Alex Rice

In The Twilight Saga movies, ALEX RICE reprised her role of Sue Clearwater, the mother of Leah and Seth Clearwater as well as Quileute Tribe elder.

Rice is a Kanien'kehaka (Mohawk) and continues to be an active and proud member of the Mohawk Nation from Kahnawake throughout her career. Though she was born on the Kahnawake reserve located in present day Quebec, Canada, Rice spend the majority of her childhood in Brooklyn, New York among a community of Mohawk ironworkers, where she trained to become a professional dancer. Little did she know that her life would change forever when she landed a part in an educational video produced at her grammar school. She discovered her true passion - acting.

Since then, Rice has successfully worked in the world of entertainment where she is best known for the role of Janet Pete (opposite Adam Beach and Wes Studi) in the PBS Mystery Series based on the famous Tony Hillerman novels, executive produced by Robert Redford and directed by Chris Eyre - "Skinwalkers," "Coyote Waits," "A Thief Of Time." Rice’s honors include the Motion Pictures Award presented by the American Indian Film Institute for Best Actress in 2003 for her reprisal of Janet Pete in "Coyote Waits," and the First American Award in 2005 for her work in "A Thief Of Time" presented by the First Americans in the Arts Committee.

Rice was seen in many film projects including Terrance Malick’s The New World, the Canadian independent feature Johnny Tootall by Cree filmmaker Shirley Cheechoo, and in A Thousand Roads directed by Chris Eyre, for the National Museum of the American Indians in Washington, DC. She has also starred in several critically acclaimed independent features including On The Corner (in which she plays the lead role of a heroin addicted street prostitute who tries to get her life together when her 15-year-old brother finds her living on the streets), and portraying Sacajawea in the IMAX adventure Lewis And Clark: Great Journey West.

In 2006, she also starred as the lead character Ellen Gabriel in the CBC mini-series "Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis" based on the real life 1990 armed standoff between the Mohawk people and the Canadian government over a land claim. Other television credits include guest- starring roles on "Spin City," "Strong Medicine," "C.S.I.," "The Sopranos," "Wonderfalls," and the ABC miniseries "Dreamkeeper."

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