body in a ravine that they believed to be hers. Despite pleas from the family the police refused to help with search and rescue efforts. She was one of a 1000+ missing Native women whom the police never searched for.
  • Quotes
    I would love to do a film like Howard's End, which is one of my favorites. I would love to do a film like Sense & Sensibility, but until society changes, the only roles I'd get to play in movies like that would be either as a maid, or a prisoner, which totally sucks.

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