Toronto-based actor and filmmaker, Valerie Buhagiar is a scholarship Graduate of George Brown’s Acting Program and a Dora Mavor Moore award winner. She received international recognition for her roles in two Bruce McDonald films, Highway 61 and Roadkill. An accomplished actor, she began her career when she was 18 when she toured China, the U.S. and Canada as a puppeteer with the Blacklight Theatre Company.
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
Mrs. Soffel (1984)
Dear John (1987)
Roadkill (1989)
New Shoes (1990)
Highway 61 (1991)
Ultimate Betrayal (TV-1994)
Pleasure Film (1995)
Romantic Undertaking (TV-1996)
My Script Doctor (1997)
Passengers (2000)
You Might Be The Youngest (2001)
Lip Service: A Mystery (2001)
The Wet Season (2002)
Expecting (2002)
Cypher (2002)
The Last Hit (2004)
A Winter Tale (2007)
Your Beautiful Cul de Sac Home (2007)
Sheltered Life (2008)
Reach (2011, short)
Adriatico My Love (2011)
The Anniversary (2014)
A Trip to the Island (2014)
Given Your History (2014, short)
The Photograph (2016, short)
Stickman (TV-2017)
Happy First Birthday Lucretia (2017, short)
Hero Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross (2018)
Coucou (2020, short)
Dashing Home for Christmas (TV-2020)
TV Series – Cast:
Bad Blood (2017, mini-series)
TV Series – Guest appearances:
Diamonds (1988)
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years (1996)
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1997)
Silver Surfer (voice, 1998)
John Woo’s Once a Thief (1998)
Twitch City (1998, 2000)
Street Time (2002)
Jimmy Two-Shoes (voice, 2009)
Degrassi: The Next Generation (2010)
Murdoch Mysteries (2015)
Eyewitness (2016)
The Expanse (2017)
Mysticons (voice, 2017)
The Wedding Planners (2020)
Titans (2021)
Credits as a Director:
The Passion of Rita Camilleri (1993)
One Day I Stood Still (1996, short)
L’Amour l’Amour Shut the Door Por Favor (1998, short)
Omneya – Wish (2003, short)
Tell Us the Truth Josephine: A Bitter Immigrant Story (2006, short)
Small, Stupid, and Insignificant (VR-2010, short)
The Anniversary (2014)
Subject 1 (2014, short)
The Fall of Grace (2017, short)
It’s Hard to Be Human (2018)
Carmen (2021)
Credits as a Screenwriter:
The Passion of Rita Camilleri (1993)
Omneya – Wish (2003, short)
Tell Us the Truth Josephine: A Bitter Immigrant Story (2006, short)
Small, Stupid, and Insignificant (VR-2010, short)
The Anniversary (2014)
It’s Hard to Be Human (2018)
Carmen (2021)
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