Ruth Lawrence
Birthday: | Place of Birth: St. John's, Newfoundland, CanadaRuth 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
Acting
Role
as Pastor Olivia
as Jenny
as Connie
as Lisa Sharpe
as Florist
as Publicist
as Police Woman
as Helen
as Married Woman
as Female
as Schreiber
as Agnes
as Greta
as Clara
as Rawny Nipper
as Elaine
as Isabel
as Hazel Andrews
as Mother on Stilts
as Fannie McNeil
as Counsellor
