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Misty Anne Upham was an American actress best known for her role in the 2008 film Frozen River, for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. She appeared with Benicio del Toro in Arnaud Desplechin’s Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plain… 

Full Name Misty Upham
Net Worth $50 Thousand
Date Of Birth July 6, 1982, Kalispell, Montana, United States
Died October 5, 2014, Auburn, Washington, United States
Place Of Birth Kalispell
Profession Actor
Nationality United States of America
Nicknames Misty Anne Upham
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1130728
Nominations Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Movies Within, Cake, August: Osage County, Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian, Frozen River, Expiration Date, Edge of America, Skinwalkers, Skins, Without Fire
Quote
1 I just do shit so I don’t have to stop and think about shit.
2 I don’t like interviews. I hate them. I always feel so stupid. I just go blank, even with the simplest questions. I guess it’s to do with the fact that I’m a perfectionist. I don’t want to say anything that I’ll regret in ten years time. And I’m also painfully shy in real life. When I’m in front of the camera, or talking to people as an actress, and not as myself, it’s like I become another person. Somehow possessed with somebody who is worth talking to. Because at home people could care less about what I have to say.
3 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.
Fact
1 Misty was multilingual. She spoke Latin, French, Spanish, British English and her Native Language ( Blackfeet). She also spoke in several accents including: Spanish, Irish, Japanese, Australian, British English and Native American.
2 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.
3 Favorite movies were Elizabeth (1998), Amélie (2001), Queen Margot (1994), Rory O’Shea Was Here (2004), The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004), Orlando (1992) and Dahmer (2002).
4 Favorite Actresses were Cate Blanchett, Helen Mirren, Tilda Swinton, Asia Argento and Emily Watson.
5 Favorite Actors were James McAvoy, Jeremy Renner, Steve Zahn, Christian Bale, and Daniel Day-Lewis.
6 Was asked to write an article for the Native Vue Magazine in 2006. After reading her work, the editor asked her to come on as a featured celebrity writer. She wrote only three articles before feeling the need to spend more time on her own screenplays.
7 Gained forty pounds and had a significant amount of her hair cut for her role as Lila, a new mom/widow in Frozen River. Her trademark long and thick hair was previously waist-length.
8 She was the subject of a documentary by Ali Talis of New York City, following her career and life as an actress/artist. [2005]
9 Upham was pro-life.
10 Her favorite restaurant “in all the world” was the Lemon Grass (Thai) in Salt Lake City.
11 Upham studied Latin and medieval and early renaissance art and history.
12 She played classical guitar and studied classical voice.
13 Upham insisted on doing her own stunts for the fight scenes in Skins (2002).
14 Upham’s father was a music teacher.

Actress

Title Year Status Character
Within 2016 Tina Walsh
Cake 2014/II Liz
Without Fire 2013 Short May
August: Osage County 2013 Johnna Monevata
Jimmy P. 2013 Jane
Every Other Second 2012 Short Nurse Kelly
Django Unchained 2012 Minnie (uncredited)
Mascots 2011 Short Karen
Big Love 2010 TV Series Leila Stilwell
The Dry Land 2010 Gloria the Receptionist
Burn the Wagons 2009 Video short
Frozen River 2008 Lila Littlewolf
Expiration Date 2006 Charlie’s Mother
Edge of America 2003 TV Movie Shirleen
DreamKeeper 2003 TV Movie Chief’s Daughter
Skinwalkers 2002 TV Movie Nina
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet 2002 TV Series Dawn
Skins 2002 Mrs. Blue Cloud

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
The 87th Annual Academy Awards 2015 TV Special Herself – Actress (In Memoriam)
The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2015 TV Special Herself – In Memoriam
Entertainment Tonight 2014 TV Series Herself

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2013 Capri Ensemble Cast Award Capri, Hollywood August: Osage County (2013)
2013 Hollywood Film Award Hollywood Film Awards Ensemble of the Year August: Osage County (2013)
2013 NFCS Award Nevada Film Critics Society Best Ensemble Cast August: Osage County (2013)
2008 EDA Female Focus Award Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Newcomer Frozen River (2008)
2008 American Indian Movie Award American Indian Film Festival Best Supporting Actress Frozen River (2008)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2014 Gold Derby Award Gold Derby Awards Ensemble Cast August: Osage County (2013)
2014 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture August: Osage County (2013)
2014 Seattle Film Critics Award Seattle Film Critics Awards Best Ensemble Cast August: Osage County (2013)
2013 PFCS Award Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Acting Ensemble August: Osage County (2013)
2013 WAFCA Award Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards Best Acting Ensemble August: Osage County (2013)
2009 Independent Spirit Award Independent Spirit Awards Best Supporting Female Frozen River (2008)

2nd Place Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2013 WFCC Award Women Film Critics Circle Awards Women’s Work/Best Ensemble August: Osage County (2013)
2009 COFCA Award Central Ohio Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Frozen River (2008)
2008 UFCA Award Utah Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Frozen River (2008)

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