MorningStar Angeline, born as MorningStar Angeline Wilson-Chippewa, was born in Santa Fe, NM, to Rita Rose Wilson and Ethan Sean Chippewa. She was later adopted by Daniel Harold Freeland and was raised in Gallup, NM. She is Navajo, Shoshone, Chippewa Cree, Blackfeet, and Latina.
Angeline began acting in theatre as a child and continued studying acting and writing throughout college. In 2014 she made her feature debut as Nizhoni Smiles in Drunktown's Finest at the Sundance Film Festival. Since then, Angeline has starred in Paramount's YELLOWSTONE, Netflix's Chambers, and HBO's series This Much I Know Is True.
Behind the camera, she has assisted producers and director's including Zack Snyder and Steven Felder. Angeline has received awards from the American Indian Film Festival, Institute of American Indian Arts, New Mexico Film and TV Hall of Fame and is a 2018 Sundance Indigenous Lab Fellow for her directorial debut, Yá'át'ééh Abiní.
She resides in Albuquerque, NM, and Los Angeles, CA.