Deragh Campbell
Canadian actress
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Deragh Campbell (born May 4, 1989) is a Canadian actress and filmmaker.
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Deragh Campbell | |
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Campbell at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival | |
| Born | 4 May 1989 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupations | Actress, filmmaker |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Known for | Collaborations with Sofia Bohdanowicz and Kazik Radwanski |
| Parent(s) | Benedict Campbell Jackie Maxwell |
Campbell is known for her performances and filmmaking work in the independent Canadian cinema. Her collaborations with filmmaker Sofia Bohdanowicz—including Veslemøy's Song (2018), MS Slavic 7 (2019), Point and Line to Plane (2020), and Measures for a Funeral (2024)—have screened at film festivals internationally. Campbell has also starred in three of Kazik Radwanski's feature films; she played a small role in How Heavy This Hammer (2015), the lead role in Anne at 13,000 Ft. (2019), and she starred opposite Matt Johnson in Matt and Mara (2024).
Campbell received the Jay Scott Prize from the Toronto Film Critics Association and Best Actress in a Canadian Film from the Vancouver Film Critics Circle.
Early life
Born on May 4, 1989 in Toronto and raised in Niagara-on-the-Lake,[1] Campbell is the daughter of actor Benedict Campbell and artistic director of the Shaw Festival Jackie Maxwell.[2]
Career
Campbell made her film debut in Matthew Porterfield's 2013 independent feature film I Used to Be Darker.[3] She was named as one of the Toronto International Film Festival's "Rising Stars" in 2015, alongside Stephan James, Aliocha Schneider, and Karelle Tremblay.[4] Since then, she has appeared in several films, including How Heavy This Hammer (2015), and Fail to Appear (2017).[3]
Campbell's collaborations with filmmaker Sofia Bohdanowicz have screened at festivals around the world. Since 2018, she has portrayed the character of Audrey Benac in five of Bohdanowicz's films: Veslemøy's Song (2018), MS Slavic 7 (2019), Point and Line to Plane (2020), A Woman Escapes (2022), and Measures for a Funeral (2024). Campbell was a credited co-director of MS Slavic 7 as well.[5]
In 2019, Campbell starred in Kazik Radwanski's third feature film, Anne at 13,000 Ft., which premiered in the Platform Prize competition and received an honourable mention from the jury at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.[6][7]
Campbell starred opposite Michaela Kurimsky in Hannah Cheesman's short film, Succor; the short film was an official selection for the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival.[8][9]
In 2023, Campbell appeared in Houston Bone's directorial debut, I Don't Know Who You Are, which premiered in the Discovery program at the Toronto International Film Festival.[10][11] That year, she also starred in Lucy Kerr's directorial debut, Family Portrait, premiering at the 76th Locarno Film Festival.[12]
In 2024, Campbell starred opposite Matt Johnson in Radwanski's fourth feature film, Matt and Mara.[13] That year, Campbell also reprised the role of Audrey Benac under Bohdanowicz's direction in Measures for a Funeral. In this film, Benac is a graduate student researching the life and career of classical violinist Kathleen Parlow.[14] The film premiered in the Centrepiece program at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.[15]
Pledge
In September 2025, she signed an open pledge with Film Workers for Palestine pledging not to work with Israeli film institutions "that are implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people."[16]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2013 | I Used to Be Darker | Taryn | |
| 2014 | Person to Person | Julia | |
| 2015 | Stinking Heaven | Lucy | |
| Beach Week | Yeardley | ||
| How Heavy This Hammer | Schoolteacher | ||
| O, Brazen Age | Anna | ||
| 2016 | The Other Half | Anna | |
| Never Eat Alone | Audrey Benac | Vancouver Film Critics Circle nominee for Best Actress in a Canadian Film | |
| The Intestine | Patricia | ||
| Let Your Heart Be Light | |||
| 2017 | Self-Criticism of a Bourgeois Dog | Camille | |
| Mobile Homes | Actress | ||
| Fail to Appear | Isolde | Vancouver Film Critics Circle nominee for Best Actress in a Canadian Film | |
| All Shook Up | Slain beauty queen | ||
| 2018 | It's Hard to Be Human | Victoria | |
| Veslemøy's Song | Audrey Benac | ||
| 2019 | MS Slavic 7 | ||
| Please Speak Continuously and Describe Your Experiences as They Come to You | Emily | ||
| Project Ithaca | Sera | ||
| Anne at 13,000 Ft. | Anne | Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Actress Vancouver Film Critics Circle nominee for Best Actress in a Canadian Film | |
| Pick | Teacher | ||
| Chubby | Heather | ||
| Foreign Powers | |||
| 2020 | Point and Line to Plane | Audrey Benac | |
| Succor | Abigail | ||
| 2022 | You Can Live Forever | Amanda | |
| A Woman Escapes | Audrey Benac | ||
| So Much Tenderness | Nancy | ||
| 2023 | I Don't Know Who You Are | Agnes | |
| Family Portrait | Katy | ||
| An Evening Song (for three voices) | Martha | ||
| 2024 | Matt and Mara | Mara | |
| Measures for a Funeral | Audrey Benac | ||
| 2025 | Two Cuckolds Go Swimming | Molly |
