# Jayli Wolf

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{{Infobox musical artist
| image            = Jayli Wolf.jpg
| alt              =
| caption          = Wolf in 2019
| birth_name       = 
| birth_date       = 23 November
| birth_place      = [Creston, British Columbia](/source/Creston%2C_British_Columbia), Canada
| module           = {{Infobox person|child=yes
| education       = 
}}
| years_active     = 2013–present
| instruments      = {{flatlist|
* Vocals
* guitar
}}
| genre            = {{flatlist|
* [Indie pop](/source/Indie_pop)
* [dark folk](/source/dark_folk)
}}
| current_member_of = [Once A Tree](/source/Once_A_Tree)
| label            = 
}}

'''Jayli Wolf''' (born 23 November) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and filmmaker. She began her music career in collaboration with Hayden Wolf under the name [Once A Tree](/source/Once_A_Tree). As a solo artist, she broke out with her single and music video "Child of the Government", which made [CBC Music](/source/CBC_Music)'s top 10 Canadian songs of 2021 and won Best Music Video at the Venice Short Film Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/music/the-top-100-canadian-songs-of-2021-1.6262357|title=The top 100 Canadian songs of 2021|website=CBC Music|date=6 December 2021|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref>

For her debut solo EP ''Wild Whisper'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.weareinstrumental.com/hot-streak-jayli-wolf/|title=Hot Streak: Jayli Wolf|website=Instrumental|date=5 July 2021|accessdate=18 August 2021|archive-date=26 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926190446/https://www.weareinstrumental.com/hot-streak-jayli-wolf/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Jayli-Wolf-Releases-Child-Of-The-Government-20210402|title=Jayli Wolf Releases 'Child Of The Government'|website=BroadwayWorld|first=Sarah Jae|last=Leiber|date=2 April 2021|accessdate=10 September 2021}}</ref> Wolf was nominated for [Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year](/source/Juno_Award_for_Contemporary_Indigenous_Artist_of_the_Year) at the [Juno Awards of 2022](/source/Juno_Awards_of_2022).<ref>Jackson Weaver, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/2022-juno-award-nominees-1.6367948 "Charlotte Cardin, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber lead 2022 Juno Award nominees"]. [CBC News](/source/CBC_News), March 1, 2022.</ref> She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the [American Indian Film Festival](/source/American_Indian_Film_Festival) for her performance in the film ''[Run Woman Run](/source/Run_Woman_Run)'' (2021).

==Early and personal life==
Wolf was born in [Creston, British Columbia](/source/Creston%2C_British_Columbia) to a teen mother of Danish descent and raised in a trailer with her maternal family. She was told she was half-Mexican growing up, only to learn she was [First Nations](/source/First_Nations_in_Canada) at the age of eight. Her father reached out to her with the discovery that he was unwittingly taken in the [Sixties Scoop](/source/Sixties_Scoop) and had his ethnicity covered up on his adoption papers. He found his family in the [Saulteau First Nation](/source/Saulteau_First_Nation) near [Chetwynd](/source/Chetwynd%2C_British_Columbia).<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.audiofemme.com/interview-jayli-wolf-wild-whisper/|title=Jayli Wolf Reclaims Every Part of Herself on Forthcoming EP Wild Whisper|journal=AudioFemme|first=Alexa|last=Peters|date=14 May 2021|accessdate=17 August 2021}}</ref>

Wolf is bisexual. She grew up a [Jehovah's Witness](/source/Jehovah's_Witness) in what she has described as a [Doomsday cult](/source/Doomsday_cult). She convinced her collaborator Hayden Wolf, whom she met online through mutual friends, to join her in leaving the religion. They married in 2012 and moved to [Toronto](/source/Toronto) together when Jayli won a songwriting contest. She dropped out of university to pursue a career in music. She has reconnected with her paternal family and indigenous heritage as an adult.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/once-a-tree-thousand-lives-interview-2015/|title=Once A Tree Want to Save Your Soul|journal=Vice|first=Jabbari|last=Weekes|date=6 August 2015|access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.crestonvalleyadvance.ca/entertainment/creston-grad-and-husband-recognized-by-rolling-stone-as-new-performers-of-note/|title=Creston grad and husband recognized by Rolling Stone as new performers of note|journal=Creston Valley Advance|first=Lorne|last=Eckersley|date=7 December 2017|accessdate=17 August 2021}}</ref>

==Discography==
===EPs===
{| class="wikitable"
!Title
!Details
|-
| ''Wild Whisper''
| Released: 2021
Label: Studio 71
|-
| ''God Is an Endless Mirror''
| Released: 2023
Label: 
|-
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Album
|-
| 2013
| "I Can't Remember"
| {{n/a}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2021
| "Child of the Government"
| rowspan="2" | ''Wild Whisper''
|-
| "Hush"<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://earmilk.com/2021/05/18/jayli-wolf-soars-in-her-new-single-hush-video/|title=Jayli Wolf soars in her new single, "Hush" [Video]|journal=EarMilk|first=Sienna|last=Estrada|date=18 May 2021 |accessdate=8 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://queerforty.com/queer-indigenous-artist-jayli-wolf-refuses-to-be-silent-in-new-single-hush|title=Queer Indigenous artist Jayli Wolf refuses to be silent in new single "Hush"|journal=Queer Forty|date=14 May 2021|accessdate=10 September 2021}}</ref>
|-
| "Lead Me"<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Jayli-Wolf-Releases-Empowering-New-Single-Lead-Me-20210930|title= Jayli Wolf Releases Empowering New Single 'Lead Me'|website=BroadwayWorld|first=Michael|last=Major|date=30 September 2021|accessdate=13 December 2021}}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2023
| "Holding On"
|
|-
| "Blood Orange"
|
|-
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Album
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2021
| "Child of the Government"
| rowspan="4" | ''Wild Whisper''
|-
| "Hush"
|-
| "Would You Die"<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/jayli-wolf-would-you-die-premiere|title=Premiere: Jayli Wolf finds strength in vulnerability in "Would You Die" video|journal=Nylon|first=Claire|last=Valentine|date=18 June 2021 |accessdate=8 September 2021}}</ref>
|-
| "Hell"
|-
| "Lead Me"
| {{n/a}}
|-
|}

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2014
| ''Being''
| Angel 
| Short film
|-
| 2017
| ''Ways to Water''
| Girl
| Short film
|-
| 2018 
| ''[Level 16](/source/Level_16)''
|
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[Run Woman Run](/source/Run_Woman_Run_(film))''
| Jess
|
|-
| 2021 
| ''[The Exchange](/source/The_Exchange_(2021_film))''
| Brenda
|
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2014–2016
| ''[Mohawk Girls](/source/Mohawk_Girls_(TV_series))''
| Tulip
| Recurring role; 8 episodes
|-
| 2015
| ''[Single Ladies](/source/Single_Ladies_(TV_series))''
| Flight Attendant
| Episode: "Gone"
|-
| 2016
| ''Urban Native Girl''
| 
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2018
| ''rising''
| Herself
| Documentary
|-
| 2019
| ''[Burden of Truth](/source/Burden_of_Truth_(TV_series))''
| Ashley
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2020
| ''[Tribal](/source/Tribal_(TV_series))''
| Susan
| Episode: "The Road to Hell is Paved"
|-
| 2020
| ''[Trickster](/source/Trickster_(Canadian_TV_series))''
| Destiny
| 1 episode
|-
| 2021
| ''[Y: The Last Man](/source/Y%3A_The_Last_Man_(TV_series))''
| Laura / Athena
| 5 episodes
|-
| 2023
| ''[Spirit Rangers](/source/Spirit_Rangers_(TV_series))''
| Hedgehog
| Voice<br/> Episode: "River Ruckus/Sailing Stones"<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Joey Clift |user=joeytainment |number=1653839455986536449 |title=Spirit Rangers Season 2 comes out May 8th and we just announced a bunch of our voice cast!! It was so fun working with all of these Native and Indigenous superstars and I can't wait for ya'll to hear them in the new episodes! #SpiritRangers |date= May 3, 2023 |access-date=September 16, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Year  
! Award
! Category
! Work
! Result 
! Ref
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2021
| Venice Shorts Film Awards
| Best Music Video
| "Child of the Government"
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://thatmusicmag.com/indigenious-and-queer-artist-jayli-wolf-drops-new-video-child-of-the-government-out-now/|title=Indigenous and queer artist, Jayli Wolf, drops new video "Child of the Government" out now|journal=That Mag|first=Lauren|last=Rosier|date=5 April 2021|accessdate=18 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [American Indian Film Festival](/source/American_Indian_Film_Festival)
| Best Supporting Actress
| ''Run Woman Run''
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://indiancountrytoday.com/lifestyle/american-indian-film-festival-126-films-30-nominees-6-winners|title=American Indian Film Festival: 126 films, 30 nominees, 6 winners|journal=Indian Country Today|first=Vincent|last=Schilling|date=7 November 2021|accessdate=13 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 2022
| [Juno Awards](/source/Juno_Awards_of_2022)
| [Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year](/source/Juno_Award_for_Contemporary_Indigenous_Artist_of_the_Year)
| ''Wild Whisper''
| {{nom}}
| <ref>"Jayli Wolf risked it all to leave the past behind and find herself" by David Friend, ''[The Hamilton Spectator](/source/The_Hamilton_Spectator)'' (11 May 2022) Retrieved from {{ProQuest|2661851124}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|5724976}}

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