Ruth Lawrence
Known For
Directing
Born
in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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.
Most Known For
Hudson & Rex
as Kit Rendall
SurrealEstate
as Genevieve Wilson
Cracker Barrel
as Agnes
Body & Bones
as Lisa Sharpe
Screamers: The Hunting
as Cave Woman
Winners
Contracts
as Carrie
Opioid Scare
as Connie
Behind the Wall
as Elaine
Blueberries for Iris
as Grace
Everything Christmas
as Pastor Olivia
Desperate Scribbles
as Schreiber
Random Passage
as Hazel Andrews
Hunting Pignut
as Police Woman
Surprise!
as Greta
The Untold Story
as Fannie McNeil
Incredible Violence
as Publicist
Anchor Zone
as Counsellor
Snarbuckled
as Rawny Nipper
Fool Proof
as Mother on Stilts