Annabella Piugattuk’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Canadian actress
Is Actor 
Film actor 
From Canada 
Type Film, TV, Stage & Radio 
Gender female
Birth 19 December 1982, Iqaluit
Age: 37 years
Star sign Sagittarius

Annabella Piugattuk (born December 19, 1982) is a Canadian Inuit actress, notable for her role in the 2003 film The Snow Walker.

Early life

Annabella Piugattuk was born December 19, 1982 in Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories (what is now Iqaluit, Nunavut), Canada. She was raised with her four brothers and younger sister in Igloolik, a village with a population of 1,286 in Nunavut. Throughout her childhood, Annabella spent time with her grandfather, listening to his stories of their ancestral past and developing a deep understanding of Inuit tradition. She became adept at hunting and wilderness survival techniques.

Acting career

Annabella became interested in acting after her grade eight teacher involved her in a school play. At the age of 19, she read a story in the Nunatsiaq News about casting directors in town searching for actors for a new film, The Snow Walker. Encouraged by her mother, Annabella obtained a copy of the script from company representatives, who were distributing them. That Friday night, at a community dance with friends, Annabella was approached by casting director Jared Valentine, who asked her to audition for the role of Kanaalaq. After attending local auditions, the diminutive teenager (she is 4’9″) and five other semi-finalists were flown to Vancouver to do screen tests. A few weeks after returning home, she received word that she was offered the part.

In the film The Snow Walker, Annabella plays the character of Kanaalaq, a young Inuit woman who helps a Canadian bush pilot to survive the harsh conditions of the Northwest Territories following an airplane crash. Like the character she portrays, Annabella is an Inuit throat singer, and can fish, hunt seal and walrus, and make clothing out of caribou hides. For her role in The Snow Walker, Piugattuk received a Genie nomination as best supporting actress in 2004.

In 2005, Annabella appeared in the TV miniseries Into the West in the role of Dancing Water.

Annabella lives in Iqaluit, Nunavut.

Filmography

  • The Snow Walker (2003)
  • Into the West (2005)

Honors and awards

  • 2004 Genie Awards Nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (for The Snow Walker)
  • 2006 DVD Exclusive Awards Nomination for Best Actress (for The Snow Walker)
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