Thrush, Michelle 1967–

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THRUSH, Michelle 1967–

PERSONAL

Born February 6, 1967; raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Education: Graduated from Plains Indians Cultural Survival School. Ethnicity: Cree.

Addresses: Agent—Artmedia, 20, av. Rapp, Paris 75007 France.

Career: Actress. StoryTeller Theatre, founding member; presenter of suicide prevention seminars in Native communities.

Member: Screen Actors Guild, Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists, University of British Columbia Performers.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Sylvie LeBret, North of 60, CBC, 1996–97.

Laura, Moccasin Flats, [Canada], beginning 2003.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Rainbow Woman, Children of the Dust (also known as A Good Day to Die), CBS, 1995.

Morning Horse, DreamKeeper, ABC, 2003.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Sally Littlefeathers, Isaac Littlefeathers (also known as Isaac, Nuage-fouguex), CBC, 1984.

Ghost of Christmas past, Ebenezer, TNT, 1997.

Holly, "Unwed Father," ABC Movie of the Week, ABC, 1997.

Sylvie LeBret, Trial by Fire (also known as North of 60: Trial by Fire), CBC, 2000.

Some sources cite appearances in Daughters of the Country and Dusk 'til Dawn.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Charlene, "Best Friends," Madison (also known as Working It out at Madison), CanWest Global Television, 1993.

Charlene, "The Circle," Madison (also known as Working It out at Madison), CanWest Global Television, 1993.

Charlene, "Class Act," Madison (also known as Working It out at Madison), CanWest Global Television, 1993.

Charlene, "Not Just Anybody," Madison (also known as Working It out at Madison), CanWest Global Television, 1993.

Sara Lightfoot, "Bless the Child," Highlander (also known as Highlander: The Series), syndicated, 1994.

Little Deer, "Line of Fire," Highlander (also known as Highlander: The Series), syndicated, 1995.

Marian Blackwing, "Blackwing," Forever Knight, USA Network and syndicated, 1995.

Grey Hawk, "Wilderness Run," Viper, syndicated, 1997.

Jane Cogo, "Before I Wake," The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, syndicated, 1998.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Amy, "Shofar, So Good," Northern Exposure, CBS, 1994.

Film Appearances:

The Wake (short film; also known as Veillee funebre), National Film Board of Canada, 1986.

Olivia D'Lonais, Showdown at Williams Creek (also known as Kootenai Brown and The Legend of Kootenai Brown), National Film Board of Canada/British Columbia Film Commission/Republic Pictures, 1991.

Shirley Topaha, The Dark Wind, Carolco, 1993.

Nobody's girlfriend, Dead Man (also known as Jim Jar-musch's "Dead Man"), Miramax, 1995.

Stella, Skins, First Look Pictures Releasing, 2002.

Fugitives Run (also known as Don't Call Me Tonto and Ne m'appelez pas Tonto), American World Pictures, 2003.

Leslie Peters/Jane Doe number one, Unnatural & Accidental, Raven West Films, 2006.

Film Work:

Automated dialogue replacement voice, Last of the Dogmen, Savoy Pictures, 1995.

Stage Appearances:

Eileen Joe, The Ecstasy of Rita Joe, Firehall Arts Centre, Firehall Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, c. 1992.

Lead role, Written in Stone, Green Thumb Theatre for Young People, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, c. 1993.

Danielle, Girl Who Loved Her Horses, Theatre Direct, 1995.

Zhaboonigan, The Rez Sisters, The Grand Theatre, London, Ontario, Canada, c. 1995.

Appeared as an angel and coach, Heaven Can Wait, as Detective Peers, Red Spy at Night, and as a wife, Wild West, all Bowness Theatre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; as Denise, Dance Me Born; as Mary, Song of the Circle, Spirit Song, University of British Columbia; as a native princess, The Toyshop, Mainstage, Prince's Island; as Pihew/Florence, Generic Warriors and No Name Indians, Native Earth Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; as Raven, Stolen Horses, Second Stage Gallery; as the title role, Sadie Shaw from Arkansas, T. B. Riley Theatre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and as various roles, The All Complete Aboriginal Show, Montreal Youth Theatre.