---
name: "Misty Upham"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/misty-upham"
fi1m_id: "misty-upham"
imdb_id: "nm1130728"
tmdb_id: 64136
wikidata_id: "Q438860"
roles: []
born: "6 July 1982"
died: "5 October 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T22:23:59.204266+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."
---

# Misty Upham

## Identity

Misty Upham

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/misty-upham
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** misty-upham
- **IMDb ID:** nm1130728
- **TMDB ID:** 64136
- **Wikidata ID:** Q438860
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misty_Upham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q438860, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1130728/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64136

Actor. Born 6 July 1982 in Kalispell, Montana, USA. Died 5 October 2014.

## Details

- **Born:** 6 July 1982, Kalispell, Montana, USA
- **Died:** 5 October 2014
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misty_Upham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q438860, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1130728/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64136

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*August: Osage County*](https://film.one/film/august-osage-county.md) (57)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Misty Upham was an American actress. Born in Kalispell, Montana, she began performing in community theatre in Seattle at the age of thirteen and later appeared in stage productions and touring shows while still at school.

She made her screen debut in the 2002 film *Skins*. Upham received critical attention for her role as Lila Littlewolf in *Frozen River* (2008), for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. She went on to appear in *Django Unchained* (2012), *Jimmy P.* (2013) and *Cake* (2014), and played Johnna Monevata in *August: Osage County* (2013). She also had a recurring role in the television series *Big Love*.

Upham died in Auburn, Washington, on 5 October 2014, aged 32.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *August: Osage County* (2013), Fi1m 57, as Johnna Monevata — [page](https://film.one/film/august-osage-county.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Within* (2016), as Tina Walsh
- *Cake* (2014), as Liz
- *August: Osage County* (2013), as Johnna Monevata — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/august-osage-county.md)
- *Jimmy P.* (2013), as Jane
- *Django Unchained* (2012), as Minnie (uncredited) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/django-unchained.md)
- *The Dry Land* (2010), as Gloria
- *Burn the Wagons* (2009), Actor
- *Frozen River* (2008), as Lila Littlewolf
- *Big Love* (2006), series, as Leila Stilwell — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md)
- *Edge of America* (2003), as Shirleen
- *Skinwalkers* (2002), as Nina

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