Sherry White
Sherry White | |
|---|---|
| Born | Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Occupation | Actress, screenwriter, producer |
| Notable works | Crackie, Rabbittown, Rookie Blue |
| Years active | 2000s-present |
| Children | Percy Hynes White |
Sherry White is a Canadian film and television actress, writer and filmmaker,[1] best known for her work as a producer and writer for the television series MVP, Rookie Blue and Saving Hope[2] and as director of the feature film Crackie.[2] She won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Screenplay, at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018, for the film Maudie.[3]
Originally from Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador,[2] she attended Memorial University of Newfoundland's Grenfell College campus in Corner Brook, where she was a classmate of Susan Kent, Adriana Maggs and Jonny Harris.[4]
Percy Hynes White, her son with actor and writer Joel Thomas Hynes, is a child actor who has had roles in the films Crackie, The Grand Seduction and Cast No Shadow, and the television series Murdoch Mysteries, Between and Pretty Hard Cases.[2]
Filmography[]
As writer[]
- The Bread Maker (2003)
- Rabbittown (2006)
- Hatching, Matching and Dispatching (2005, three episodes)
- Life with Derek (2006, one episode)
- MVP (2008, four episodes)
- Down to the Dirt (2008)
- Sophie (2009, one episode)
- Crackie (2009)
- 18 to Life (2009, one episode)
- Rookie Blue (2010, nine episodes)
- Saving Hope (2012, three episodes)
- Relative Happiness (2014)
- Orphan Black (2015, one episode)
- Maudie (2016)
As producer[]
- Rabbittown (2006)
- Crackie (2009)
- Rookie Blue (2010)
- Saving Hope (2012)
- Orphan Black (2015)
- Pretty Hard Cases (2021)
As director[]
- Diamonds in a Bucket (2007)
- Spoiled (2008)
- Crackie (2009)
- Imaginary Heroine (2012)
- Burden of Truth (2020) - episode #23: "Crisis of Faith"
As actress[]
- Misery Harbour (1999)
- Violet (2000)
- Lexx (1999, two episodes)
- The Bread Maker (2003)
- Hatching, Matching and Dispatching (2005, six episodes)
- Rabbittown (2006)
- Young Triffie (2006)
- ReGenesis (2006, one episode)
- MVP (2008, five episodes)
- Down to the Dirt (2008)
- Grown Up Movie Star (2009)
- Republic of Doyle (2010, one episode)
- Nurses (2020, episode #7: "Lifeboat")
References[]
- ^ "Goin' to T.O.". The Telegram, July 18, 2008.
- ^ a b c d "Sherry White writing for several popular television series". The Western Star, September 15, 2014.
- ^ "‘Maudie’ wins big at Canadian Screen Awards". NTV, March 12, 2018.
- ^ "Meet 22 Minutes’ Susan Kent: Misfits, weirdos and (of course) Celine Dion". The Globe and Mail, December 2, 2013.
External links[]
- Sherry White at IMDb
- Canadian television writers
- Canadian film actresses
- Canadian television actresses
- Canadian women screenwriters
- Canadian film producers
- Canadian television producers
- Women television producers
- Canadian women film directors
- Actresses from Newfoundland and Labrador
- Writers from Newfoundland and Labrador
- People from Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Living people
- Memorial University of Newfoundland alumni
- Canadian women film producers
- Best Screenplay Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
- Canadian Film Centre alumni
- Women television writers
- 21st-century Canadian screenwriters
- 21st-century Canadian women writers