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.
Acting
Movie
Screamers: The Hunting
as Cave Woman
2009
TV
Hudson & Rex
as Kit Rendall
2019
TV
SurrealEstate
as Genevieve Wilson
2021
Movie
Behind the Wall
as Elaine
2008
Movie
Everything Christmas
as Pastor Olivia
2023
Movie
Incredible Violence
as Publicist
2018
Movie
An Audience of Chairs
as Florist
2018
Movie
Anchor Zone
as Counsellor
1994
Movie
Hunting Pignut
as Police Woman
2017
Movie
Body & Bones
as Lisa Sharpe
2019
Movie
Random Passage
as Hazel Andrews
2002
Movie
Cut from the Same Cloth
2009
Movie
Cracker Barrel
as Agnes
2012
Movie
Blueberries for Iris
as Grace
2023
Movie
Long Term Care
as Helen
2015
Movie
Snarbuckled
as Rawny Nipper
2010
Movie
Under the Weather
as Jenny
2020
Movie
Four Sisters
as Clara
2010
Movie
The Tour
as Married Woman
2015
Movie
Clipper Gold
as Female
2014
Movie
Desperate Scribbles
as Schreiber
2013
Movie
Sweet Pickle
as Isabel
2009
Movie
Winners
2012
Movie
Opioid Scare
as Connie
2019
Crew
Movie
The Grand Seduction
Dresser
2014
Movie
Hunting Pignut
Co-Producer
2017
Movie
Blueberry Grunt
Producer
2025
Movie
When Ponds Freeze Over
Wardrobe Designer
1998
Movie
Not Fit
Thanks
2023
Movie
Little Orphans
Director
2020
Movie
The Divine Ryans
Wardrobe Assistant
1999
Movie
Party Pirate
Director
2023
Movie
Between Two Walls
Script Supervisor
2014
Movie
Little Man
First Assistant Director
2013
Movie
Te Quiero
Producer
2018
Movie
Waiting Outside
Co-Producer
2017