Kerry Knuppe

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Summary

Kerry Knuppe is an Oglala Lakota actor, playwright, and screenwriter from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Her screen work includes On Sacred Ground, The Old Way, R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned, Ratched, and Hollywood; she has also written plays including Morning View Drive and Family Plot. Her roles span drama, westerns, thrillers, and comedy, while On Sacred Ground centers on the Standing Rock protests. No public statements on identity politics, DEI, political campaigning, or activism are on record.