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Jayli Wolf
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Wolf in 2019
Background information
Born 23 November
Creston, British Columbia, Canada
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active 2013–present

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. As a solo artist, she broke out with her single and music video "Child of the Government", which made CBC Music's top 10 Canadian songs of 2021 and won Best Music Video at the Venice Short Film Awards.

For her debut solo EP Wild Whisper, Wolf was nominated for Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the American Indian Film Festival for her performance in the film Run Woman Run (2021).

Early and personal life

Wolf was born in Creston, 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 at the age of eight. Her father reached out to her with the discovery that he was unwittingly taken in the Sixties Scoop and had his ethnicity covered up on his adoption papers. He found his family in the Saulteau First Nation near Chetwynd.

Wolf is bisexual. She grew up a Jehovah's Witness in what she has described as a 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 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.

Discography

EPs

Title Details
Wild Whisper Released: 2021

Label: Studio 71

God Is an Endless Mirror Released: 2023

Label:

Singles

Year Title Album
2013 "I Can't Remember" N/A
2021 "Child of the Government" Wild Whisper
"Hush"
"Lead Me" N/A
2023 "Holding On"
"Blood Orange"

Music videos

Year Title Album
2021 "Child of the Government" Wild Whisper
"Hush"
"Would You Die"
"Hell"
"Lead Me" N/A

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Being Angel Short film
2017 Ways to Water Girl Short film
2018 Level 16
2021 Run Woman Run Jess
2021 The Exchange Brenda

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2014–2016 Mohawk Girls Tulip Recurring role; 8 episodes
2015 Single Ladies Flight Attendant Episode: "Gone"
2016 Urban Native Girl 2 episodes
2018 rising Herself Documentary
2019 Burden of Truth Ashley 3 episodes
2020 Tribal Susan Episode: "The Road to Hell is Paved"
2020 Trickster Destiny 1 episode
2021 Y: The Last Man Laura / Athena 5 episodes
2023 Spirit Rangers Hedgehog Voice
Episode: "River Ruckus/Sailing Stones"

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref
2021 Venice Shorts Film Awards Best Music Video "Child of the Government" Won
American Indian Film Festival Best Supporting Actress Run Woman Run Nominated
2022 Juno Awards Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year Wild Whisper Nominated
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