Devery Jacobs
Jacobs in 2019, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs
Place of Birth: Kahnawake, Québec, Canada
Date of Birth: August 8, 1993
Ethnicity: Mohawk
Devery Jacobs is a Canadian actress. She is particularly known for her role on the show Reservation Dogs, for which she has also been a writer and director. She has also starred in the films Rhymes for Young Ghouls, The Sun at Midnight, Another WolfCop, The Lie (2018), Blood Quantum, Rustic Oracle, Bootlegger (2021), This Place, and Backspot; and on the shows Mohawk Girls, Cardinal, The Order, American Gods, Rutherford Falls, Spirit Rangers, What If…?, Echo, and Ark: The Animated Series. She has also been credited as Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs and K. Devery Jacobs.
She is the daughter of Layne Myiow and Clint Jacobs. A picture of Devery and her father can be seen here. Devery is Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk), and a member of the Bear Clan.
Kawennáhere’s paternal grandfather was Kenneth Anerahtinehtha Jacobs (the son of Peter Jacobs and Anna Kwahthara:nni Albany). Kenneth was born in Kahnawake, Québec.
Kawennáhere’s paternal grandmother is named Annette Kaia’titahkhe Peters.
Source: Obituary of Kawennáhere’s maternal grandfather, Kenneth Anerahtinehtha Jacobs – https://www.newspapers.com
Her parents are Clint Jacobs and Layne Myiow.
Photo of her and her father:
https://i.cbc.ca/1.5048803.1552065455!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/kawennahere-devery-jacobs.JPG
She is also a writer on Reservation Dogs. She is also credited as Devery Jacobs and K. Devery Jacobs.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100385170/obituary-for-kenneth-anerahtlnehtha/
Kawennáhere’s paternal grandfather was Kenneth Anerahtinetha Jacobs (the son of Peter Jacobs and Anna Kwahthara:nni Albany). Kenneth was born in Kahnawake, Quebec.
Kawennáhere’s paternal grandmother is named Annette Kaia’titahkhe Peters.