# Violet Nelson

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{{short description|Canadian actress}}
'''Violet Nelson''' is a [Kwakwakaʼwakw](/source/Kwakwaka%CA%BCwakw) and [Honduran](/source/Hondurans) actress from [Canada](/source/Canada).<ref>Robert Sullivan, [https://www.vogue.com/article/the-body-remembers-when-the-world-broke-open-interview "In The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, Two Women Grapple With Trauma and the Past"]. ''[Vogue](/source/Vogue_(magazine))'', December 5, 2019.</ref> She is most noted for her performance as Rosie in the film ''[The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open](/source/The_Body_Remembers_When_the_World_Broke_Open)'', for which she received a [Vancouver Film Critics Circle](/source/Vancouver_Film_Critics_Circle) nomination for [Best Actress in a Canadian Film](/source/Vancouver_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Canadian_Film) at the [Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2019](/source/Vancouver_Film_Critics_Circle_Awards_2019),<ref name=mack>Adrian Mack, [https://www.straight.com/movies/1337036/marriage-story-dominates-vancouver-film-critics-circle-noms "Marriage Story dominates Vancouver Film Critics Circle noms"]. ''[The Georgia Straight](/source/The_Georgia_Straight)'', December 13, 2019.</ref> and a [Canadian Screen Award](/source/Canadian_Screen_Award) nomination for [Best Lead Actress](/source/Canadian_Screen_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress) at the [8th Canadian Screen Awards](/source/8th_Canadian_Screen_Awards) in 2020.<ref>Norman Wilner, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/features/canadian-screen-awards-nominations-2020/ "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Prepare for a Schitt's show"]. ''[Now](/source/Now_(newspaper))'', February 18, 2020.</ref>

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==External links==
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Category:Canadian film actresses
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Category:First Nations actresses
Category:Kwakwaka'wakw people
Category:Canadian people of Honduran descent
Category:Living people
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century Canadian actresses
Category:21st-century First Nations people
Category:21st-century First Nations women

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