Willow Kean

Acting

Willow Kean

Willow Kean is an actor and writer originally from Labrador West. She's co-written several children's plays that have toured provincially, and her five-woman comedy Supper Club premiered at the LSPU Hall in 2021. She's been shortlisted for the Cuffer Prize and longlisted for the NLCU Fresh Fish Award, and she's won the Percy Janes First Novel Award in 2018. Willow lives in St. John's with her partner, the filmmaker Justin Simms, and their son, Jude.

Acting credits

The King Tide poster
6.9

After the mayor of an idyllic island village discovers a child with mysterious powers awash on their shores, the once peaceful community devolves into civil war, torn over the belief that the child is the next saviour.

The King Tide

2024

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NR

After Raam, an international student, moves to Newfoundland to pursue his dreams and education, his housemate Joseph loses his job amidst the global pandemic. As they set out on a whale watching trip together, tragedy strikes leaving Raam questioning everything he knows.

Ballad of North Whale

2024

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NR

An incisive nuanced look at a family crumbling after their father returns from a war. Before the war showcases Tamara's love and understanding of the human heart.

Before the War

2014

Away from Everywhere poster
3.3

A struggling writer emerges from rehab and reunites with his estranged brother, but soon descends into a tragic love triangle and is forced to confront a devastating reality.

Away from Everywhere

2017

The Death of Winter poster
NR

The Death of Winter: In 1830s Newfoundland, a woman is on trial for the murder of her husband. While innocent of the homicide, she is hanged for having an affair.

The Death of Winter

2019

Touch poster
NR

When a single mom, facing eviction, is offered a night’s work, she unsuccessfully seeks a babysitter for her two small children. Desperate, she reaches out to the last person she wants to ask for a favour.

Touch

2016

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NR

Alice, a bus tour guide in St. John's Newfoundland with a broken heart unexpectedly tells her tales of love and loss to a group of life-weary tourists and realizes the power of the moments she has experienced in the city.

The Tour

2015

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