Ruth Lawrence
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.
Movie Appearances
Behind the Wall
as Elaine
2008
Anchor Zone
as Counsellor
1994
Random Passage
as Hazel Andrews
2002
Cut from the Same Cloth
2009
Cracker Barrel
as Agnes
2012
Everything Christmas
as Pastor Olivia
2023
An Audience of Chairs
as Florist
2018
Blueberries for Iris
as Grace
2023
Incredible Violence
as Publicist
2018
Long Term Care
as Helen
2015
Body & Bones
as Lisa Sharpe
2019
Snarbuckled
as Rawny Nipper
2010
Under the Weather
as Jenny
2020
Hunting Pignut
as Police Woman
2017
Four Sisters
as Clara
2010
The Tour
as Married Woman
2015
Clipper Gold
as Female
2014
Screamers: The Hunting
as Cave Woman
2009
Desperate Scribbles
as Schreiber
2013
Sweet Pickle
as Isabel
2009
