Jenna Clause

{{Short description|First Nations Canadian actress (born 1999)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|2|20}}

| birth_place = Buffalo, New York, U.S.

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| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2015–present

| known_for = The Wilds

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Jenna Clause (born February 20, 1999) is a First Nations (Cayuga) Canadian actress known for playing Martha Blackburn on the American drama The Wilds.

Clause was born in Buffalo, New York and raised in Southern Ontario. She is a Cayuga Nation Wolf Clan Member of the Haudenosaune people from Six Nations of the Grand River near Brantford, Ontario.{{cite news |last1=Dodson |first1=P. Clare |title=Meet the Cast of Amazon's Newest YA Drama, "The Wilds" |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/amazon-the-wilds-cast-meet-the-characters |access-date=9 July 2021 |work=Teen Vogue |date=11 December 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Messina |first1=Victoria |title=Jenna Clause on Bringing Authentic Indigenous Representation to "The Wilds" |url=https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/jenna-clause-the-wilds-interview-48836133 |website=POPSUGAR Entertainment |access-date=10 September 2022 |date=26 May 2022}} Growing up she took acting classes in School of Dramatic Arts and Imagination Drama School in Niagara Falls.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} Clause also played lacrosse.{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Camille |title=10 Things You Didn't Know about Jenna Clause |url=https://www.tvovermind.com/jenna-clause/ |access-date=9 July 2021 |work=TVOvermind |date=25 December 2020}}

Clause appeared in smaller films You're It and The Furies Inside Me before being cast as Ojibwe character Martha Blackburn on The Wilds.{{cite news |last1=Law |first1=John |title=Fort Erie actress Jenna Clause part of new Amazon drama ‘The Wilds’ |url=https://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/entertainment/television/2020/12/04/fort-erie-actress-jenna-clause-part-of-new-amazon-drama-the-wilds.html |access-date=9 July 2021 |work=niagarafallsreview.com |date=4 December 2020 |language=en}} In an interview with The Advocate, Clause discussed acting on a show that featured Indigenous characters and representing a culture other than her own stating: "it was so important to me that I got every little bit correct."{{cite news |last1=Gilchrist |first1=Tracy E. |title=The Wilds Cast on Queer and Diverse Teen Girls Surviving on an Island |url=https://www.advocate.com/television/2020/12/15/wilds-cast-queer-and-diverse-teen-girls-surviving-island |access-date=9 July 2021 |work=www.advocate.com |date=15 December 2020 |language=en}} Her character's feature episode was directed by Navajo filmmaker Sydney Freeland.