Natalie Stoney

About Roseanne Supernault

Born in the city of Grande Prairie, she grew up on a farm in the small Northern Alberta Métis Settlement of East Prairie, which she has personally equated with the reservation life. She is Métis -Cree, from the Woodlands Cree bloodline and a mix of Scottish and French descent. Her parents, also Métis -Cree, moved their family to Edmonton when she was six years old.

Shortly after she was accepted into the prestigious Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts. She trained at the school for four years and upon her graduation in 2007 she had been extensively trained in theatre and stage acting with several Film and TV training courses with various industry professionals under her belt, all while dabbling in Jazz, Ballet, Lyrical,Tap Dancing, Choir, and directing a one act play in her school’s Playworks Festival. Throughout her school years she made appearances in Steven Spielberg’s TV Mini Series Into the West, several Family Channel and TV commercials, with work in a Mothers Against Drunk Driving Video Short. Supernault’s leap into the professional acting world came after her arts studies in High School and during her training in the Alberta Core Actor Group Program with Vancouver Acting Coach Neil Schell (which she completed in the Summer of 2009), where she won the role of Natalie Stoney in the TV Pilot Blackstone.

The TV Pilot garnered 9 nominations at the Alberta Film and TV Awards, with the show winning Best Director, Best Drama under 60 minutes, and Supernault picking up the Best Actress Award for her compelling performance. Blackstone was also nominated for several American Indian Film Festival Awards with her co-star Michelle Thrush winning the Best Actress Award. Most recently, Blackstone – which is now in its second season – took home two Gemini awards.

Supernault has also filmed the lead of Quilla in the indie film Every Emotion Costs with Female Aboriginal Director Darlene Naponse. The film revolves around three sisters, two of which return home to the reserve for the funeral of their mentally unstable mother. She plays across Michelle St. John, Nathaniel Arcand, Adam Garcia, and Tantoo Cardinal. She was also apart of The Doomsday Scrolls, written and directed by Jason Bourke. Joining a cast headed by A.J. Buckley (CSI: NY) and Jewel Staite (Stargate Atlantis), she plays Raven, a modern day teen that joins her grandfather – played by the late Gordon Tootoosis – as they help a scientist and a book editor on a journey to solve a mystery and stop the end of the world.

Supernault is moved by Aboriginal Art and Literature and feels inspired by her people’s culture and youth. She often volunteers with her people and is the founder of the Turtle Island Culture & Language Preservation Project. Coming from a distinct background, she brings a unique and very real flavor to her characters. She has immense pride in her heritage, her work, and she has an incredible work ethic. Time will only tell where she chooses to tread as she creates a new path for herself and the Native people of Turtle Island.