Lucy Tulugarjuk

Biography

Lucy Tulugarjuk (born February 28, 1975) is an Inuk actress, throat singer, and director. She is the executive director of the Nunavut Independent Television Network.

Tulugarjuk is from Igloolik, Nunavut.

Tulugarjuk is known for starring in the 2001 film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, for which she won the award for Best Actress at the American Indian Film Festival. In 2015, she acted in the film Maliglutit.

In 2017, she directed her first feature-length film, Tia and Piujuq (Inuktitut: ᑏᐊ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᐅᔪᖅ). The film featured Marie-Hélène Cousineau as producer and Tulugarjuk's daughter in the lead role as Piujuq.

With Carol Kunnuk, she was co-director, co-writer and co-star of Tautuktavuk (What W...