Gail Maurice
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Gail Maurice | |
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.jpg) Gail Maurice at a CFC Filmmakers Reception in 2011 | |
| Occupations | actor, writer, director |
Gail Maurice is a Canadian actress, writer, producer, and director.[1] She is most noted for her performances as the title character in the film Johnny Greyeyes,[2] Dorothy Pine in the television series Cardinal,[3] and Georgina in the television series Trickster.[4]
Maurice is the head of Assini Productions, a film studio whose films have included Smudge (2006),[1] Kihtwam misawac na-wapamitin (2011), Assini (2015)[5] and Rosie (2018).
She was a co-writer and star of Joshua Demers's 2020 film Québexit.[6] At the 2020 Whistler Film Festival, Maurice, Demers and Xavier Yuvens won the Borsos Competition award for Best Screenplay in a Canadian Film.[7]
At the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, she received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Program or Series for her performance in Trickster.[8] At the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Film, for the film Night Raiders.[9]
Rosie, Maurice's debut feature film as a director and an expansion of her 2018 short film of the same name, premiered in the Discovery program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.[10]
Her second feature film, Blood Lines, premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.[11]
Personal life
Maurice is in a relationship with Mélanie Bray, one of the stars of Rosie.[12]
