Sarain Fox is a Canadian Anishinaabe activist, broadcaster and filmmaker.Dennis Ward, "Sarain Fox documenting and preserving her auntie’s stories before they’re lost". APTN National News, February 9, 2021. She is most noted for her 2020 documentary film Inendi,Ben Cousins, "'They had no pity': New documentary chronicles traumatizing life at residential schools". CTV News, March 4, 2021. for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Information Program or Series at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.Brent Furdyk, "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021.
She has also been host of the Viceland/APTN documentary series Rise,"Sundance ’17: Viceland’s focus on indigenous resistance in “Rise”". Realscreen, January 20, 2017. and cohost of APTN's documentary series Future History.Radheyan Simonpillai, "TV review: APTN's Future History is about reclaiming Indigenous culture" . Now, May 7, 2019.
In 2021 she directed Giiwewizh, a series of short documentaries about indigenous musicians which premiered at the International Indigenous Music Summit.Kelly Boutsalis, "Sarain Fox’s inclusive music doc Giiwewizh". Point of View, June 18, 2021.
In 2023 she hosted Indigiqueer, a special about LGBT First Nations people, for Citytv's VeraCity documentary series,Meredith Bond, "Storyteller follows Indigenous and queer people amid their journies to acceptance in new documentary". CityNews, March 24, 2023. for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Information Program or Series at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.Connie Thiessen, "Canadian Screen Awards winners: News, Entertainment & Sports". Broadcast Dialogue, May 28, 2024.
She has appeared as a guest judge in the third, fourth and fifth seasons of Canada's Drag Race as well as the first and second seasons of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World.
Personal life Fox is from Batchewana First Nation near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario,"New film tells captivating story of northern Ontario residential school survival" CBC Northern Ontario, December 16, 2020. and grew up in Barrie."With my career on hold and my people and traditions dying, I turned my focus to starting a family". Today's Parent, March 18, 2021. In 2022, Fox and her cousin Chelsea Brunelle travelled with their uncle, Batchewana band councillor Harvey Bell, to Quebec City to protest the visit of Pope Francis.James Hopkin, "Batchewana First Nation members stage protest during papal visit". Soo Today, August 5, 2022.
She is the partner of Nimkii Osawamick, a musician and dancer from Wiikwemkoong First Nation, associated with the band Nimkii and the Niniis.Leanne Delap, "Sarain Fox on Motherhood, Indigenous Identity and Showing Up in Her “Raw State”". The Kit, April 25, 2024.
Filmography +TelevisionYearTitleRoleNotes2017RiseHerselfHost2018-19Future HistoryHerselfCo-host2020InendiHerselfWriter, Director, Producer; Television documentary2022Canada's Drag Race (season 3)HerselfGuest judge; 2 episodesCanada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World (season 1)HerselfGuest judge2023VeraCity: IndigiqueerHerselfHost; television documentary special2024Canada's Drag Race (season 4)HerselfGuest judgeCanada's Drag Race: Canada vs the World (season 2)HerselfGuest judge; 3 episodesCanada's Drag Race (season 5)HerselfGuest judge; 2 episodes
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