
Joy Harjo
Known for Writing · 13 credits
- Born
- 1951-05-09 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Biography
Joy Harjo, the 23rd Poet Laureate of the U.S., is a member of the Mvskoke Nation and belongs to Oce Vpofv (Hickory Ground). She is only the second poet to be appointed a third term as U.S. Poet Laureate. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she left home to attend high school at the innovative Institute of American Indian Arts, which was then a Bureau of Indian Affairs school. Harjo began writing poetry as a member of the University of New Mexico’s Native student organization, the Kiva Club, in response to Native empowerment movements. She went on to earn her MFA at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and teach English, Creative Writing, and American Indian Studies at University of California-Los Angeles, University of New Mexico, University of Arizona, Arizona State, University of Illinois, University of Colorado, University of Hawai’i, Institute of American Indian Arts, and University of Tennessee, while performing music and poetry nationally and internationally.
Known For

Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae
2024
as Self - 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate

Anthem
2023
as Self

Highway 99: A Double Album
2025
as Self

Words from a Bear
2019
as Self

Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting
2021
as Self - Interviewee

Love and Fury
2020
as Herself
TV Shows (1)
Movies (12)

Anthem
2023
as Self

Highway 99: A Double Album
2025
as Self

Words from a Bear
2019
as Self

Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting
2021
as Self - Interviewee

Love and Fury
2020
as Herself

Games of the North
2011
as Narrator

Pepper's Pow Wow
1996
as Self

Medicine Woman
2016
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Native Americans: The Tribal People of the Northwest
1994
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues
as Self

Jaune Quick-To-See Smith
1982
as Narrative Poetry

Cara Romero: Following the Light
2022
as Herself
About Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo, the 23rd Poet Laureate of the U.S., is a member of the Mvskoke Nation and belongs to Oce Vpofv (Hickory Ground). She is only the second poet to be appointed a third term as U.S. Poet Laureate. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she left home to attend high school at the innovative Institute of American Indian Arts, which was then a Bureau of Indian Affairs school. Harjo began writing poetry as a member of the University of New Mexico’s Native student organization, the Kiva Club, in response to Native empowerment… With 13 credits spanning from 1982 to 2025, Joy Harjo has appeared in 12 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Joy Harjo Movies
- Anthem (2023) — as Self
- Highway 99: A Double Album (2025) — as Self
- Words from a Bear (2019) — as Self
- Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting (2021) — as Self - Interviewee
- Love and Fury (2020) — as Herself
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