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Lucy Tulugarjuk
Born (1975-02-28) February 28, 1975 (age 49)
Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada
Occupation Actress
Throat singer
Director
Children Nuvvija Mikili Tulugarjuk
Relatives

Lucy Tulugarjuk (born February 28, 1975) is an Inuit actress, throat singer, and director. She is executive director for the Nunavut Independent Television Network.

Biography

Tulugarjuk is from Igloolik, Nunavut.

Career

Tulugarjuk is known for starring in the 2001 film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, for which she won the award for Best Actress at the American Indian Film Festival. In 2015, she acted in the film Maliglutit.

In 2017 she directed her first feature-length film Tia and Piujuq (Inuktitut: ᑏᐊ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᐅᔪᖅ). The film featured Marie-Hélène Cousineau as producer, and Tulugarjuk's daughter in the lead role as Piujuq.

With Carol Kunnuk she was co-director, co-writer and co-star of Tautuktavuk (What We See), which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2023 and won the Amplify Voices Award for Best First Film.

She performs as a throat singer, but in 2014 declined to perform for Nunavut MP Leona Aglukkaq in protest of the government's seismic testing. That year, she wore seal skin at the Gone Wild show in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories to support Inuit culture. In 2016, she also called for the resignation of Aglukkaq's successor as MP, Hunter Tootoo.

She is executive director for Nunavut Independent Television Network, a service of Isuma based in Igloolik. In 2021, Isuma launched Uvagut TV, a 24/7 online channel devoted to Inuktitut language programming, for which Tulugarjuk is managing director. Tulugarjuk reported that she sees the channel as "a tool for preserving and revitalizing the Inuit people's language and culture."

Filmography

As actress

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner Puja
2005 L'iceberg Nattikuttuk
2006 The Journals of Knud Rasmussen Nuvvija
2007 Issaittuq Title translated as 'waterproof'
2013 Maïna Aasivak
2016 Searchers 'Maliglutit' in Ikutitut.
2018 Tia and Piujuq Tarriagsuk Ansaana
2020 Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice Young Shaman
2023 Tautuktavuk (What We See) Uyarak
2025 Untitled eighth Mission: Impossible film Not yet released TBA Filming

As filmmaker

Year Title Role Notes
2006 The Journals of Knud Rasmussen Writer, casting director, makeup artist Credited with writing the Inuktitut dialogue
2018 Tia and Piujuq Director, writer
2019 Restless River Co-producer
2023 Tautuktavuk (What We See) Co-director, co-writer, actor with Carol Kunnuk

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2001 American Indian Film Festival Best Actress Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner Won
2023 Toronto International Film Festival Amplify Voices BIPOC Canadian First Feature Award Tautuktavuk (What We See) Won

See also

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