Gail Maurice is a Canadian actor, writer, producer, and director. She is most noted for her performances as the title character in the film Johnny Greyeyes, Dorothy Pine in the television series Cardinal, and Georgina in the television series Trickster.
Career Maurice is the head of Assini Productions, a film studio whose films have included Smudge (2006), Kihtwam misawac na-wapamitin (2011), Assini (2015), and Rosie (2018).
She was a co-writer and star of Joshua Demers's 2020 film Québexit. At the 2020 Whistler Film Festival, Maurice, Demers, and Xavier Yuvens won the Borsos Competition award for Best Screenplay in a Canadian Film.
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. At the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Film, for the film Night Raiders.
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.
Her second feature film, Blood Lines, premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.
Personal life Maurice is in a relationship with Mélanie Bray, one of the stars of Rosie.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRole Notes2000Johnny GreyeyesJohnny Greyeyes2007Finn's GirlNancy2016Me and My Little SisterDocumentary2018Falls Around HerInez2019 The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi BearclawAnnabelle Bearclaw2020QuébexitMeetos2021Meneath: The Hidden Island of EthicsNokomisVoice; short film2021Night RaidersIda2022Bones of CrowsOlder Taylor Whallach2022RosieDirector2024AberdeenAberdeen2025Nika and MadisonChief Sampson2025Blood LinesLeonoreAlso director and producer2026Ancestral BeastsAdele Poitras
Television YearTitleRole Notes1996Giant MineTechnicianTelevision film1997 The RezBarbara FencepostEpisode: "No Reservations: One Hour Finale"1998Big BearNowakich2 episodes2000Psi FactorKachataEpisode: "GeoCore"2000Canada: A People's HistoryCaptive WomanEpisode: "When the World Began"2000Twice in a LifetimeRuth's DaughterEpisode: "Grandma's Shoes"2002–2003Street TimeSkye Nighthawk6 episodes2003Monsters We MetShe YohEpisode: "The Eternal Frontier"2016ColdSara2 episodes2017–2020CardinalDorothy Pine5 episodes2019 The Twilight ZoneRita ColchackEpisode: "A Traveler"2020DiggstownAnnabel DraperEpisode: "Cheryl Battiste"2020BarkskinsTeyaronhiio'3 episodes2020TricksterGeorgina5 episodes2021Sort OfICU NurseEpisode: "Sort Of Back Again" 2024 Don't Even Wanda 4 episodes2026Law & Order Toronto: Criminal IntentCharlotte MalboeufEpisode: "Forget Me Not"
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