Devery Jacobs is an award-winning actress, writer, director, producer, and one of Hollywood’s most exciting rising stars. As a socially conscious voice from Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory, she uses her platform to advocate for Indigenous and LGBTQ2S+ rights. She is best known for starring as one of the leads in the groundbreaking, Emmy®-nominated comedy series RESERVATION DOGS, where she also wrote and directed. For her performance as “Elora Danan” in the FX/Hulu series, Jacobs earned back-to-back 2023 and 2024 Critics’ Choice Award nominations for “Best Actress in a Comedy Series” and a Gotham Award nomination for “Outstanding Performance in a New Series.” 

Recently, Jacobs wrapped production on the highly anticipated holiday comedy film OH. WHAT. FUN. for Amazon MGM. Her producorial feature film debut, BACKSPOT, which is also executive produced by Elliot Page and directed by D.W. Waterson, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and at SXSW. The film, which achieved “Certified Fresh” status on Rotten Tomatoes, had its theatrical release on May 31, 2024 in the U.S. and Canada and is presently available on VOD. Notably, Jacobs starred in the Marvel series ECHO, which launched on Disney+ in January 2024 to rave reviews. She also voiced the character “Kahhori” in Marvel’s WHAT IF…? series, the studio’s first Indigenous-Mohawk superhero. Throughout the entirety of her episode, Jacobs exclusively spoke in the Mohawk language. 

Jacobs has amassed a significant body of work in several film and television productions with a wide reach in genres including the Netflix original horror drama series THE ORDER, the Amazon/Starz fantasy drama series AMERICAN GODS, and Blumhouse Productions’ film THE LIE. Her first breakout role came when she was cast as the lead role in the award-winning feature film, RHYMES FOR YOUNG GHOULS, for which she was nominated for “Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role” at the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards.