Biography
Leah Pinsent (born September 20th, 1968) is a Canadian actress, writer and producer.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Luckiest Girl Alive
2022
as Hallsy Harrison
A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously craf...
Wickensburg
2022
as Mrs Johnstone
A mother and her young son move to a new small town. They soon discover the town harbors a dark secret, and it's a race against time to save the town.
Big News From Grand Rock
2015
A small town journalist's fabricated stories attracts unwanted attention when one of them turns out to be true.
Wet Bum
2014
as Mary Ellen
An awkward teenage outcast finds unlikely companions in two aged residents of the retirement home in which she works.
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
2012
as Miss Cleghorn
Stephen Leacock recounts his growing up period in the small town of Mariposa, Ontario, located on the shores of Lake Wissanotti with its notoriously l...
Still Rowdy After All These Years
2011
A documentary retrospective on the prolific career of acclaimed Canadian actor, writer and director Gordon Pinsent.
The Bend
2011
as Mrs. Campbell
Jason Campbell thinks he is losing his mind. Maybe it's true. His brother Mike died a year ago on the night of the prom. With his deceased brother's g...
1st Bite
2006
as Rose
Set on a tropical island in Thailand, the strange plight of a beleaguered chef who, while romancing a mysterious woman, discovers the diabolical Zen o...
Heyday!
2006
as Movie Queen
During World War II, the usually sleepy town of Gander, Newfoundland is abuzz with activity as the stopover point for many flights between North Ameri...
Burnt Toast
2005
as Julie
An irreverent and hilarious spin on opera, domestic drama and the hallowed institutions of love and marriage, Burnt Toast is an hour-long television o...
Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534
2001
as Sarah
Having taken the blame for an accident beyond his control, pilot Mike Hogan has been on administrative leave indefinitely; however when the airline is...
20:13 Mord im Blitzlicht
2000
as Eva
Lies He Told
1997
A charming military man arranges his own disappearance and death in order to begin a new life with a woman who is completely deceived by his lies. Bor...
Virus
1996
as Larraine Keller
A United States Presidential bodyguard risks everything to save the day when a truck chock full of biological weapons contrives to crash in a National...
The Little Kidnappers
1990
as Kirsten MacKenzie
Loosely based on a '50's movie of the same name, it tells the story of two young orphan boys who travel by themselves from the Old country to join the...
Brutal Glory
1989
as Julia Woodruff (as Leah King Pinsent)
The highly fictionalized making and breaking of Norman Selby, more recognizable as Kid McCoy, the real life American middleweight world boxing champio...
Shades of Love: The Emerald Tear
1988
as Jayne Manley
Journalist Jayne Manley tries to get back the job she lost. She leaves to investigate a millionaire who is rumored to have bought a precious gem, the ...
April Fool's Day
1986
as Nan Youngblood
As soon as Muffy St. John and her college friends arrive on her parents' secluded island, someone starts trimming the guest list... one murder at a ti...
The Bay Boy
1984
as Saxon Coldwell
A Roman Catholic teenage boy in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia during the 1930s faces various growing-up problems: Should he become a prie...