Writing

Sherry White

Sherry White is a Canadian film and television writer, producer and actress, best known for working on the television series "Rookie Blue" and "Saving Hope".

Known For

MaudieMaudie · 2016
Maudie
7.82016
MovieDramaRomance
Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.
CrackieCrackie · 2009
Crackie
5.02009
MovieDrama
Life on the Rock never seemed easy, but for Mitsy it is especially rough. The teenager has been abandoned by her mother, a particularly unfit parent prone to both the bottle and the sex trade. She is left to be brought up by her mercurial grandmother Bride, who is well-meaning but oppressively suffocating. Mitsy's dreams for the future hinge on her desire to be a hairdresser, but her current emotional well-being revolves around a wee dog named Sparky, an unwanted canine misfit to whom she becomes hopelessly attached. After Bride agrees to let Mitsy take the dog in as a pet, the teen tries desperately to create a happy, safe place for Sparky to thrive.
Imaginary HeroineImaginary Heroine · 2012
Imaginary Heroine
2012
MovieDrama
This short film pays tribute to actress and comedian Mary Walsh. Layering archival photographs of downtown St. John’s and evocative imagery, it tells the remarkable story of a little girl who grew up next door to her family. Inspired by Mary Walsh’s one woman play Dancing with Rage, the film reveals the heart of the unique characters created by Newfoundland’s grand dame of comedy. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in co-operation with the National Arts Centre and the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation on the occasion of the 2012 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards.
Little ManLittle Man · 2013
Little Man
2013
MovieDrama
An 11 year old boy pays a farewell visit to his estranged father. What ensues is a strained and inappropriate, but heartfelt exchange between a father and son whose paths have crossed for the briefest of moments and likely won't again for a long time.
A Christmas FuryA Christmas Fury · 2017
A Christmas Fury
2.02017
MovieComedy
The Hatching Matching and Dispatching story continues in A Christmas Fury - an outrageously funny TV movie with unexpected heart.
Grown Up Movie StarGrown Up Movie Star · 2010
Grown Up Movie Star
5.12010
MovieDrama
The story of Ruby, 13, determined to grow up fast after her mother runs away to become a movie star, leaving Ruby with her hopelessly rural father.
Misery HarbourMisery Harbour · 1999
Misery Harbour
4.91999
MovieDrama
A young writer named Espen Arnakke tells the story of his escape from the small Danish town of Jante. Espen boards a ship headed to Newfoundland, but the harsh conditions on board makes him jump ship, and he ends up in the little town of Misery Harbour. There he meets the girl of his dreams. But his passion shifts to jealousy when one of the men from the ship mysteriously appears in town, and sets out to make Espen's life a misery.
Relative HappinessRelative Happiness · 2014
Relative Happiness
7.02014
MovieRomanceComedy
Plus-sized Lexie Ivy is a feisty B&B owner who desperately needs a date to her sister's wedding.

Movies

MaudieMaudie · 2016
Maudie
7.82016
MovieDramaRomance
Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.
CrackieCrackie · 2009
Crackie
5.02009
MovieDrama
Life on the Rock never seemed easy, but for Mitsy it is especially rough. The teenager has been abandoned by her mother, a particularly unfit parent prone to both the bottle and the sex trade. She is left to be brought up by her mercurial grandmother Bride, who is well-meaning but oppressively suffocating. Mitsy's dreams for the future hinge on her desire to be a hairdresser, but her current emotional well-being revolves around a wee dog named Sparky, an unwanted canine misfit to whom she becomes hopelessly attached. After Bride agrees to let Mitsy take the dog in as a pet, the teen tries desperately to create a happy, safe place for Sparky to thrive.
Imaginary HeroineImaginary Heroine · 2012
Imaginary Heroine
2012
MovieDrama
This short film pays tribute to actress and comedian Mary Walsh. Layering archival photographs of downtown St. John’s and evocative imagery, it tells the remarkable story of a little girl who grew up next door to her family. Inspired by Mary Walsh’s one woman play Dancing with Rage, the film reveals the heart of the unique characters created by Newfoundland’s grand dame of comedy. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in co-operation with the National Arts Centre and the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation on the occasion of the 2012 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards.
Little ManLittle Man · 2013
Little Man
2013
MovieDrama
An 11 year old boy pays a farewell visit to his estranged father. What ensues is a strained and inappropriate, but heartfelt exchange between a father and son whose paths have crossed for the briefest of moments and likely won't again for a long time.
A Christmas FuryA Christmas Fury · 2017
A Christmas Fury
2.02017
MovieComedy
The Hatching Matching and Dispatching story continues in A Christmas Fury - an outrageously funny TV movie with unexpected heart.
Grown Up Movie StarGrown Up Movie Star · 2010
Grown Up Movie Star
5.12010
MovieDrama
The story of Ruby, 13, determined to grow up fast after her mother runs away to become a movie star, leaving Ruby with her hopelessly rural father.
Misery HarbourMisery Harbour · 1999
Misery Harbour
4.91999
MovieDrama
A young writer named Espen Arnakke tells the story of his escape from the small Danish town of Jante. Espen boards a ship headed to Newfoundland, but the harsh conditions on board makes him jump ship, and he ends up in the little town of Misery Harbour. There he meets the girl of his dreams. But his passion shifts to jealousy when one of the men from the ship mysteriously appears in town, and sets out to make Espen's life a misery.
Relative HappinessRelative Happiness · 2014
Relative Happiness
7.02014
MovieRomanceComedy
Plus-sized Lexie Ivy is a feisty B&B owner who desperately needs a date to her sister's wedding.
Down to the DirtDown to the Dirt · 2008
Down to the Dirt
4.22008
MovieDramaComedy
Thirty-year-old Keith Kavanagh (Joel Thomas Hynes) ekes his way through life in a small town. A hard-drinking hooligan, he keeps his ragged collection of poetry a closely guarded secret... as secret as his regret for the shattered relationship with his father. When Keith meets the darkly exotic Natasha (Mylène Savoie), his life is changed forever.
Second PlaceSecond Place · 2025
Second Place
2025
MovieDrama
A depressed romantic thinks he's found 'the one' despite her polyamorous lifestyle, but shit gets too real when her boyfriend crashes Monopoly night.
Blueberry GruntBlueberry Grunt · 2025
Blueberry Grunt
5.02025
MovieDrama
Vivian and Harold's camping trip reveals their tensions, leading to a life-or-death situation as they confront their past.
Hunting PignutHunting Pignut · 2017
Hunting Pignut
3.02017
MovieDrama
Bernice, a 15 year old misfit runs away from her rural Newfoundland community in search of Pignut, a tormented and violent gutter punk, after he steals her father's ashes right out of his urn.
Little OrphansLittle Orphans · 2020
Little Orphans
3.02020
MovieDrama
The wedding of their youngest sister, Janet, brings Gwen and Kay home to St. John’s, Newfoundland. While Janet struggles to hide her family’s dysfunction, Kay can’t help but create chaos wherever she goes and Gwen finds herself paralyzed by a past secret. The complicated web of relationships between the sisters, their Aunt Maureen, their absent mother, and Kay’s young daughter Billie, is only illuminated by the wedding. Gwen’s attempts to get Kay to take responsibility for her daughter highlights her own abandonment of her ex, Tom, leading them all to a not-so-perfect storm of a reception.
The Untold StoryThe Untold Story · 1999
The Untold Story
1999
MovieHistoryDocumentary
The Untold Story of the Suffragists of Newfoundland (1999) is a docu-drama celebrating the thirty year struggle by the women of Newfoundland to win the right to vote.
Young Triffie's Been Made Away WithYoung Triffie's Been Made Away With · 2007
Young Triffie's Been Made Away With
4.42007
MovieComedy
In 1947 Whitbourne, Newfoundland, Alan Hepditch, a by-the-books but squeamish and somewhat dimwitted criminologist is constantly being tormented by his fellow ranger candidates and his sergeant, Bill O'Mara. Before Hepditch can quit, O'Mara, as a sort of punishment, assigns him to his first posting at Swyer's Harbour, where five sheep mutilations have taken place over the past year. When he arrives in Swyer's Harbour, Hepditch has a more serious crime to investigate, that of the murder of a local, mentally slow woman named Tryphenia Maud Pottle, better known to the locals as Young Triffie.
Bloomsday CabaretBloomsday Cabaret · 2004
Bloomsday Cabaret
2004
MovieDocumentaryMusic
An exploration of music in the life, and writing, of James Joyce. Two Newfoundland actors, a Toronto opera singer and a New York Joycean scholar travel to Dublin and join forces with a group of Irish musicians to tell the story of music in the life, and writing, of the great Irish writer James Joyce.
VioletViolet · 2000
Violet
4.02000
MovieComedy
It seems like everyone in Violet’s family dies at age 55. Her mother did, her father did, and as this movie opens Violet, played by Mary Walsh, learns that her brother, Leonard has also died. He too was 55, an age she is now fast approaching herself. His death causes Violet to begin an existential tailspin as her family gathers round. They are Andrew Younghusband who plays her son Carlos, a gay professor of languages who has returned from Montreal. Actor and director Barry Newhook plays Rex who is a musician and daughter Ramona is played by Susan Kent. As the movie unfolds it turns out that Violet has a lot to live for, including a romance with farm manager Rusty played by Peter MacNeill.

TV Shows

Republic of DoyleRepublic of Doyle · 2010
Republic of Doyle
7.02010
SeriesComedyDrama
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.
Rookie BlueRookie Blue · 2010
Rookie Blue
7.72010
SeriesDramaCrime
Ambitious young cops try to prove themselves in their high-stakes careers, in which the smallest mistake can have deadly consequences. At the core of the close-knit group is perfectionist Andy McNally, whose father was a homicide detective before he burned out on the job. The series follows Andy and her four colleagues -- Dov Epstein, Gail Peck, Traci Nash and Chris Diaz -- as they experience the trials, triumphs and tribulations of police work, as well as its effect on their personal lives.
LexxLexx · 1997
Lexx
7.01997
SeriesComedyDrama
A Time Prophet predicted that Kai would be the one to destroy the divine order in the league of the 20,000 planets, someday that will happen, but not today. Today a cowardly security guard, an undead assassin, a female with a body designed for sex and a robot head madly in love with her all make up the crew of the spaceship Lexx, the most powerful weapon in the two universes.
Saving HopeSaving Hope · 2012
Saving Hope
7.02012
SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama
When Charlie Harris ends up in a coma, he leaves the Hope-Zion Hospital in chaos - and his fiancée and fellow surgeon, Alex Reid, in a state of shock. As the staff of Hope-Zion races to save lives, comatose Dr. Harris wanders the halls of Hope-Zee in "spirit" form, not sure if he's a ghost or a figment of his own imagination.
Orphan BlackOrphan Black · 2013
Orphan Black
7.82013
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
ReGenesisReGenesis · 2004
ReGenesis
7.42004
SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama
ReGenesis is a Canadian television program produced by The Movie Network and Movie Central in conjunction with Shaftesbury Films. The series, which ran for four seasons, revolves around the scientists of NorBAC, a fictional organization with a lab based in Toronto. The organization investigates problems of a scientific nature, such as bio-terrorism, mysterious diseases or radical changes in environment throughout Canada, the United States, and Mexico. NorBAC is headed by David Sandström, the chief scientist and molecular biologist. Through this character the show often addresses topical social, political and ethical issues related to the science at hand. The series was originally seen on The Movie Network and Movie Central with rebroadcasts on Global and Showcase in Canada. Internationally it can be seen on FX in the United Kingdom, The Science Channel, Halogen TV and in syndication and CW Plus in the United States, and FX Latin America in Mexico; as well as numerous broadcasters in Europe and Asia. International distribution is handled by Oasis International. As of April 2012 the show can also be seen on Hulu.com.
Murder in a Small TownMurder in a Small Town · 2024
Murder in a Small Town
6.92024
SeriesDramaCrime
Karl Alberg moves to a quiet coastal town to soothe a psyche that has been battered by big-city police work but finds himself needing to call upon all his skills to solve the murders that continue to wash up on his shore.
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal IntentLaw & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent · 2024
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
7.12024
SeriesCrimeDrama
An elite squad of detectives investigate high-profile crime and corruption in metro Toronto.
FrontierFrontier · 2016
Frontier
6.82016
SeriesDrama
In 18th-century North America, ruthless trappers and entrepreneurs fight to wrest control of the fur trade from the mighty Hudson's Bay Company.
Burden of TruthBurden of Truth · 2018
Burden of Truth
7.42018
SeriesDramaCrime
A big city lawyer returns to her hometown to take the case of a group of girls suffering from a mysterious illness.
Pretty Hard CasesPretty Hard Cases · 2021
Pretty Hard Cases
6.22021
SeriesComedy
A fun and honest portrayal of two radically different female detectives in their early 40s following Guns and Gangs detective Sam and Narcotics detective Kelly, who by day are true action heroes in their own particular way: skilled, tough, determined, and ruthless. But by night, they’re both grappling with loneliness, dysfunctional families, screwed-up love lives, and a sense that their professional ambitions may not be totally in line with their personal needs.
Mary Kills PeopleMary Kills People · 2017
Mary Kills People
7.32017
SeriesDrama
Dr. Mary Harris, a single mother and emergency doctor by day, also moonlights as an underground angel of death - helping terminally ill patients who want to die and slip away on their own terms. So far Mary has managed to stay under the radar; but business is booming, and her double life is getting complicated. When her world starts to unravel, Mary realizes she's going to have to fight dirty if she's going to stay in the killing game.
The CatchThe Catch · 2016
The Catch
6.62016
SeriesDramaCrime
Strong and successful Alice Martin is a fraud investigator who's about to be the victim of fraud by her fiancé. Between her cases, she is determined to find him before it ruins her career.
Mistletoe MurdersMistletoe Murders · 2024
Mistletoe Murders
6.82024
SeriesDramaMystery
Emily Lane is a good-natured Christmas shop owner with a secret past. When local murders begin to pop up in Fletcher’s Grove, Emily can’t help but to use her unique talents from her past life to help solve murders that affect people in her new life. She crosses paths with Detective Sam Wilner who she starts to make a connection with, until he comes to learn there is more to Emily than meets the eye.
Ten Days in the ValleyTen Days in the Valley · 2017
Ten Days in the Valley
5.62017
SeriesMysteryDrama
Single mother Jane Sadler's life is turned upside down when her young daughter goes missing in the middle of the night. And just like in the controversial police TV show she produces, everything is a mystery, everyone has a secret and no one can be trusted.