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Vanessa Smythe
Vanessa Smythe is a Canadian actor and writer, best known for playing Michio in The Expanse. You can catch her on shows like Hudson & Rex and Murdoch Mysteries, and her live solo show, In Case We Disappear, has sold out houses internationally. She creates escape rooms in video stores and composes poems for arts and sports campaigns, and her latest solo show was performed when she was 8 months pregnant. You can catch her in the upcoming films Littlemouth and Trap, directed by M Night Shyamalan.
Rhiannon Morgan
Rhiannon Morgan is a Canadian actor based in St. John's, Newfoundland. Preceding her most recent role in Melanie Oates' Sweet Angel Baby (2024), she had principal roles on both SurrealEstate (2021) and Hudson & Rex (2019). Rhiannon can be seen in Jeffrey St. Jules' The Silent Planet (2024) this year as well as leading in two 2023 short films, Poster Child (2023) and The Selkie Project. She was also featured in the 2023 series, Only the Night Knows (2024). Following her supporting role in the 2019 feature length film, Black Conflux (2019), Rhiannon went on to play the role of Kay in the award winning feature film, Little Orphans (2020), co-starring Emily Bridger and Marthe Bernard. She has had leading roles in numerous short films as well, including her starring role in the 2018 short film, New Woman (2019), for which she received three Best Actress nominations and two Best Actress awards. Rhiannon also starred in the multiple award winning 2022 short film, Mother's Skin (2022), by Leah Johnston and Jason Buxton. In addition to her film experience, she can be heard narrating the 2022 audiobook, We Jane, a novel by Aimee Wall. Rhiannon currently resides in Port Rexton with her family.
Justin Kelly
Cast · Known for Hudson & Rex
Justin Kelly is a Canadian actor, best known for his roles as Noah Jackson on the Family channel original series The Latest Buzz and as Jake Martin in Degrassi. Since 2019, Kelly has played the role of Jesse Mills on Hudson & Rex.
Andrea Dunne
Andrea Dunne is a Writer/Director based in Newfoundland, Canada. You can catch her most recent on-screen work on Hudson & Rex season 5 (episode Rexit, Stage Left) on City TV. Short films she’s written and directed, Makeover and Malignant, have screened across Canada. Andrea’s currently developing her two feature films with Rink Rat Productions, Oversherry Productions and writing partner Andrew Strickland. In addition to her screenwriting work, Andrea also writes for theatre and chairs the Women’s Work Festival, an annual festival for the development of unproduced scripts by women playwrights that takes place in St. John's, NL
Vasilios Filippakis
Vasilios Filippakis was born on August 8, 1991 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Fak Yaass (2019), Hudson & Rex (2019) and Shadowlands (2018).
Jana Gillis
Jana Gillis is a professional skit artist, comedian, and bagpiper from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Her skits have taken many forms over the years. Sometimes as short films (screened at SJIWFF, AIFF, The Nickel, HIFF, TOSketchFest & various Sci-Fi & Fantasy Conventions throughout Atlantic Canada); as plays (St. John’s Short Play Festival, Cape Breton Stage Company) as “sketches” (NL SketchFest, Is This a Bit?, Almost Baymous, The Second City Toronto Sketch Conservatory) and straight up make ‘em ups (St. John’s Improv, Extreme Improv XStreamed, Movie Night Productions). She’s also acted in longform television skits (Hudson & Rex, Son of a Critch, Astrid & Lilly Save the World, Hallmark’s Everything Christmas). Jana studied professional skitcraft and earned a red t-shirt with a chair on it from The Second City Toronto and a BFA in Theatre Acting from Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her first short film, “Must Be a Zombie Apocalypse”, produced through the SJIWFF Inaugural FRAMED West filmmaking program screened at SJIWFF, HIFF and several Sci-Fi conventions throughout Atlantic Canada. Her second short, “Up Close & Personal” premiered at the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival. Her latest short comedy “Multiverse” was produced with the help of ACTRA Toronto’s YEAA Creates program and premiered at the Nickel Independent Film Festival. She likes telling strange stories in bite sized bits.
Mallory Brumm
Mallory Brumm is a Canadian actress based in Toronto, Ontario. Originally from a small town just outside of Ottawa, she began her journey in the performing arts through music, earning a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Queen's University. Her strong foundation in vocal performance naturally transitioned into acting, where she brings depth and emotional nuance to every role. Mallory has appeared in several television and film productions, including the popular series Hudson & Rex and the crime thriller A Secret to Die For. Her work also includes impactful performances in the short films Out of Time and History's Headlines. With a growing presence in the Canadian screen industry, Mallory continues to pursue compelling, character-driven projects across both television and independent film.
Renée Hackett
Renée Hackett is an actor, writer, producer, and director. Her original short form TV series What Odds is currently on Bell Fibe TV. It won Best Web Series Pilot at the Berlin Women Cinema Festival and has received nominations for the Canadian Screen Awards, LA Independent Women Film Awards, and the Miami Web Fest. Her short film Some Saturdays was an Official Selection at the St. John's International Women's Film Festival, Atlantic International Film Festival, Nickel Independent Film Festival - Winner: Best Cinematography, Silver Wave Film Festival, and Smith Sound Film Festival. Over her 30-year career she has appeared on stages across the country and in numerous television shows, including Hudson & Rex, Departure, Astrid & Lilly Save the World. She can currently be seen in The Missus Downstairs on Bell Fibe TV. She is an alumna of The National Screen Institute's Business for Producers Program, Women in the Director's Chair, back-to-back WIFT-Atlantic mentorship programs, The LA Emerging Producers Mission, and back-to-back PEI Screenwriter's Bootcamps.
Andrea Davis
Andrea Davis is an accomplished Canadian film, television, and stage actor. An established presence across Canadian and international screens, she has built an extensive resume spanning major studio television, independent cinema, and global theatre. Davis is best known for her work in the Amazon Prime hit science-fiction series The Expanse where she plays Admiral Tesfaye, as well as her role as Mrs. K in Star Trek: Short Treks. Her extensive television filmography includes notable guest and recurring appearances on acclaimed dramas such as Orphan Black, The Girlfriend Experience, Mary Kills People, The Firm, Rookie Blue, Hudson & Rex, and Murdoch Mysteries. On the big screen, Davis earned critical recognition for her standout performance as Sal in Thyrone Tommy's feature film Learn to Swim (2021). The project was selected as part of Canada's Top Ten at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and went on to secure a 54th NAACP Image Awards nomination for Outstanding International Motion Picture. On stage, Davis has toured internationally with Recent Experiences (Europe, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong) and performed at major venues, including starring roles in Heaven (World Stage Festival), Intimate Apparel (Grand Theatre), and Romeo and Juliet (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre). She also co-wrote, produced, and starred in Cement Shoe Tarantella at the Toronto Fringe Festival. Notably, Davis headlined Black Theatre Workshop's most successful play in its 52-year history, starring as Daphne in How Black Mothers Say I Love You at the Centaur Theatre in Montreal.
Steve Morgan
Steve Morgan is a Newfoundland-born actor based in St. John's. He grew up in the town of Conception Bay South, where he established his real estate development company. His interest in and love for acting came later in life, but in a short time he has performed in numerous films as well as becoming a regular fixture as a police officer on the popular series, Hudson & Rex. Steve has also performed stunt work and is an experienced motorcyclist and boater.
Bridget Wareham
Cast · Known for Hudson & Rex
Bridget Wareham is a Canadian actress and voice-over artist from St. John's, Newfoundland, best known for her television and film work. She is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada and holds degrees from Memorial University of Newfoundland. She is recognized for playing Karma Poole on the CityTV series Hudson & Rex, as well as starring in Hallmark's My Christmas Guide and Lifetime's A Chef's Deadly Revenge. Her credits span a variety of genres across film, television and the stage.
Ashley Dingwell
Ashley Dingwell is a Canadian actor originally from Labrador, with work spanning theatre, television, and film. Theatre: Miranda in The Tempest, Viola in Twelfth Night, Cécile Volanges in Dangerous Liasons, Hysperia in As You Like It, Gossip in Sense and Sensibility, Ernestina in The Importance of Being Earnest, and Saturday Sunday Monday (Stratford Festival); Hedda in Hedda Gabler, May in Bedlam, Des-Neiges in Les Belles Soeurs, Jocasta in Oedipus Rex (Theatre at Grenfell); Silvia in Two Gentlemen of Verona (New Brood); Titania in Midsummer Night's Dream (Dartmouth Players); Melissa in Out of It, Marie-Louise in No Man's Land (Rising Tide Theatre). Film/TV: Son of a Critch (CBC); This Hour Has 22 Minutes (CBC); Sugar Highs (OUTTV); Surreal Estate (SYFY); Hudson & Rex (CityTV); Sullivan's Crossing (CTV); Astrid and Lilly Save the World (SYFY); Diggstown (CBC); Alaska Triangle (Discovery); SAUDADE (512RED). Training: Stratford Festival Birmingham Conservatory 2025/2026; Memorial University of Newfoundland, Grenfell Campus, 2023 (BFA); Power of Connection Intensive with Perchance Theatre. Online: @ashleyjdingwell.
Megha Sandhu
Megha Sandhu (born 20 July 1996) is a Canadian actress and model. Born in Montréal to Indian immigrant parents, Sandhu was crowned Miss Teenage Canada in 2012. She earned 3rd place at the Miss Universe Canada pageant in 2018, and was crowned Miss International Canada in 2019. She represented her country at the 59th Miss International pageant in Tokyo, Japan where she came 23rd place. She trained in classical ballet, modern dance, and Indian classical dance, and earned a diploma in Behavioural Neuroscience with a minor in Theatre. Prior to her Star Trek role, Sandhu co-starred in the 2021 Lifetime romantic comedy TV movie An Ice Wine Christmas, which also featured Patrick Kwok-Choon, Maria del Mar, and Nck Name in the cast. In 2022, she starred in the independent drama film Arranged Marriage in which her father was played by Kavi Raz. In 2022, Sandhu starred in another holiday-themed romantic TV movie, Mistletoe Time Machine. She also guested in episodes of Hudson & Rex, Pretty Hard Cases (with Daniel Kash), and the miniseries Painkiller (with Sam Anderson, John Ales, Kyle Gatehouse, and Lisa Auguste).
Janaya Stephens
Janaya Lynn Stephens (born March 17, 1974, in London, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress raised in a small southwestern Ontario town. She excelled in sports in high school, played varsity basketball at Laurentian University where she also studied English and drama (starring as Juliet in a production of Romeo & Juliet), and later trained at the George Brown Theatre School in Toronto. She made her screen debut in 1996 on Lexx and Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science (1997). Her most notable film credits include Chloe Steele in the Left Behind trilogy (Left Behind: The Movie 2000, Left Behind II: Tribulation Force 2002, Left Behind: World at War 2005), Alison Pratt in The Lookout (2007, directed by Scott Frank, with Matthew McConaughey), Suzy in Death Race (2008, with Jason Statham), Pilla in Strange But True (2019), and Grace's Mom in Whistle (2026, directed by Corin Hardy). On television she is best known as Sophie Lane in Flashpoint (2008–2012, 16 episodes, CTV), Marie Osmond in Inside the Osmonds (2001, ABC), Faye Byrne in The Killer Is Calling (2025, Lifetime), Erin Smythe in Fall Into Winter (2023, Hallmark), and Rose in Run the Burbs (2022–present, CBC), with additional credits in Quantico (2015, 4 episodes), The Strain (2014), Designated Survivor (2017), Suits (2019), Murdoch Mysteries (2019), and Hudson & Rex (2022).
Richard Chevolleau
Cast · Known for Hudson & Rex
Richard Chevolleau is a Jamaican-Canadian actor, best known for playing Augur on Earth: Final Conflict from 1997 to 2002. He was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1966. He moved to Toronto, Canada, with his family when he was 10 years old. He began acting in high school and continued to study acting after graduating. He studied the Meisner Technique with Paul Bardier and later trained at the Maggie Bassett Studio. Chevolleau's first professional acting role was in the television series Erben des Fluchs in 1989. He has since appeared in numerous television shows and films, including Street Time, This Is Wonderland, 'Da Kink in My Hair, Lost Girl, She's the Mayor, Saving Hope, Hannibal, Blood and Water, Killjoys, Hudson & Rex and Murdoch Mysteries. He is also a successful stage actor, having appeared in productions of August Wilson's Fences, King Lear, and The Crucible. In 2004, Chevolleau won a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series for his role in the television series The Eleventh Hour.
Michael Dara
Mike Dara is a Filipino-Laotian Canadian actor born and raised in Toronto, Canada. Working as a barber out of Toronto, Mike started his performance career in music when he met with engineers from neighboring recording studios. This later led Mike to connect with Nevon Sinclair, a Grammy nominated songwriter and vocal coach. Mike began performing in small venues across the city, gaining a local following. A few years later, he felt like he was starting to hit a ceiling with his music. Mike began thinking about different outlets to express his creativity. He attended a couple of acting classes in a studio downtown Toronto and fell in love with the craft, switching his focus to building this up as his career. After winning the top spot in a national acting conference, Mike signed with an agent and quickly ascended to success. Shortly after, he booked his first major role as the quirky rapping vampire, Count Rapula, on FX's "What We Do In The Shadows"(2019). Mike has since worked on projects such as Disney's "World's Best" (2023), "Hudson & Rex"(2021), and "A Most Dangerous Game"(2020) guest starring opposite Liam Hemsworth. In 2021 Mike received awards for "Best Supporting Actor" and "Best Short Film" for his short film titled "Aces" from the Vancouver International Film Awards. The film also received an award for "Best Editing". In 2023 Mike starred as leading man in a short film "Josephine" which won awards such as "Best Film", "Audience Choice" and "Best Acting Ensemble" at the 48 Hour Film Festival. This achievement lead Mike and the rest of the cast and crew members to travel to Lisbon, Portugal to have "Josephine" entered in "The 48 Hour Film Project Filmapalooza" in 2024, scoring Mike and his cast and crew to receive "Audience Choice" award.
Nicole Redmond
Nicole Redmond is an actor from Newfoundland and Labrador. She is known for Citytv's Hudson and Rex (2022), SYFY's Surrealestate (2022), Don't Let Then In (2024), and the short film Change In Time (2024). She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Grenfell Campus, Memorial University. Selected theatre credits include: Twelfth Night (2024), Romeo & Juliet (2023), MacBeth (2020), The Cherry Orchard (2019) and The Wolves (2018).
Chuck Herriott
Chuck began his acting career in 1977 at the age of 12 when he was hired by Barbara Barrett to work on a few plays in the Basement Theatre of the Arts & Culture Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland. As a student at the National Theatre School of Canada, Chuck honed his craft with some of the best teachers on the planet. Since that time he's had multiple television appearances, including a recurring role on CBC Television's The Republic of Doyle, Frontier, and Hudson and Rex. Chuck has also graced the stages in theatres across the country, including: The National Arts Centre (Ottawa), Odyssey Theatre, Third Wall Theatre, Repercussion Theatre (Montreal), The Blyth Festival, Rising Tide Theatre, Wonderbolt Circus, YPT (Toronto), RCA Theatre and Day-Job Theatre, to name a few. Chuck's versatile voice can be heard on radios and TV sets across North America.
Gina Louise Phillips
Gina Louise Phillips is a Canadian actor, writer and TV host represented by Grand Wave Entertainment, appearing in popular films and shows like The Last of Us (HBO), Reacher (Amazon), Workin Moms (CBC), and Hudson and Rex (CityTV). She is an alumni of the Second City Training Centre where she honed her improv skills and fell in love with writing and performing comedy.
Zoe Wiesenthal
Zoe Wiesenthal, a professional actor, has been in the industry since she was eleven years old. She was discovered at a young age while performing on stage at a local theater in her hometown of Vancouver. Zoe possesses exceptional skills in acting, dancing, and singing, making her a triple threat. Currently, Zoe is the lead in Shaftesbury's captivating family series, RUBY AND THE WELL, which is broadcast throughout North America. The show's third season has recently concluded filming. Zoe has also made notable appearances on television, including her recurring role as 'Adria' in The CW's THE 100 and as 'Layla' Chapman in CHARMED. Additionally, she has guest-starred on CityTV's HUDSON and REX, USA's COLONY, and Syfy's THE MAGICIANS. Having received training at The Arts Umbrella theatre program, with a focus on acting, musical theatre, and dance, Zoe has graced the Vancouver stage in productions such as URINETOWN, OKLAHOMA, and INTO THE WOODS (as 'Little Red'). Her extensive training and diverse experiences have not only refined her talent but also inspired her to assist others in pursuing their artistic dreams. When she is not performing, Zoe dedicates her time to teaching at various camps and classes, nurturing the growth of young aspiring artists, just as she once was.
Terry Ryan
Terry Ryan, raised in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, was a professional hockey player for 7 years - highlighted by appearing in 8 NHL games. He retired in 2007, released a best-selling book entitled "Tales of a First Round Nothing", and began a career in the arts. Ryan now works in the film industry and has appeared on several episodes of the hit CBC television program Republic of Doyle, playing small roles. He has also played himself in the OLN's "Road Hockey Rumble" (2008). He released his first book, "Tales of a First Round Nothing" in May 2014, and it was well received by critics. Ryan is now also trying his hand at stand up comedy and performed his second show to good reviews opening for Gerry Dee at the General Motors Centre in Oshawa, Ontario on April 22, 2016. In addition to playing "British Soldier #1" (Episode 1) - (the first on-screen casualty in the Netflix/Discovery Channel television series Frontier, starring Jason Momoa in the lead role), in 2017 Ryan also had small roles in Frontier Season 2, Little Dog (CBC), Caught (CBC), Schitt's Creek, and various short films. In 2018, he wrote and played the lead role in a short film called "A Stand In", played "Coyote" in Justin Oakey's A Fire In The Cold Season. In 2019, Ryan - who acted and did his own stunts - played the "Gunman" in Episode 11 of Hudson and Rex, and played hockey playing Newfoundlander "Teddy" on the hit Canadian television series Letterkenny (Season 8, Episode 1).
Hudson Meek
Cast · Known for The End of Oak Street, Baby Driver
Hudson Joseph Meek (August 5, 2008 – December 21, 2024) was an American child actor, known for his role as young Baby in the 2017 film Baby Driver. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hudson Meek, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Hudson Leick
Cast · Known for Xena: Warrior Princess
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Heidi Hudson Leick (born May 9, 1969) is an American actress, known for her role as Callisto in the TV series Xena: Warrior Princess. She is also a certified Yoga instructor and intuitive counselor at the Healing Heart Yoga Center. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hudson Leick, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Hudson Cooper
Cast · Known for Law & Order: Criminal Intent