Famous Native American Actresses over 50 Years in 2024
Here is a list of the most famous Native American Actresses over 50 Years. Few of them still conquering the Hollywood film industry.
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1 Vanessa Williams – 61 Years
Vanessa Lynn Williams is the full name of the famous Native American actress Vanessa Williams, who began her acting career with the TV series Live from the Lincoln Center in 1979 and debuted in the film The Pick-up Artist in 1987. She was a very popular singer, actress, and fashion designer, and she was the first African-American lady to receive the Miss America 1984 title.
Native Actress Williams is famous for the roles of Teri Joseph in Soul Food, Wilhelmina Slater in Ugly Betty, etc. She released her first studio album The Right Stuff in 1988.
Vanessa Williams was born on 18 March 1963 in New York City, US to Milton Augustine Williams Jr. and Helen Wiliams, and has one brother. She married Jim Skrip in 2015 and before this she married Ramon Hervey [m.1987 divorced. 1997] and Rick Fox [m.1999 divorced in 2004] and she has 4 children.
Her height and weight are 5.6 feet and 68kg with black hair and dark brown eye color. Her estimated net worth is $28 million USD approx.
2 Cree Summer – 54 Years
Cree Summer Francks full name Cree Summer is an American actress and singer, who began her acting career TV series Night Heat in 1985 and debuted in the film Wild Thing in 1987 before this live performance she started as a voice-over actress for the animated movies and series. She was popularly known for the roles of Freddie in A Different World, and she voices for many films, etc.
Cree Summer was born on 7 July 1969 in Los Angeles, California, the United States of America to Don Francks and Lili Francks and has three brothers. She married Angelo Pullen and has three children. Her height and weight are 5.4 feet and 58kg with brown hair and brown eyes and her net worth is estimated at $1 million USD approx.
3 Lila Downs – 54 Years
Ana Lila Downs Sánchez is the full name of Lila Downs, a Mexican actress, singer, and songwriter. She is popularly known for her albums and won many awards in her career, she acted in a few films also.
She was born on 19 September 1968 in Tiaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico. Her height and weight are 5.5 feet and 65kgs with black hair and eyes. Her net worth is estimated at $1.5 million USD approx. She is one of the most popular native American singers and actresses over 50s.
4 Salli Richardson-Whitfield – 56 Years
Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield is well known as Salli Richardson, who began her acting career with the film Up Against the Wall in 1991 and debuted in the Television series Silk Stalkings in 1992. Richardson is popularly known for the roles of Jesse in Pastor Brown [2009], Angela in A Low Down Dirty Shame [1994], Dr. Allison Blake in Eureka, etc.
She was born on 23 November 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, the US to Duel Richardson and Marcia Harris and has three brothers. She married Dondre Whitefield in 2002 and has two children. Her net worth is estimated at $2 million USD approx and her height and weight are 5.5 feet and 57kgs with brown hair and eyes. she is one of the most famous and beautiful native American actresses over 50 as of 2024.
5 Heather Locklear – 62 Years
Heather Deen Locklear is the full name of Heather Locklear, who began her acting career with the TV series CHiPS in 1980 and debuted in the film Firestarter in 1984. She was popularly known for the roles of Sammy Jo Carrington in Dynasty [1981], Amanda Woodward in Melrose Place [1993], Abby in The Return of Swamp Thing, etc.
Heather Locklear was born on 25 September 1961 in Los Angeles, the US to Bill Locklear and Diane Locklear. She married Tommy Lee in 1986 and divorced in 1993, and married Richie Sambora in 1994 and divorced in 2007 and she has 1 child.
Her height and weight are 5 feet and 56kg with blonde hair and blue eyes. And her estimated net worth is at $6 million USD approx. She is one of the hottest and cutest native American actresses over 50.
6 Patricia Velasquez – 53 Years
Patricia Carola Velasquez Semprun is the birth name of Patricia Velasquez who is a Venezuelan actress and a model in our famous Mummy sequel’s Anck-su-namun the anti-role who was the villain’s pair.
Chanel, Chloe, John Galliano, and Antonio Berardi are a few designers for whom she had done ready-to-wear fashion shows. She is also Victoria’s Secret model.
She studied acting in New York and Los Angeles as well. Patricia was born on 31st January 1971 in Guajira, Venezuela in Italy. Her parents are Aquiles Velázquez and Lidella Semprún .
She is 5’9″ tall and 59kgs by weight. Her eye color is Black and her hair is Black too. Her net worth is $8 million.
7 Kim Basinger – 70 Years
Kim Basinger’s birth name is Kimila Ann Basinger and she has also the nickname Chelsea. She is an American actress who has acted in Charlie’s Angels, Never say Never Again, etc…
She was the third of five children. Batman in 1989 and a Texan Beauty in Nadine in the year 1987 are a few mentionable works of hers too.
Kim was born on 8th December 1953 in Athens, Georgia in the USA. Her parents are Donald Wade Basinger and Ann Cordell.
She is 5’7″ tall and 65kgs in weight. Her eye color is Grey and her hair is Blonde. Her net worth is $45 million.
8 Tori Amos – 60 Years
Myra Ellen Amos is the birth name of Tori Amos who is an American pianist, singer, and songwriter. Crucify, Silent All These Years, God, Caught a Little sneeze, and Corn Flake girl are only a few among her chartings.
A Sorta Fairytale is even a famous commercially successful single of hers in the USA to date. Night of Hunters is an album for which she won the Echo Klassik award.
Tori was born on 22nd August 1963 in Newton, North Carolina in the United States. Her spouse’s name is Mark Hawley with whom she was married in 1998 and had a girl child Natashya Lórien Hawley.
She is 5’2″ tall and 50kgs in weight. Her eye color is Blue and her hair is Red. Her net worth is $70 million.
9 Buffy Sainte-Marie – 83 Years
Buffy Sainte-Marie is a Canadian-American Musician, singer, Songwriter, oscar winner composer, and visual artist. She began her singing career and released her Album It’s My Way! in 1964.
She becomes very popular with her next-to-next albums. she got many awards which include the oscar award.
Buffy Sainte-Marie was born on 20 February 1941 in Qu’Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada. she married Jack Nitzsche in 1981 and got divorced in 2000. she is in her early 80s age. Her net worth is estimated at around $3 million US Dollars.
10 Bianca Jagger – 79 Years
Bianca Jagger is a Nicaraguan social and human rights advocate and a former actress of British and Nicaraguan ethnicity. Her birth name is Bianca Pérez-Mora Maias.
She is a great and powerful woman who has received lots of awards for her honorary works as an advocate and a responsible human being. Some of them are the Hispanic Federation of New York city’s Humanitarian Award in the year 1996, Woman of the year from the Boys Town of Italy in the same year, etc… as that is not all.
Bianca was born on 2nd May 1945 in Managua, Nicaragua. Her parents are Dora Macias Somarriba and Carlos Perez-Mora. Her spouse’s name is Mick Jagger they’ve been married from 1971-78 and their son is Jade Jagger.
She is 5’4″ tall. Her eye color is Dark Brown and her hair is Black. Her net worth is $6 million.
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11 Catherine Bach – 70 Years
Catherine Bach’s birth name is Catherine Bachman she is an American Actress. She is well known for The Dukes of Hazzard in the year 1979, You Again in the year 2010, and Thunderbolt and Lightfoot of the year 1974.
Catherine was born on 1st March 1954 in Warren, Ohio in the USA. Her parents are Norma Jean Kucera Verdugo and Bernard Bachman. Her spouses are Peter Lopez and David Shaw. Sophia Isabella Lopez and Laura Esmeralda Lopez are her children.
She is 5’8″ tall and 66kgs by weight. Her eye color is Dark Brown and her hair is Dark Brown too. Her estimated net worth is $10 million.
12 Traci Bingham – 56 Years
Traci Bingham’s original birth name is Julie Anne Smith and she is an American model, Television personality, and also actress.
She is well-known for her works such as East of Hollywood of the year 2015, Baywatch in 1989, and Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight in the year 1995.
Traci was born on 13th January 1968 in North Cambridge, Massachusetts in the U.S.A. She is 53 years old of age. Her spouse’s name is Robb Vallier. They were married in 1998 and got divorced in 2001.
She is 5’6″ tall and 70kg by weight. Her eye color is Black and her hair is Dark Brown. Her net worth is $3 million.
13 Karina Lombard – 55 Years
Karina Lombard is an American-French actress, director, and screenwriter. She has good fluency in English, Spanish, Italian, French, and German. She currently is residing in Venice, California.
The wide Sargasso Sea, The Firm, Legends of the Fall, and Kull the Conqueror in the year 1997 in which she did stunts on her own are some of her famous works.
Karina was born on 21st January 1969 in Tahiti, French Polynesia in France. Her nationality is both French and American. Her parents are Nupuree Lightfoot and Henry Lombard. She was married to Anthony John Crane in the year 1991 and 1998.
She is 5’7″ tall and 70kg by weight. And her eye color is Black and her hair is Dark Brown. Her net worth is $5 million.
14 Irene Bedard – 56 Years
Irene Bedard is an American actress, who has played mostly lead Native American roles in a variety of films.
She made her first on-screen debut in the television production Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee. Smoke Signals, Pocahontas, Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, Ralph Breaks the Internet, The New World, The Agency, and Into the West are some of her other notable works.
She was born on 22nd July 1997 in Anchorage, Alaska, the U.S. Her parents are Bruce Bedard and Carol Bedard.
Her height is 5’1” and she is 55kg by weight. And her eye color is Black and her hair color is Dark Brown. Her net worth is $5 million.
15 Elpidia Carrillo – 62 Years
Elpidia Carrillo is a Mexican actress and director. She started her career as a model when a local photographer reached out to her family. She made her first debut in the film Pafnucio Santo. Nuevo Mundo, The Border, Beyond the Limit, Under Fire, Christopher Columbus, Salvador, Predator, My Family, The Brave, Bread and Roses, Nine Lives, and Seven Pounds are some of her other notable works.
She was born on 16th August 1961 in Parácuaro, Michoacán, Mexico. Her father’s name is José Carrillo and details about her mother are currently unavailable.
Her height is 5’5” and she is 57kg by weight. And her eye color and hair color are both Black. Her net worth is $5 million.
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16 Phoebe Legere – 62 Years
Phoebe Hemenway Legere is a multi-disciplinary artist. She is a Juilliard-educated composer, soprano, pianist and accordionist, painter, poet, and filmmaker.
She had her debut at Carnegie Hall as a musician and artist. Phoebe is well-known for her works in the films Mondo New York, The Toxic Avenger Part II, The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie, King of New York, Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D., Sin City Spectacular, and The Naked Brothers Band.
She was born on 16th May 1963 in Lexington, Massachusetts, U.S. her eye color is Brown and her hair color is Blonde. Her net worth is $3-5 million.
17 Hyapatia Lee – 63 Years
Vicki Lynch, known professionally as Hyapatia Lee, is an American former adult film actress.
She first appeared in the magazines Sweet Young Foxes and Penthouse. Vicki has also worked on several albums Telephone Man, Two Sides Of Hyapatia Lee, Rub-a-Dub-Dub, and Double Euphoric. She also received the best actress award for the film The Masseuse.
She was born on 11th November 1960 in Haughville, Indianapolis, Indiana, the U.S. Her height is 5’4” and she is 50kgs by weight. And her eye color is Hazel and her hair color is Black. Her net worth is $1-5 million.
18 Joy Tanner – 58 Years
Joy Tanner is an American-born Canadian actress, who is best known for providing the voice of Candy Kong in the animated television series Donkey Kong Country.
She made her debut with the film Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil. Never like, Vacation with Derek, House at the End of the Street, and Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice D are some of her other well-known works.
She was born on 7th March 1966 in Rochester, New York, USA. Her height is 5’4” and her net worth is $1-5 million.
19 Joy Harjo – 72 Years
Joy Harjo is an American poet, musician, playwright, and author. She is the incumbent United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold that honor.
She is the author of nine books of poetry, and two award-winning children’s books, The Good Luck Cat and For a Girl Becoming. Her books include Poet Warrior, An American Sunrise, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, Crazy Brave, and How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems.
She was born on 8th May 1951 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the U.S. Her net worth is $1-5 million.
20 Kimberly Guerrero – 57 Years
Kimberly Norris Guerrero is a Native American actress in film, TV, and stage; and a screenwriter.
She appeared in several uncredited roles before making her debut in the film Son of the Morning Star. Hidalgo, Taking Chances, The Cherokee Word for Water, The Revenant, A Wrinkle in Time, The Glorias, The Dark Divide, Catch the Fair One, and Montana Story are some of her other notable works.
She was born on 17th January 1967 in Oklahoma, the U.S. Her height is 5’6” and she is 62kg by weight. And her eye and hair color is both Black. Her net worth is $2 million.
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21 Michelle Thrush – 57 Years
Michelle Thrush is a Canadian actress and First Nations activist for Aboriginal Canadians and the other Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
She made her debut in the film Isaac Littlefeathers. The Dark Wind, Madison, North of 60, Northern Exposure, The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy, North of 60:Trial by Fire, Moccasin Flats, Mixed Blessings, Blackstone, Arctic Air, Tin Star, Molly of Denali, and Tribal are some of her other well-known works.
She was born on 6th February 1967 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Her eye color is Light Brown and her hair color is Black. Her net worth is $3 million
22 Raven De La Croix – 76 Years
Raven De La Croix is an American actress and stripper.
She made her debut in the film Up! The Chicken Chronicles, The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington, The Lost Empire, Screwballs, Heat and Sunlight, The Double-D Avenger, and Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove are some of her other well-known works.
She was born on 24th August 1947 in Manhattan, New York, U.S. Her height is 5’5” and her eye color is Blue and her hair color is Blue. Her net worth is $13 million.
23 Georgina Lightning – 58 Years
Georgina Lightning is a First Nations film director, screenwriter, and actress.
Happily Ever After Fairy Tales for Every Child, Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, Walker, Texas Ranger, Johnny Greyeyes, Christmas in the Clouds, The West Wing, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Dreamkeeper, Older Than America, Blackstone, Trickster, and Pipe Nation are some of her other well-known works.
Her height is 5’4” and she is 57kg by weight. And her eye color is Dark Brown and her hair color is Black. Her net worth is $9 million.
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24 Sheri Foster – 66 Years
Sheri Foster is an American actress and registered member of the Cherokee nation from Texas.
She made her debut in the film U-Turn. Yellow Wooden Ring, Strong Medicine, Coyote Waits, House, Mohawk, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt are some of her other well-known works.
She was born on 19th October 1957 in Borger, Texas. Her height is 6’0” and details of her weight, eye color, and hair color will be updated shortly. Her net worth is $10 million.
25 Tina Keeper – 62 Years
Tina Keeper, OM is a Cree actress, film producer, and former politician from Canada.
She first became popular for her role in North of 60. For Angela, Heater, Skins and On the Corner Cashing In, Mohawk Girls, Heartland, Through Black Spruce, Falls Around Her, Through Black Spruce, Road of Iniquity, Sky Stories and REDress Redress Project are some of her other well-known works.
She was born on 20th March 1962 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her parents are Joseph Irvine Keeper and Phyllis Keeper. Her net worth is $1-5 million.
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26 Althea Sam – 51 Years
Althea Sam is a Native American actress.
She made her debut in the film Wind River. The Happy Worker, Evening Installation, and The Natural are some of her other well-known works.
Her personal details are currently under review and will be updated soon. Her net worth is currently unavailable.
27 Sacheen Littlefeather – 75 Years
Marie Louise Cruz, also known as Sacheen Littlefeather, is an American actress, model, and Native American civil rights, activist.
She started her career as an activist for the Native American community. Later she became famous for her speech on behalf of Marlon Brando boycotting an academy award. She has also worked in several films such as Counselor at Crime, The Laughing Policeman, Freebie and the Bean, The Trial of Billy Jack, Johnny Firecloud, Winterhawk, Shoot the Sun Down, Reel Injun, and Sacheen: Breaking the Silence.
She was born on 14th November 1946 in Salinas, California, the U.S. Her parents are Manuel Ybarra Cruz and Geroldine Marie Barnitz.
Her height is 5’5” and she is 70kg in weight. And her eye color is Dark Brown and her hair color is Black. Her net worth is $1.4 million.
28 Pam Grier – 74 Years
Pamela Suzette Grier is an American actress. She made her debut with the film The Big Doll House. The Big Bird Cage, Coffy, Foxy Brown, Sheba, Baby, Friday FosterFort Apache, The Bronx, Twilight of Love, Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, Original Gangstas, Jawbreaker, Just Wright, Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel, The Man with the Iron Fists, Bad Grandmas, Being Rose, and Poms are some of her other well-known works.
She was born on 26th May 1949 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the U.S. Her parents are Clarence Ransom Grier, Jr. and Gwendolyn Sylvia.
Her height is 5’8” and she is 73kg by weight. And her eye color is Dark Brown and her hair color is Black. Her net worth is $4 million.
29 Tantoo Cardinal – 73 Years
Tantoo Cardinal, CM is a Canadian film and television actress. She began her career as an actress with the film Marie-Anne. Loyalties, Spirit Bay, Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge, Lightning Field, Spirit Rider, Dances with Wolves, Black Robe, Silent Tongue, Mustard Bath, Legends of the Fall, Godless, Wind River, Falls Around Her, Hold the Dark, and Red Snow are some of her other well-known works.
She was born on 20th July 1950 in Anzac, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Her mother’s name is Julia Cardinal and details of her father are currently unknown.
Her height is 5’7” and she is 55kg by weight. And her eye color is Dark Brown and her hair color is Gray. Her net worth is $5 million.
30 Geraldine Keams – 72 Years
Geraldine Keams is a Navajo actress. She made her acting debut in the film The Outlaw Josey Wales. The Car, Born to the Wind, Twin Peaks, Northern Exposure, Dharma & Greg, The Slaughter Rule, Skinwalkers, DreamKeeper, Buffalo Dreams, Comanche Moon, Faster, Arcadia, Rutherford Falls, and Reservation Dogs are some of her other well-known works.
She was born on 19th August 1951 in Flagstaff, Arizona, the U.S. Her parents are Lee Keams and Helen Keams.
Her height is 5’9” and she is 54kg by weight. And her eye color is Black and her hair color is Brown. Her net worth is $18 million.
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31 Jenny Gago – 68 Years
Jenny Gago is a Peruvian-American actress. She started her acting career with smaller uncredited roles in several tv series before she was recognized. The Man with Two Brains, Under Fire, The Lonely Guy, Irreconcilable Differences, Innerspace, Blood In Blood Out, My Family, The Tie That Binds, Nurse Betty, Coach Carter, Meet Me in Miami, B-Girl, Gallowwalkers, The Obama Effect, and Princess of the Row are some of her other well-known works.
She was born on 11th September 1953 in Peru, South America. Her parents are Hugh Gagnier and Eleanor Gagnier.
Her height is 5’7” and details of her weight will be updated soon. And her eye color and her hair color are both Brown. Jenny estimated net worth is $10 million.
32 Louise Erdrich – 69 Years
Louise Erdrich is an American author of novels, poetry, and children’s books featuring Native American characters and settings.
She started her career as an author with her first short story Love Medicine. Since then she has penned Antelope Woman, The Master Butchers Singing Club, Shadow Tag, The Night Watchman, The Sentence, Four Souls, The Plague of Doves, The Round House, and LaRose.
She was born on 7th June 1954 in Little Falls, Minnesota, United States. Her parents are Ralph Erdrich and Rita Erdrich.
Her height is 5’7” and details of her weight are currently unavailable. And her eye color is Hazel and her hair color is Dark Brown. Her net worth is $85 million.
33 Sheila Tousey – 64 Years
Sheila May Tousey is a Native American actress. She made her debut with the film Thunderheart. Slaughter of the Innocents, Silent Tongue, Lord of Illusions, Grand Avenue, Sparkler, Ravenous, Wildflowers, Skinwalkers, Dreamkeeper, Coyote Waits, A Thief of Time, Johnny Too tall, Into the West, and Christmas in the Clouds are some of her other well-known works.
She was born on 4th June 1959 in Keshena, Wisconsin, U.S. Her parents are Alain Touraine and Katherine Elizabeth Craig.
Her height is 5’6” and she is 75kg by weight. And her eye color is Black and her hair color is Brown. Her net worth is $16 million.
34 Elaine Miles – 64 Years
Elaine Miles is an American actress. She is known for her role as Marilyn Whirlwind in the television series Northern Exposure. Bill Nye, the Science Guy, Mad Love, The Rez, Pandora’s Clock, Scattering Dad, Smoke Signals, The Business of Fancydancing, Skins, Tortilla Heaven, Wyvern, Juanita, and The Last of Us are some of her other well-known works.
She was born on 7th April 1960 in Pendleton, Oregon, U.S. Her father’s name is Armenia Miles and her father’s details are currently unknown.
Her height is 5’7” and details of her weight are currently unavailable. And her eye color is Black and her hair color is Dark Brown. Her net worth is $1-5 million
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