Pamela Matthews

Pamela Matthews is an actor, director, writer, editor, and producer.

She plays Miriam in the Showtime special event series Dexter: New Blood.

Appearances

 * “Smoke Signals” (2021)
 * "Runaway" (2021)
 * "Skin of Her Teeth" (2021)

Career
Film

Her film credits include roles in Night Raiders (2021); Shazam! (2019); Through Black Spruce (2018); A Windigo Tale (2010); Casino Jack (2010); and Divided Loyalties (1990).

TV Movies

Her TV movies include roles in One Dead Indian (2006); and Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer (1993).

Shorts

Her shorts include ''The Future. It's So Last Week (2009); Divided by Zero (2006); Only the Devil Speaks Cree (2002); Interviews with My Next Girlfriend (2002); and The Girlfriend Interviews'' (2001).

Television

Her TV credits include roles in Burden of Truth; Unsettled; Trickster; Tribal; In Contempt; Hard Rock Medical; Lost Girl; The Border; Renegadepress.com; Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis (miniseries); Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science; Canada: A People's History (series documentary); Earth: Final Conflict; The Rez; North of 60; Street Legal; and The Campbells.

Theatre

Pam has appeared in, or directed, numerous theatre productions across the country.

Educator

She teaches Directing & Performance at Ryerson University and is a Professor at Centennial College. Pam also teaches Filmmaking for The American Indian Film Institute's Tribal Touring Program in San Francisco.

Personal Life
Pam is Cree from the Sachigo Lake First Nation. She received her Masters Degree in Film Production from York University, completed undergraduate Film Studies at Ryerson University and graduated from Ryerson Theatre School in 1989. Pam studied directing at the Lincoln Center Theater in New York City and at the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain in London, England.

Achievements

 * In 2003, she received the Gold Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement from Ryerson University's Department of Film.