August 2004
 Actor
Alex Rice (Mohawk) was raised in Kahnawake, Quebec
and Brooklyn, New York. Her father was an ironworker. Rice has
had lead roles in numerous independent films and guest spots on
several television shows including The Sopranos. She won
the Best Actress Award at the 2003 American Indian Film Festival
for her role as Janet Pete in Coyote Waits, whom she also
plays in Skinwalkers and A Thief of Time. Playing
a young prostitute in Nathaniel Geary's On the Corner was
an emotionally stressful experience for Rice, and raised her awareness
of the difficult lives of Vancouver's street youth. Rice participated
in the 2004 Sundance Filmmaker's Lab and will be appearing soon
in Terrence Malik's The New World.
"I became an actor because it was always my dream. I always
felt the presence of many stories inside of me, stories dying
to get out and to be told through me. If you give yourself one
gift, give yourself the gift of your dream and CHASE IT. On
the Corner was the greatest experience of my life and career
thus far. Everything about acting and storytelling really became
clear to me on that set–-it demanded so much and pushed us
all. Most of all, I learned that there is beauty even in the darkest
of places."
Screened by NMAI
Image credit:
Both Alex Rice - courtesy of www.alexrice.biz
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