Born in
Salluit, Quebec to an Inuk mother and a father from
Newfoundland, she performed at age twelve with the Salluit band
Sugluk, one of whose members was her uncle George Kakayuk. Isaac collaborated with instrumentalist Alain Auger in the musical project Taima (
Inuktitut for "that's all" or "it is done") in the early 2000s. The band's sole album,
Taima, won the Juno Award for
Aboriginal Recording of the Year in 2005. In 2006, Isaac wrote lyrics for songs composed by
Bruno Coulais for the film
The White Planet. In 2010, Isaac's first solo album,
There Will Be Stars, was released by
Pheromone Recordings. She garnered a
Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Song at the
2nd Canadian Screen Awards for her song "Far Away", which appeared in the film
The Legend of Sarila. At the
Juno Awards of 2019, her album
The Ballad of the Runaway Girl was nominated for the Indigenous Music Album of the Year. In July 2019, the album was shortlisted for the
2019 Polaris Music Prize. This album again contained lyrics in English, French, and Inuktitut. Isaac has an extensive background in media production as well. When asked about her work in this medium in relation to her music, she has stated "I really believe that communication and radio was really a place for me to express my inner creativity, and I love that medium. And it has helped me to be a little more aware, especially when I have to be doing interviews and have a larger vision of my work than just the artiste point of view". In 2021, Isaac was announced to have landed her first onscreen acting role, in C.S. Roy's forthcoming
augmented reality film,
V F C. She also had a part in the television crime drama series
Motel Paradis in 2022. In 2023, she released the album
Inuktitut, consisting of ten
Inuktitut-language covers of classic pop and rock songs. She won the award for
Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year at the
Juno Awards of 2024, and Best Adult Alternative Album at the
Juno Awards of 2025. The album was a shortlisted finalist for the
2024 Polaris Music Prize. On June 13, 2024,
Canada Post released a series of stamps titled "Indigenous Leaders". One of them is dedicated to Isaac, marking her cultural contributions. ==
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