2020
Tribal
Sam Woodburn
FLM.REDJESSICA
MATTEN
เจสสิกา แมตเทน
Stories of community, courage and connection
A Canadian actor and producer whose work includes Dark Winds, Rez Ball and Avatar Aang.
Making space for Indigenous stories
Jessica Matten is a Canadian actor and producer of Red River Métis and Cree descent. Her work includes television drama, film and voice performance.
Her screen work includes A Red Girl’s Reasoning, Frontier and the Canadian series Tribal. In Tribal she plays Sam Woodburn, a police chief navigating the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous law enforcement.
In Dark Winds, Matten plays Bernadette Manuelito, a Navajo Tribal Police officer. She discussed the role with AMC in the context of a mystery set in the American Southwest.
The basketball drama Rez Ball (2024) casts her as coach Heather Hobbs, a former professional player helping a high-school team through a difficult season.
In Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (2026), she voices Katara as part of the animated film’s new voice cast.
The films below are those currently available on FLM.RED, not a complete list of her work.
Selected roles
2022
Dark Winds
Bernadette Manuelito
2024
Rez Ball
Heather Hobbs
2026
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
Katara (voice)
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.