Acting
Jana Schmieding
- Born
- Nov 10, 1981 · Age 44
- Place of birth
- Oregon City, Oregon, USA
- Gender
- Female
- Movie credits
- 4
- TV credits
- 11
- Directing credits
- 1
Biography
Jana Schmieding (born November 10, 1981) is a Native American (Cheyenne River Lakota) comedian, actor, podcaster, and writer. She is best known for her roles hosting the podcast Woman of Size, and as a writer and actor on the sitcom Rutherford Falls, and an actor on Reservation Dogs. Schmieding is a Lakota woman who grew up in Canby, Oregon, where she says she was raised "pretty traditionally in the Lakota ways." Schmieding grew up in Canby, Oregon, which had a primarily white population. As a result, she faced discrimination throughout her childhood. She states that she often educated her…
