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Jayli Wolf
Musical artist, singer-songwriter, actress, and filmmaker

Jayli Wolf

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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. As a solo artist, she broke out with her single and music video "Child of the Government", which made CBC Music's top 10 Canadian songs of 2021 and won Best Music Video at the Venice Short Film Awards.

For her debut solo EP Wild Whisper, Wolf was nominated for Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the American Indian Film Festival for her performance in the film Run Woman Run (2021).

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 community 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.

Discography

EPs

TitleDetails
Wild WhisperReleased: 2021

Label: Studio 71

God Is an Endless MirrorReleased: 2023

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Singles

YearTitleAlbum
2013"I Can't Remember"
2021"Child of the Government"Wild Whisper
"Hush"
"Lead Me"
2023"Holding On"
"Blood Orange"

Music videos

YearTitleAlbum
2021"Child of the Government"Wild Whisper
"Hush"
"Would You Die"
"Hell"
"Lead Me"

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014BeingAngelShort film
2017Ways to WaterGirlShort film
2018Level 16
2021Run Woman RunJess
2021The ExchangeBrenda

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014–2016Mohawk GirlsTulipRecurring role; 8 episodes
2015Single LadiesFlight AttendantEpisode: "Gone"
2016Urban Native Girl2 episodes
2018risingHerselfDocumentary
2019Burden of TruthAshley3 episodes
2020TribalSusanEpisode: "The Road to Hell is Paved"
2020TricksterDestiny1 episode
2021Y: The Last ManLaura / Athena5 episodes
2023Spirit RangersHedgehogVoice
Episode: "River Ruckus/Sailing Stones"

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef
2021Venice Shorts Film AwardsBest Music Video"Child of the Government"Won
American Indian Film FestivalBest Supporting ActressRun Woman RunNominated
2022Juno AwardsContemporary Indigenous Artist of the YearWild WhisperPending
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