Gail Maurice

Gail Maurice
Gail Maurice at a Canadian Film Centre Filmmakers Reception in 2011
Gail Maurice at a Canadian Film Centre Filmmakers Reception in 2011
OccupationsActor, writer, director

Gail Maurice is a Canadian actor, 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]

Career

Maurice is the head of Assini Productions,[5] a film studio whose films have included Smudge (2006),[1] Kihtwam misawac na-wapamitin (2011),[6] Assini (2015),[7] and Rosie (2018).[8]

She was a co-writer and star of Joshua Demers's 2020 film Québexit.[9] At the 2020 Whistler Film Festival, Maurice, Demers, and Xavier Yuvens won the Borsos Competition award for Best Screenplay in a Canadian Film.[10]

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.[11] At the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Film, for the film Night Raiders.[12]

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 programme at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.[13]

Her second feature film, Blood Lines, premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.[14]

Personal life

Maurice is in a relationship with Mélanie Bray, one of the stars of Rosie.[15]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Johnny Greyeyes Johnny Greyeyes
2007 Finn's Girl Nancy
2016 Me and My Little Sister Documentary
2018 Falls Around Her Inez
2019 The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw Annabelle Bearclaw
2020 Québexit Meetos
2021 Night Raiders Ida
2022 Bones of Crows Older Taylor Whallach
2022 Rosie Director
2024 Aberdeen Aberdeen
2025 Nika and Madison Chief Sampson
2025 Blood Lines Leonore Also director and producer
2026 Ancestral Beasts Adele Poitras

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Giant Mine Technician Television film
1997 The Rez Barbara Fencepost Episode: "No Reservations: One Hour Finale"
1998 Big Bear Nowakich 2 episodes
2000 Psi Factor Kachata Episode: "GeoCore"
2000 Canada: A People's History Captive Woman Episode: "When the World Began"
2000 Twice in a Lifetime Ruth's Daughter Episode: "Grandma's Shoes"
2002–2003 Street Time Skye Nighthawk 6 episodes
2003 Monsters We Met She Yoh Episode: "The Eternal Frontier"
2016 Cold Sara 2 episodes
2017–2020 Cardinal Dorothy Pine 5 episodes
2019 The Twilight Zone Rita Colchack Episode: "A Traveler"
2020 Diggstown Annabel Draper Episode: "Cheryl Battiste"
2020 Barkskins Teyaronhiio' 3 episodes
2020 Trickster Georgina 5 episodes
2021 Sort Of ICU Nurse Episode: "Sort Of Back Again"
2024 Don't Even Wanda 4 episodes
2026 Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent Charlotte Malboeuf Episode: "Forget Me Not"

References

  1. 1 2 "Canadian aboriginal filmmaker en route to Sundance with Smudge". Times & Transcript. January 20, 2006.
  2. ↑ Schaefer, Glen (December 14, 2001). "Greyeyes can open eyes". The Province.
  3. ↑ "CTV series in town; North a 'character of its own' in crime drama". Sudbury Star. February 16, 2016.
  4. ↑ Simonpillai, Radheyan (2020-09-07). "TV review: B.C.–set Trickster is an electrifying adaptation of Eden Robinson's book". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
  5. ↑ Tracy, Andrew (April 9, 2026). "imagineNATIVE honours Gail Maurice with Schellenberg Award". Playback. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
  6. ↑ "15th Anniversary Edition: Shining a Spotlight" (PDF). The Women in the Director's Chair Workshop. 2012.
  7. ↑ Davidson, Dan (April 1, 2016). "Film festival goes out on a big finish note". Whitehorse Star.
  8. ↑ Laskaris, Adam (September 8, 2022). "Crying, screaming, jumping with excitement as director Gail Maurice's film ROSIE set to screen at TIFF". Windspeaker.com. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
  9. ↑ Leeson, Ben (September 21, 2020). "Québexit, an ensemble comedy at intersection of language and culture, to premiere at Cinefest". The Sudbury Star. Retrieved 2026-07-17.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ Malyk, Lauren (December 21, 2020). "Little Orphans wins Best Canadian Feature at WFF". Playback. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
  11. ↑ "2021 Canadian Screen Awards nominations: List of major TV, movies nominees". Global News. March 30, 2021. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
  12. ↑ Harper, Zachary (2022-02-15). "2022 Canadian Screen Awards: 'Sort Of,' 'Wynonna Earp' and 'Jann' among this year's nominees". HELLO!. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
  13. ↑ Kay, Jeremy (4 August 2022). "Daniel Radcliffe as 'Weird Al' Yankovic leads TIFF Midnight Madness; Discovery, Wavelength sections also unveiled". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
  14. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (August 5, 2025). "TIFF Centrepiece Section Counts 55 Titles Including Pics Starring Shailene Woodley, Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Samara Weaving, Stephen Graham & More". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  15. ↑ Friend, David (2022-10-11). "'Rosie' director Gail Maurice on the difficult road to making a queer Indigenous film". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
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