Personal life[edit]
LaBlanc is a member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota tribal nation.[2][3] She was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota and attended St. Paul Academy.[2] LaBlanc is married.[2] When traveling for work, she takes cotton fabric with her to use in a traditional tobacco tying practice.[2]
Career[edit]
Her first acting role was at the SteppingStone Theatre at eight years old. She subsequently performed in a number of plays in Minnesota, such as in The Wolves at the Jungle Theater as a teenager[2][4] and Is Edward Snowden Single? in 2020.[5][6] In 2019, she drew attention for her performance as Tiger Lily in the play Peter Pan and Wendy at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC.[4][7] She has also written a number of short performance works and a script ("Writing A War Novel").[4]
In 2021, LaBlanc received a Princess Grace Award, nominated by the McCarter Theatre.[8][3] The same year, her work as an audiobook narrator for the young adult novel Firekeeper's Daughter was praised by Booklist, which called it a "sensitive reading."[9] On film, LaBlanc has appeared in Long Slow Exhale and a prequel Pet Sematary: Bloodlines.[2][10] In 2022, LaBlanc was cast in the fourth season of True Detective on HBO; Glamour magazine described LaBlanc and Anna Lambe as the "heart and soul" of the season.[2][11]