Kimberly Norris Guerrero

Kimberly Norris Guerrero (née Norris; born 1967) is an American actress and screenwriter. She has more than two dozen screen appearances, generally playing roles of Indigenous women. Norris played Gen. Custer's American Indian wife in the movie Son of the Morning Star, and guest starred in TV shows such as Walker, Texas Ranger, Longmire, Grey's Anatomy, IT: Welcome To Derry and Seinfeld. She appeared in the well received mini-series, 500 Nations, and twice played Cherokee Nation Chief Wilma Mankiller. Norris-Guerrero is also a college professor, motivational speaker, Native American activist, and co-founder of two non-profit organizations aimed at aiding youth in Native American communities.

Early life Norris is a citizen of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. She was born in 1967 in Oklahoma to Linda Standing Cloud. After being adopted by the Norris family at the age of five months, she was raised in Idabel, Oklahoma. and she was Sheriff Nina White in ABC's prime-time TV soap, Blood & Oil. She is perhaps best known for playing the role of Winona, Jerry Seinfeld's Native American girlfriend, in "The Cigar Store Indian" episode of the NBC network series, Seinfeld. Her depiction of Mankiller was praised by Chief Mankiller's friend and female activist, Gloria Steinem.

Theatre Norris has appeared in numerous stage productions, including those at the off-Broadway Public Theater; Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago; Royal National Theatre, London; San Diego's Old Globe; and Broadway. One of her most significant roles on stage was originating the part of the Native American housekeeper Johnna Monevata, in the initial two-year run of the Tony Award winning play, August: Osage County, first presented by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, on Broadway, in London and in Sydney.

Personal life Norris is married to actor and music composer, Johnny Guerrero. They reside in Southern California. She is an enrolled reservation member of the Colville Indian tribe, and also has Salish–Kootenai heritage. She is the sister-in-law of UCLA's former-athletic director, Dan Guerrero.

Norris and her husband helped co-found the Akatubi Film and Music Academy, which was started to aid in the training of Native and non-Native youth residing in tribal communities who are interested in careers in the film and music industries. The StyleHorse Collective, designed to relate the life stories of Indigenous communities and individuals through film, music, and online production, was also co-founded by Norris.

Awards Norris has been a finalist for the Rockefeller New Media Fellowship, The ABC-Disney Television Writing Fellowship, and the Humanitas Award in Screenwriting.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1988 My Neighbor Totoro Chorus voices Animated film 1998 Naturally Native Kimberly Norris Guerrero Comedy-drama 2001 Escanaba in da Moonlight Wolf Moon Dance Soady Comedy film 2001 Folly Island Anne Comedy film 2003 Dreamkeeper Pretty woman 2003 American Indian Graffiti: This Thing Life Aunt Kay 2004 Memory Charleen Independent short 2004 Hidalgo Frank's Mother 2004 Barn Red Lydia Bailey Co-starring with Ernest Borgnine 2009 Taking Chances Mary Born Kicking Comedy 2012 Dogman Francis Wellman Horror film 2013 The Cherokee Word for Water Wilma Mankiller 2014 Dogman 2: The Wrath of the Litter Francis Wellman 2014 The Jingle Dress Janet 2015 The Revenant Indian Uncredited role 2018 A Wrinkle in Time Camazotz woman Uncredited role 2020 The Glorias Wilma Mankiller 2020 The Dark Divide Teresa 2021 Catch the Fair One Jaya 2021 Montana Story Valentina

Television Year Title Role Notes 1991 Son of the Morning Star Kate Bighead Custer TV mini-series 1992 As the World Turns Simone Bordeau 1 episode 1993 Northern Exposure Bonnie Norell Episode: "Heal Thyself" (S5.E8) 1993 Geronimo Herself TV film 1993 Seinfeld Winona Episode: "The Cigar Store Indian" 1994 Knight Rider 2010 Maria Made for TV movie 1995 500 Nations TV miniseries, episodes: "Clash of Cultures""The Ancestors" 1996 Raven Hawk Rhyia's Mother Made for TV movie 1997 Vanishing Point Connie Made for TV movie 2000 The Lost Child Dorrine Made for TV movie 2000 Walker, Texas Ranger Leona Gentry Episode: "White Buffalo" 2001 Charmed Isabel Lightfeather Episode: "The Good, the Bad and the Cursed" 2004 The Sopranos Dealer #1 Episode: "Sentimental Education" 2008 Frozen Stupid Stormy TV movie 2010 Grey's Anatomy Lindsay McNeil Episode: "Slow Night, So Long" 2010 American Indian Actors Herself Documentary short 2012–2014 Longmire Joanna Episode: "Dogs, Horses and Indians" Neena Wapasha Episode: "Miss Cheyenne" 2015 Blood & Oil Sheriff Nina White 2 episodes: "Art of the Deal," "Departures" 2016 Bones Alice Tuuq Episode: "The Stiff in the Cliff" 2019 Republic of Sarah Mary Made for TV movie 2019 Shadow Wolves Naomi Made for TV movie 2020 Frozen Stupid 2: Open Water Stormy Made for TV movie 2020 The Wilds Bernice Blackburn Episode: "Day Twenty-Two" 2020 Rutherford Falls Renee Thomas Episode: "Terry Thomas" 2021–2023 Reservation Dogs Auntie B Recurring role 2022–2024 Spirit Rangers Mom Voice 2024 Outer Range Falling Star Guest role2025–presentIt: Welcome to DerryRoseRecurring role