Leah Pinsent

Known for Acting

9/20/1968(Age 57)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Leah Pinsent (born September 20th, 1968) is a Canadian actress, writer and producer.

Known For (27 credits)

6.5

Movie

Luckiest Girl Alive

2022

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 crafted life.

4.5

Movie

Wickensburg

2022

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.

Movie

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.

6.3

Movie

Wet Bum

2014

An awkward teenage outcast finds unlikely companions in two aged residents of the retirement home in which she works.

8.5

Movie

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

2012

Stephen Leacock recounts his growing up period in the small town of Mariposa, Ontario, located on the shores of Lake Wissanotti with its notoriously leaky holiday steamer. It is a town similar to many other small towns in Canada with its odd assortment of residents.

Movie

Still Rowdy After All These Years

2011

A documentary retrospective on the prolific career of acclaimed Canadian actor, writer and director Gordon Pinsent.

Movie

The Bend

2011

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 girlfriend and friends, Jason swears to find out what really happened that night and if it could happen to him...

6.9

Republic of Doyle

2010

Jake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged seaside town never lacks for intriguing cases, and the Doyles don't always land on the right side of the law.

7.0

18 to Life

2010

18 to Life is a Canadian television sitcom that debuted on January 4, 2010, on CBC Television. The series is shown in Quebec on Vrak.TV with the title Majeurs et mariés.

4.0

Movie

1st Bite

2006

Set on a tropical island in Thailand, the strange plight of a beleaguered chef who, while romancing a mysterious woman, discovers the diabolical Zen of cooking. Following a near death escape, he returns to Montreal and falls hard for the woman of his life who unfortunately craves only his cooking but not his loving. Worse still, strange things surfacing around him indicate that his journey to the Far East has deep, divine implications. The stage is set for him to take the 1st bite of true love and end the cycle of suffering for all involved.

7.5

Movie

Heyday!

2006

During World War II, the usually sleepy town of Gander, Newfoundland is abuzz with activity as the stopover point for many flights between North America and the European Theater. Teenager Terry Fleming, who lives just outside of Gander, is feeling conflicted. He wants to work in Gander so that he can have access to the plethora of movie stars and GIs flying though the area.

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Burnt Toast

2005

An irreverent and hilarious spin on opera, domestic drama and the hallowed institutions of love and marriage, Burnt Toast is an hour-long television opera comprised of a series of eight comic operas each depicting a different stage of romantic love. The relationships depicted run the gamut: from the passionate to the fantasized, the bored and of course the dead relationship, each as recognizable as the last.