Kiawenti:io Tarbell[1] (/ˌɡjɑːwənˈdiːjoʊ/,[2] born 28 April 2006),[3] known mononymously as Kiawentiio, is a Mohawk First Nations actress and singer.
[8] She is based between Ottawa, Montreal, and New York, and has dual citizenship in Canada and the United States.
[11] She also starred in the title role of the film Beans (2020) as a 12-year-old Mohawk girl living in Kahnawake in 1990, at the time of the Oka Crisis.
Kiawentiio has appeared as recurring character Maya Thomas in the Peacock sitcom Rutherford Falls (2021).
In 2021, she was selected to portray Katara in the Netflix live action version of Avatar: The Last Airbender series.