Hannah Cheesman

Acting

Hannah Cheesman

Hannah Cheesman is a CSA-nominated filmmaker, writer and actor. Named a Playback Five to Watch and a TIFF Emerging Canadian Filmmaker, Hannah’s hit digital series Whatever, Linda is currently in development as an hour-long television series with Bell Media, alongside executive producer Graeme Manson (Orphan Black, Snowpiercer). Hannah has directed and written three short films (Emmy, Cheese and Brunch Bitch) as well as co-directing her first feature film, The Definites (Whistler, Cucalorus), and has written on such shows as Workin’ Moms and Find Me in Paris.

Acting credits

The Definites poster
2.3

A woman leaves her husband-to-be and instead weds her own wild desire when she flies away to a libidinous, party-filled weekend at Art Basel in Miami.

The Definites

2017

Volcano poster
3.0

Hannah and Jess meet up at a tiki bar, seeing each other for the first time since Hannah's romantic Mexico trip. Hannah has a lot to say about it, except what really happened.

Volcano

2019

Hey, Viktor! poster
NR

Twenty-five long years after his time in the limelight, former child actor Cody Lightning tries to revive his fortunes with a self-produced sequel to Smoke Signals in this smart, irreverent new comedy.

Hey, Viktor!

2024

I Come Home poster
NR

Christine attends her sister’s wedding with her two partners, Alex and Stephane. As the trio adjusts to their newly formed polyamorous relationship, Christine learns she is unexpectedly pregnant. The news sparks conflicting reactions and exposes tensions about commitment and the future. Surrounded by judgmental relatives and controlling parents, the wedding becomes a pressure cooker where private doubts and fragile dynamics surface. Over the course of the celebration, the three must confront what love, family, and responsibility mean for them.

I Come Home

2026

The Animal Project poster
3.2

As a thirty something acting teacher attempts to push a group of eager young performers out of their comfort zones, he struggles with his own ability to live an authentic and fulfilling life with his teenage son.

The Animal Project

2013

Boxing poster
NR

Returning to boxing class after a traumatic event, Sheila has a tough time coping with a classmate's far-from-selfless efforts to express her concern.

Boxing

2015

Behind the camera

Caught in His Web poster
6.7

Three women join forces to take back their lives after they become the target of a cyberbully who harasses them and tracks their every move, so they decide to seek help from a detective.

Caught in His Web

2022

The Definites poster
2.3

A woman leaves her husband-to-be and instead weds her own wild desire when she flies away to a libidinous, party-filled weekend at Art Basel in Miami.

The Definites

2017

The Definites poster
2.3

A woman leaves her husband-to-be and instead weds her own wild desire when she flies away to a libidinous, party-filled weekend at Art Basel in Miami.

The Definites

2017

The Definites poster
2.3

A woman leaves her husband-to-be and instead weds her own wild desire when she flies away to a libidinous, party-filled weekend at Art Basel in Miami.

The Definites

2017

Cheese poster
6.0

Jamie's no cheese connoisseur. And the macho cheese monger at Global Cheese knows it. So when Jamie buys some cheese for a party, she's unwittingly drawn into a macho superiority contest. Challenged to stand her ground, this is a cheese shop face-off between old-guard patriarch and new-generation feminism.

Cheese

2014

Cheese poster
6.0

Jamie's no cheese connoisseur. And the macho cheese monger at Global Cheese knows it. So when Jamie buys some cheese for a party, she's unwittingly drawn into a macho superiority contest. Challenged to stand her ground, this is a cheese shop face-off between old-guard patriarch and new-generation feminism.

Cheese

2014

The Boathouse poster
5.5

When an emotionally-fragile young woman takes a job as nanny to two troubled children at a remote summer cottage, she falls in love with the children's father, while becoming enmeshed in the mystery of their estranged mother - with whom, it turns out, the young woman has her own fraught history. As the summer progresses, she begins to suspect that the family has a dark history that they are desperate to keep secret.

The Boathouse

2021

Emmy poster
8.0

An iPhone obsessed gym-rat overdoses on a muscle relaxant and makes an unlikely connection with a stranger.

Emmy

2018

Emmy poster
8.0

An iPhone obsessed gym-rat overdoses on a muscle relaxant and makes an unlikely connection with a stranger.

Emmy

2018

The AfterLifetime of Colm Feore poster
NR

After winning a lifetime achievement award, there's nowhere left to go but down.

The AfterLifetime of Colm Feore

2019

Succor poster
6.0

An endearing friendship drama about comforting heartache and the perils of online dating.

Succor

2020

Succor poster
6.0

An endearing friendship drama about comforting heartache and the perils of online dating.

Succor

2020

Succor poster
6.0

An endearing friendship drama about comforting heartache and the perils of online dating.

Succor

2020

Marriaginalia poster
NR

With signature wit, and Kayla Lorette and Rodrigo Fernandez Stoll’s own brand of performance sass, Hannah Cheesman takes a magnifying glass to married life, hilariously deconstructing a couple’s lived-in dynamic in three brilliantly concise acts.

Marriaginalia

2025