Ruth Lawrence
Actor
Biography
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.
Filmography
Screamers: The Hunting
as Cave Woman 2009
Behind the Wall
as Elaine 2008
Everything Christmas
as Pastor Olivia 2023
Incredible Violence
as Publicist 2018
An Audience of Chairs
as Florist 2018
Anchor Zone
as Counsellor 1994
Hunting Pignut
as Police Woman 2017
Body & Bones
as Lisa Sharpe 2019
Random Passage
as Hazel Andrews 2002
Cut from the Same Cloth
2009
Cracker Barrel
as Agnes 2012
Blueberries for Iris
as Grace 2023
Long Term Care
as Helen 2015
Snarbuckled
as Rawny Nipper 2010
Under the Weather
as Jenny 2020
Four Sisters
as Clara 2010
The Tour
as Married Woman 2015