Anna Lambe Brings the Arctic to Netflix With ‘North of North’

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In the first scene of “North of North,” star Anna Lambe puts Netflix’s new comedy series on the map: “Think of the furthest place north you’ve ever been. Now keep going.” The show, which was billed as the first big-budget comedy series set in the Arctic, was broadcast in Canada at the beginning of the year ahead of its Netflix debut on Thursday. Lambe leads the charming series as Siaja, a young mother who aims to reinvent herself within her tight-knit small town after a public breakup. “I am a modern Inuk woman. Whatever that means,” says Lambe, in character as Siaja, establishing the crux of the show during her opening monologue. “This year, I’m finally putting myself first.” As the show’s audience expands beyond Canada with the streaming release, the 24-year-old actress reflects on the show’s response closer to home. Lambe has found the response from young Indigenous women particularly rewarding, who have been “ inspired and empowered by Siaja’s story and her ability to keep trying despite failing — and despite what people might say about you and how they might treat you,” says Lambe from her current home in Ottawa, Canada. “It’s exactly what I want as a still-young Inuk woman.

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