Kaniehtiio Horn is a Canadian actress and filmmaker recognized for her impactful roles across television and film, offering brands a visible and authentic presence.
Kaniehtiio Horn is represented by Amanda Rosenthal Talent Agency out of Montreal for her acting work.
Kaniehtiio Horn developed her feature film 'Seeds' with the support of Telefilm Canada and The Indigenous Screen Office.
Kaniehtiio Horn previously dabbled in filmmaking and made her 2012 short film 'The Smoke Shack' with Big Soul Productions.
Kaniehtiio Horn, also known as Tiio Horn, is a Canadian actress and filmmaker born on November 8, 1986, in Ottawa, Ontario. She spent her upbringing between Ottawa and the Kahnawake Mohawk reserve just outside Montreal. Horn is the daughter of political activist Kahn-Tineta Horn. Her early life was marked by the 1990 Oka Crisis, where she, her mother, and her older half-sister Waneek Horn-Miller were notable participants; a photograph from this event, showing a four-year-old Horn with her sister, became a symbol of the conflict. Horn pursued theatre arts, graduating from Dawson College in 2005. Her acting career began in 2006 with a role in the CBC television mini-series “Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis,” a real-life event she had experienced years prior.
Horn’s career progressed with a Gemini Award nomination in 2008 for her role as Angel in “Moccasin Flats: Redemption,” and she appeared in “Journey to the Center of the Earth” in the same year. In 2009, she garnered critical attention with roles in Canadian films such as “The Trotsky,” “Web of Lies,” “The Wild Hunt,” and “Leslie, My Name Is Evil,” with “The Trotsky” and “The Wild Hunt” being recognized among the Top 10 Canadian films at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. Her television work includes Monica Bellow in the CBC sitcom “18 to Life” (2010–2011) and later Destiny Rumancek in Netflix’s “Hemlock Grove” (2013–2015). Horn also lent her voice to the character Kaniehtí:io in the 2012 video game “Assassin’s Creed III.”
More recently, Horn has gained recognition for her role as Tanis in the acclaimed comedy series “Letterkenny” (2016–2023), for which she received a Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2022. She also served as a consulting producer on the “Letterkenny” spin-off “Shoresy.” Her filmography includes roles in “Immortals” (2011), “Death Wish” (2018), and “Possessor” (2020). From 2021 to 2023, she played the recurring character Deer Lady in the FX/Hulu series “Reservation Dogs.” In 2024, her feature directorial debut, “Seeds,” which she also wrote and starred in, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and earned a Directors Guild of Canada Award.
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