---
name: "Melaw Nakehk'o"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/melaw-nakehko"
fi1m_id: "melaw-nakehko"
imdb_id: "nm7506216"
tmdb_id: 2498673
wikidata_id: "Q22279353"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:33:37.058692+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Melaw Nakehk'o

## Identity

Melaw Nakehk'o

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/melaw-nakehko
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** melaw-nakehko
- **IMDb ID:** nm7506216
- **TMDB ID:** 2498673
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22279353
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaw_Nakehk%27o, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22279353, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7506216/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2498673

Actor. Born in Fort Simpson.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaw_Nakehk%27o, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22279353, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7506216/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2498673

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Revenant*](https://film.one/film/the-revenant.md) (74)

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## Biography

Melaw Nakehk'o is a Canadian actress, visual artist and traditional moose hide tanner. She is best known for her role as Powaqa in the 2015 film *The Revenant*, her first film appearance.

Born in Fort Simpson in the Northwest Territories, Nakehk'o is Dehcho Dene and Denesuline. She is a co-founder of the organisation Dene Nahjo and has taught moosehide tanning at the Dechinta Bush University Center for Research and Learning, for which she received a Minister's Cultural Award in 2012. She is based in Yellowknife.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, edgenorth.ca.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Revenant* (2015), Fi1m 74, as Powaqa — [page](https://film.one/film/the-revenant.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *K'i Tah Amongst the Birch* (2020), Sound Recordist, Cinematography, Director
- *The Revenant* (2015), as Powaqa — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-revenant.md)

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