Ruth Lawrence
Ruth Lawrence is a filmmaker based in St. John’s, NL. Ruth’s feature films include Little Orphans (Best Canadian Feature, Whistler Film Festival 2020), Hopeless Romantic (2018), and the comedy feature, Party Pirate, sold-out its opening Gala overnight at the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival in October 2023. Her documentaries A Lot of Love in the Room (2021) and Circus by Komatik (2019) have been featured on CBC Gem. She has directed, written, and/or produced on over 70 short films and webisodes. She’s writing two features, one with Sherry White and one with Emily Bridger. Ruth’s honours include the Joan Orenstein Best Actress Award, the RBC Michelle Jackson Award for Emerging Filmmaker, the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council’s Artist of the Year, the Queen’s Jubilee Medal, the YWCA Woman of Distinction, a WIFT-AT WAVE Award, the national Leslie Yeo Award for Volunteerism, and the inaugural Ross Leslie Award for her contributions to film and theatre.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Everything Christmas as Pastor Olivia
- 2023 · Blueberries for Iris as Grace
- 2021 · SurrealEstate as Genevieve Wilson
- 2020 · Under the Weather as Jenny
- 2019 · Body & Bones as Lisa Sharpe
- 2019 · Opioid Scare as Connie
- 2019 · Hudson & Rex as Kit Rendall
- 2018 · Incredible Violence as Publicist
- 2018 · An Audience of Chairs as Florist
- 2017 · Hunting Pignut as Police Woman
- 2015 · The Tour as Married Woman
- 2015 · Long Term Care as Helen
- 2014 · Clipper Gold as Female
- 2013 · Desperate Scribbles as Schreiber
- 2012 · Cracker Barrel as Agnes
- 2012 · Winners as
- 2010 · Snarbuckled as Rawny Nipper
- 2010 · Four Sisters as Clara
- 2009 · Screamers: The Hunting as Cave Woman
- 2009 · Cut from the Same Cloth as
- 2009 · Sweet Pickle as Isabel
- 2008 · Behind the Wall as Elaine
- 2002 · Random Passage as Hazel Andrews
- 1999 · Untold Story as Fannie McNeil
- 1994 · Anchor Zone as Counsellor