Elva Guerra is an upcoming American actress, who’s perhaps best known for her appearance in the TV series “Reservation Dogs” and “Dark Winds.”
Age, Early Life, and Education Background
Elva Guerra is a native of McAlester, Oklahoma, who was born under the Gemini zodiac sign on 2 June 2004, which makes her almost 20 years old as of early 2024. She hasn’t revealed the names and professions of her parents, but comes from a diverse ethnic background, believed to include roots from the Ponca Nation and Asia. It’s reported that the budding actress was brought up alongside seven siblings. She spent part of her childhood in Los Angeles, California.
Guerra attended the Oklahoma-based Talihina High School, and matriculated to Friends University, Missouri, where she’s currently studying forg a bachelor’s degree.
Career – “Reservation Dogs”
Elva hadn’t received any formal acting training or acted before when on Instagram in2020 she learned about a casting search for the FX on Hulu TV drama, “Reservation Dogs”. Nonetheless, she went on to book an audition hoping to secure the role of Elora Danan. The then-16-year-old Elva delivered all the lines she was given professionally, and gave the best read she could, based on what she’d learned through a school film class. However, she didn’t get the role but was luckily selected to portray another character, a Native American teen named Jackie. Elva believes that she was selected because she was the only Native kid in the hall who had dyed hair – at the time, the character Jackie had the same hairstyle – which fascinated the Native American filmmaker, and the show’s co-creator, Sterlin Harjo.
Elva began appearing in the TV drama in 2021 – it chronicles the lives of four Indigenous teens (collectively known as the Rez Dogs), Elora (Devery Jacobs), Bear (D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai), Cheese (Lane Factor), and Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis) living on a reservation community in the Muscogee Nation town of rural Oklahoma, where they are preoccupied with ‘committing crimes and fighting it.’ The four rob, steal and save money to leave their small town and escape to the mysterious, exotic, and faraway ‘city’ of California. Elva appeared in 16 episodes during her two-year stint in the Primetime Emmy Award-nominated show.
In an October 2023 interview with “Casting Networks,” Elva expressed gratitude to several people, including Harjo, and her teachers, Mr. Magrini and Ms. Smith, who had contributed to her first-ever casting story, and encouraged her to pursue the opportunity.
Other Projects
In 2021, Elva played Young Charlotte Thomas in an episode of the Peacock network TV sitcom “Rutherford Falls.” Later that year, her “Reservation Dogs” castmate, Zahn McClarnon, recommended her for a role in the AMC TV psychological thriller series, “Dark Winds.” She auditioned, and was selected to portray Sally Growing Thunder. Set in the ‘70s Southwest, the Graham Roland-created TV series follows two Navajo police officers, Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon) and Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon), who team up to look for clues and investigate a homicide while they battle their own beliefs and demons. Elva appeared in 12 episodes, sharing the screen with the likes of McClarnon, Gordon, Jessica Matten, and Deanna Taushi Allison. Concurrently, she played Regan in the short film “You and Me This Summer.”
In 2022, Elva appeared in both the TV special, “The 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards” (originally titled: “2022 Film Independent Spirit Award”) and an episode of the documentary series “Show Me More,” which offers a backstage pass to AMC hit shows, features special footage and access to favorite show creators and cast, and documents upcoming projects.
Social Media Presence
Elva is active on Instagram (@elvaquerra) with around 25,000 followers. She joined the platform in November 2019 and was verified in December 2022. Elva is trying her hand at fashion and modeling, and has endorsed several brands on her Instagram account.
Personal Life
Guerra is openly a two-spirit, a term used by several Indigenous people to describe individuals identifying as having both a feminine and masculine spirit. When in a June 2023 interview with “Native News Online,” she was asked whether she identified with the term ‘two-spirit’, Guerra stated, ‘I do…It’s definitely been a journey and kind of a tough time figuring out who and what I am, but I think that one thing that makes me solidify my identity is the word two-spirit and hanging out with other two-spirits and talking to them about that. It’s just a very nice community to have.’
Elva is reportedly dating the photographer, Sean Brumby; the pair is fond of posting their photos and videos on their respective Instagram accounts. Elva is currently living in Kansas City, Missouri, hasn’t married and is without any children as of 2024.
Height, Weight, and Physical Appearance
Elva is of mixed ethnicity and has a pair of dark brown eyes and long black hair. She’s slim, weighs roughly 105lbs (47kgs), and her height is 5ft 1in (1.55m). Her vital statistics are 32-26-32. The actress has inked several tattoos on her arm.
Net Worth
Elva’s primary source of income is her budding acting career. She’s becoming increasingly popular by the day and has accumulated a net worth of approximately $1 million.
Who Are Elva Guerra’s “Reservation Dogs” Cast Mates? Brief Biographies
D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
The Critics’ Choice Television Award-nominated actor, D’Pharaoh Miskwaatez McKay Woon-A-Tai, hails from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and was born under the Virgo zodiac sign on 19 September 2001 – his name reflects his Chinese-Guyanese, Oji-Cree, and German heritage. He’s the fraternal twin brother of Mi’De Xxavier and has two more siblings. Woon-A-Tai has a black belt in Karate (Shotokan Karate).
Woon-A-Tai made his acting debut with a recurring role in the Family Channel TV series “Holly Hobbie” in 2018. He’s since appeared in several other TV series, including the Canadian drama “Murdoch Mysteries” (2019) and “Reservation Dogs” (2021-2023), and the films “Beans” (2020) and “Hell of a Summer” (2023).
Devery Jacobs
The First Nations (Mohawk) writer, actress and director, Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs, hails from Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada, and was born under the Leo zodiac sign on 8 August 1993. She began her acting career in the late 2000s, and some of her earliest roles were in the TV series “The Dead Zone” in 2007 and “Assassin’s Creed: Lineage” in 2009. She rose to stardom for her starring role in the Canadian independent drama movie “Rhymes for Young Ghouls”, and went on to appear in several other projects, including the TV fantasy series “American Gods” (2019-2021), the TV sitcom “Rutherford Falls” (2021), and “Reservation Dogs” (2021-2023).
Paulina Alexis
Paulina Jewel Alexis was born sometime in 1999 in Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation Reserve, Alberta, Canada. She played hockey as a child, and attended an Edmonton-based school. Alexis is a recipient of the Independent Spirit Award and a two-time nominee for the Critics’ Choice Award for her performance in “Reservation Dogs.” She’s also known for her performance in the drama film “Beans” (2020), the supernatural comedy film “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” (2021), and the drama movie “Bone of Crows” (2022).
Lane Factor
Lane Factor hails from Midwest City, Oklahoma, and was born under the Cancer zodiac sign on 28 June 2005. His parents are Kelly Howell Factor and Steve Factor, and she’s of Caddo and Creek-Seminole descent. Lane’s siblings are Kandace and Shelby. He was trained by Chris Freihofer of The Actor Factory, Oklahoma. Lane appeared in numerous commercials before he began appearing in “Reservation Dogs.” In 2022, Lane appeared in the coming-of-age movie “The Fabelmans”, in which he worked with Steven Spielberg.
