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Born	January 8, 1979 (age 47) • Toronto • Canada
Notable Works	“Away from Her” • “Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory” • “Take This Waltz” • “Women Talking”
Married To	David Sandomierski (2011–present) • David Wharnsby (2003–2008)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Last Night" (1998) • "Road to Avonlea" (1990–1996) • "eXistenZ" (1999) • "Splice" (2009) • "Night Heat" (1985) • "The Life Before This" (1999) • "Guinevere" (1999) • "No Such Thing" (2001) • "Jerry and Tom" (1998) • "Go" (1999) • "The Planet of Junior Brown" (1997) • "The I Inside" (2004) • "Ramona" (1988–1989) • "Children First!" (1996) • "Dawn of the Dead" (2004) • "Friday the 13th: The Series" (1987) • "Blue Monkey" (1987) • "Beowulf & Grendel" (2005) • "Trigger" (2010) • "The Big Town" (1987) • "Exotica" (1994) • "Made in Canada" (1999) • "Straight Up" (1996) • "The Weight of Water" (2000) • "Love Come Down" (2000) • "The Claim" (2000) • "Screen Two" (1987) • "Siblings" (2004) • "The Sweet Hereafter" (1997) • "Luck" (2003) • "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" (1988) • "The Hanging Garden" (1997) • "John Adams" (2008) • "Prettykill" (1987) • "Sugar" (2004) • "The Secret Life of Words" (2005) • "One Magic Christmas" (1985) • "Slings and Arrows" (2006) • "Joe's So Mean to Josephine" (1996) • "Babar: The Movie" (1989) • "The Event" (2003) • "Don't Come Knocking" (2005) • "Confidential" (1986) • "The Hidden Room" (1993) • "The Law of Enclosures" (2000) • "Mr. Nobody" (2009) • "My Life Without Me" (2003)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"Away from Her" (2006) • "The Shields Stories" (2004) • "Hey Lady!" (2020) • "Take This Waltz" (2011) • "Stories We Tell" (2012)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator)	"Alias Grace" (2017) • "Take This Waltz" (2011) • "The Shields Stories" (2004) • "Away from Her" (2006) • "Stories We Tell" (2012)