Christine Tootoo

Christine Tootoo is an enigmatic and captivating actor in film and theatre, recently starring and collaborating in Kiviuq Returns, Qaggiavuut’s Inuit theatre epic that toured southern and northern Canada in 2017, and starred as Ani in the feature film Iqaluit by Quebec Director Benoit Pilon in 2016.
Christine has toured as a drummer and throat singer with the Inuksuk Drum Dancers to Ottawa, Iqaluit and Greenland, and she is a button accordion player, mentoring with renowned Nunavut masters Simeonie Keenainak, Zeebedee Nungaq and Jeannie Nungaq.

Most recently, Christine has facilitated youth workshops throughout Nunavut in the Inuit performing arts, and performed in Unikkaaqtuat (The Old Stories) presented by the NAC’s Indigenous Theatre and supported by the NAC’s National Creation Fund, with a nine city tour across Canada.