‘True Detective’: Kali Reis on #MMIP

 

Putting a spotlight on missing and murdered Indigenous women is something Kali Reis (Wampanoag) has been passionate about throughout her career and is one of the reasons she signed on to play Navarro. “That’s the whole reason why I started bringing awareness to different issues in the community with my boxing career,” Reis says.

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ABOUT KALI:

Reis was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on August 24, 1986 and is the youngest of five children.^[8] She and her siblings were raised by their mother in East Providence, Rhode Island.^[8][9] Reis claims Cape Verdean ancestry, and identifies as being of Native American descent, specifically Cherokee and Nipmuc ancestry.^[10] She is a member of the Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe,^[10] an unrecognized tribe in Massachusetts. 

In June 2022, Reis was announced as the co-lead of True Detective: Night Country, the fourth season of HBO's anthology crime series. Reis starred alongside Jodie Foster as a detective investigating the disappearance of eight men from an Alaskan research station. WIKI