Violet Nelson

{{short description|Canadian actress}}

Violet Nelson is a Kwakwakaʼwakw and Honduran actress from Canada.Robert Sullivan, [https://www.vogue.com/article/the-body-remembers-when-the-world-broke-open-interview "In The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, Two Women Grapple With Trauma and the Past"]. Vogue, December 5, 2019. She is most noted for her performance as Rosie in the film The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, for which she received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nomination for Best Actress in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2019,Adrian Mack, [https://www.straight.com/movies/1337036/marriage-story-dominates-vancouver-film-critics-circle-noms "Marriage Story dominates Vancouver Film Critics Circle noms"]. The Georgia Straight, December 13, 2019. and a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lead Actress at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.Norman Wilner, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/features/canadian-screen-awards-nominations-2020/ "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Prepare for a Schitt's show"]. Now, February 18, 2020.