Darla Contois
Darla Contois is an Indigenous (Cree-Saulteaux) writer and actress from Misipawistik Cree Nation, Grand Rapids, Manitoba, Canada.[1] She stars as Esther Rosenblum/Behzig Little Bird in the Canadian drama television series Little Bird [2] which premiered on Crave and APTN lumi on May 26, 2023.
She graduated from the Centre for Indigenous Theatre’s professional training program in 2014 and attended David Smukler's National Voice Intensive. Her solo show White Man’s Indian premiered at Summerworks 2017 in Toronto where she was awarded the Emerging Artist Award. Her most recent work, The War Being Waged was produced by Winnipeg's Prairie Theatre Exchange as part of their 2021–22 season, and has been acknowledged by Toronto critic Lynn Slotkin with a Tootsie award.
[3] She lives in Winnipeg with her daughter. Her father was a Sixties Scoop survivor.