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Tanaya Beatty

Tanaya Beatty (born October 9, 1989) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her lead role as Annie in a film adaptation of Joseph Boyden's novel Through Black Spruce, as Avery in Yellowstone and Rachel Black in the movie adaptation of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1. She's also had starring roles as Jessica Finch in True Justice, Caitlin Janvier on the hit Canadian television series Arctic Air, and Sacagawea in the stalled production HBO miniseries Lewis and Clark. In 2016, she was added to the cast of NBC's The Night Shift as Dr. Shannon Rivera. In 2018.

Tanaya Beatty was born on October 9, 1989, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Beatty's mother is of Awaetlatla First Nations descent while her father is South Asian. She was adopted and raised by a family of Italian descent. Beatty spent her childhood living in the interior of British Columbia, including Midway, Nelson, and Grand Forks.

In December 2010, Beatty graduated from the Vancouver Film School, successfully completing the full-time Essentials and Acting Program. Prior to this, she earned a certificate from a social work program.

Beatty has been included in the group of Native American actresses considered with "both the talent and the beauty to be an A-List", and was cast in the role of Sacagawea for the planned HBO miniseries, Lewis and Clark, which has been in development hell since 2016. In 2017, she appeared opposite Christian Bale and Wes Studi in Hostiles. She has the lead role in Through Black Spruce, an adaptation of Joseph Boyden's novel of the same name.

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