Michelle Latimer is an Indigenous Canadian actress, director, writer,
and filmmaker. She initially rose to prominence for her role as Trish
Simkin on the television series Paradise Falls, shown nationally in
Canada on Showcase Television (2001â€"2004).Since the early 2010s, she
has directed several documentaries, including her feature film
directorial debut, Alias (2013), and the Viceland series, Rise, which
focuses on the 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protests; the latter won a
Canadian Screen Award at the 6th annual ceremony in 2018.Latimer was
born and raised in Thunder Bay, Ontario with Métis/Algonquin descent.
She later studied theatre at Concordia University in Montreal,
Quebec.Latimer initially garnered recognition for portraying goth teen
Trish Simpkin in Paradise Falls. Aside from Paradise Falls, Latimer
has had limited roles in other television productions. In 2004, she
had two guest appearances on the low budget Canadian series Train 48.
She also had a minor appearance in the 2004 film Resident Evil:
Apocalypse.
and filmmaker. She initially rose to prominence for her role as Trish
Simkin on the television series Paradise Falls, shown nationally in
Canada on Showcase Television (2001â€"2004).Since the early 2010s, she
has directed several documentaries, including her feature film
directorial debut, Alias (2013), and the Viceland series, Rise, which
focuses on the 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protests; the latter won a
Canadian Screen Award at the 6th annual ceremony in 2018.Latimer was
born and raised in Thunder Bay, Ontario with Métis/Algonquin descent.
She later studied theatre at Concordia University in Montreal,
Quebec.Latimer initially garnered recognition for portraying goth teen
Trish Simpkin in Paradise Falls. Aside from Paradise Falls, Latimer
has had limited roles in other television productions. In 2004, she
had two guest appearances on the low budget Canadian series Train 48.
She also had a minor appearance in the 2004 film Resident Evil:
Apocalypse.
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