Biography
Willow Kean is an actor and writer originally from Labrador West. She's co-written several children's plays that have toured provincially, and her five-woman comedy Supper Club premiered at the LSPU Hall in 2021. She's been shortlisted for the Cuffer Prize and longlisted for the NLCU Fresh Fish Award, and she's won the Percy Janes First Novel Award in 2018. Willow lives in St. John's with her partner, the filmmaker Justin Simms, and their son, Jude.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Ballad of North Whale
2024
as Police Officer
After Raam, an international student, moves to Newfoundland to pursue his dreams and education, his housemate Joseph loses his job amidst the global p...
The King Tide
2024
as Officer Lucy
After the mayor of an idyllic island village discovers a child with mysterious powers awash on their shores, the once peaceful community devolves into...
The Death of Winter
2019
as Catherine Winter
The Death of Winter: In 1830s Newfoundland, a woman is on trial for the murder of her husband. While innocent of the homicide, she is hanged for havin...
Luben & Elena
2019
Transcriptions
Deeply rooted in artistic families, young Luben Boykov and Elena Popova escape the repressions of communist Bulgaria and find refuge on the island of ...
Away from Everywhere
2017
as Code Nurse
A struggling writer emerges from rehab and reunites with his estranged brother, but soon descends into a tragic love triangle and is forced to confron...
HAND. LINE. COD.
2016
Transcriptions
In the coldest waters surrounding Newfoundland's rugged Fogo Island, "people of the fish"—traditional fishers—catch cod live by hand, one at a time, b...
Touch
2016
as Store Customer
When a single mom, facing eviction, is offered a night’s work, she unsuccessfully seeks a babysitter for her two small children. Desperate, she reache...
The Tour
2015
as Alice
Alice, a bus tour guide in St. John's Newfoundland with a broken heart unexpectedly tells her tales of love and loss to a group of life-weary tourists...
Before the War
2014
as Narrator (Voice)
An incisive nuanced look at a family crumbling after their father returns from a war. Before the war showcases Tamara's love and understanding of the ...
Before the War
2014
Craft Service
An incisive nuanced look at a family crumbling after their father returns from a war. Before the war showcases Tamara's love and understanding of the ...
Two Square Feet
2012
Craft Service
A woman looks past her insecurities in a time of change, self doubt and uncertainty.
Lionel Lonely Heart
2008
Producer
Lionel, a hapless romantic at the end of his rope, suddenly and inexplicably starts receiving roses in the mail. Somebody out there must be paying att...