Jayli Wolf
Jayli Wolf (born 23 November) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and filmmaker. She began her music career in collaboration with Hayden Wolf under the name Once A Tree. For her debut solo EP Wild Whisper, Wolf was nominated for Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022.
Jayli Wolf

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- 23 November
- Birthplace
- Creston, British Columbia, Canada
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- film director
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Biography
Biography
She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the American Indian Film Festival for her performance in the film Run Woman Run (2021).
Key facts
Key facts
• Born — 23 November • Birthplace — Creston, British Columbia, Canada • Years Active — 2013–present • Instruments — * Vocals • guitar • Genre — * Indie pop • dark folk • Current Member Of — Once A Tree
Early and personal life
Early and personal life
Wolf was born in Creston, British Columbia to a teen mother of Danish descent and raised in a trailer with her maternal family. She was told she was half-Mexican growing up, only to learn she was First Nations at the age of eight. Her father reached out to her with the discovery that he was unwittingly taken in the Sixties Scoop and had his ethnicity covered up on his adoption papers. He found his family in the Saulteau First Nation near Chetwynd. Wolf is bisexual. She grew up a Jehovah's Witness in what she has described as a Doomsday cult. She convinced her collaborator Hayden Wolf, whom she met online through mutual friends, to join her in leaving the religion. They married in 2012 and moved to Toronto together when Jayli won a songwriting contest. She dropped out of university to pursue a career in music. She has reconnected with her paternal family and indigenous heritage as an adult.
EPs
EPs
• Title — Details • Wild Whisper — Released: 2021 Label: Studio 71 • God Is an Endless Mirror — Released: 2023 Label:
Singles
Singles
• Year — Title — Album • 2013 — "I Can't Remember" • 2021 — "Child of the Government" — Wild Whisper • "Hush" • "Lead Me" • 2023 — "Holding On" • "Blood Orange"
Music videos
Music videos
• Year — Title — Album • 2021 — "Child of the Government" — Wild Whisper • "Hush" • "Would You Die" • "Hell" • "Lead Me"
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2014–2016 — Mohawk Girls — Tulip — Recurring role; 8 episodes • 2015 — Single Ladies — Flight Attendant — Episode: "Gone" • 2016 — Urban Native Girl — 2 episodes • 2018 — rising — Herself — Documentary • 2019 — Burden of Truth — Ashley — 3 episodes • 2020 — Tribal — Susan — Episode: "The Road to Hell is Paved" • 2020 — Trickster — Destiny — 1 episode • 2021 — Y: The Last Man — Laura / Athena — 5 episodes • 2023 — Spirit Rangers — Hedgehog — Voice Episode: "River Ruckus/Sailing Stones"
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2014 — Being — Angel — Short film • 2017 — Ways to Water — Girl — Short film • 2018 — Level 16 • 2021 — Run Woman Run — Jess • 2021 — The Exchange — Brenda
Awards and nominations
• Year — Award — Category — Work — Result — Ref • 2021 — Venice Shorts Film Awards — Best Music Video — "Child of the Government" • American Indian Film Festival — Best Supporting Actress — Run Woman Run • 2022 — Juno Awards — Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year — Wild Whisper
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- 1.The top 100 Canadian songs of 2021. CBC Music. 6 December 2021.
- 2.Hot Streak: Jayli Wolf. Instrumental. 5 July 2021.
- 3.Leiber, Sarah Jae. Jayli Wolf Releases 'Child Of The Government'. BroadwayWorld. 2 April 2021.
- 4.Jackson Weaver, "Charlotte Cardin, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber lead 2022 Juno Award nominees". CBC News, March 1, 2022.
- 5.Peters, Alexa. Jayli Wolf Reclaims Every Part of Herself on Forthcoming EP Wild Whisper. AudioFemme. 14 May 2021.
- 6.Weekes, Jabbari. Once A Tree Want to Save Your Soul. Vice. 6 August 2015.
- 7.Eckersley, Lorne. Creston grad and husband recognized by Rolling Stone as new performers of note. Creston Valley Advance. 7 December 2017.
- 8.Estrada, Sienna. Jayli Wolf soars in her new single, "Hush" [Video]. EarMilk. 18 May 2021.
- 9.Queer Indigenous artist Jayli Wolf refuses to be silent in new single "Hush". Queer Forty. 14 May 2021.
- 10.Major, Michael. Jayli Wolf Releases Empowering New Single 'Lead Me'. BroadwayWorld. 30 September 2021.
- 11.Valentine, Claire. Premiere: Jayli Wolf finds strength in vulnerability in "Would You Die" video. Nylon. 18 June 2021.
- 12.Joey Clift. Spirit Rangers Season 2 comes out May 8th and we just announced a bunch of our voice cast!! It was so fun working with all of these Native and Indigenous superstars and I can't wait for ya'll to hear them in the new episodes! #SpiritRangers. 1653839455986536449. May 3, 2023.
- 13.Rosier, Lauren. Indigenous and queer artist, Jayli Wolf, drops new video "Child of the Government" out now. That Mag. 5 April 2021.
- 14.Schilling, Vincent. American Indian Film Festival: 126 films, 30 nominees, 6 winners. Indian Country Today. 7 November 2021.
- 15."Jayli Wolf risked it all to leave the past behind and find herself" by David Friend, The Hamilton Spectator (11 May 2022) Retrieved from
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