Kelly-Marie Murtha

Bio

Kelly-Marie Murtha, born and raised in a small town in Eastern Ontario, got the acting bug while singing and dancing in her highschool musicals! She continued on in university where she performed the role of Hermia in A Midsummers Night Dream with a local theatre group.

Since moving to Toronto, Kelly-Marie has performed and starred in numerous awardwinning films including Eyes Beyond, which won Best Screenplay and Best Actress for Kelly-Marie at the 2010 Horrorfind Weekend Film Festival, The Little Guardian which premiered at the 2008 Cannes Short Film Corner, Rex vs. Singh which took top honours at the 2008 Spinning Wheel (Sikh) Film Festival in Toronto. She also appeared in the CBC TV primetime documentary Air India 182 in which she portrayed Irish nurse Sheila Wall. Most recently, her film Open Window made its world premiere at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.

Kelly-Marie also has numerous theatre credits, most recently as a cast member of Sex, Relationships and Sometimes …Love which ran at the Poor Alex Theatre in Toronto and where she was awarded Best Female Performer. She also recently starred in the theatrical production A Little Happiness which ran at the Alumnae Theatre in Toronto, from August 9-14, 2011.

In 2012, Kelly-Marie has wrapped on the feature film Tapped (2013) in the Principal role of Carol Shaw – Tapped was filming in London, Ontario.

Principal photography has wrapped on her short film Smart Work where she undertook the role of Director/Producer/Screenwriter. The film is now in post-production with a completion date of January 2013.

In April 2013, Kelly-Marie will reprise her role of Angela in the award winning webseries Out With Dad – www.outwithdad.com.

She lives in Toronto with her husband and daughter.

Filmography/Resume

SELECTED FILM & TELEVISION
· The Vampire Actor/Dancer Fenian Films/Bravo!Fact
· The Tease Lead Sable Films
· Grand Scheme Lead Vago Productions
· The Last Day of December Principal Film Addict Productions
· Wisdom Principal J. Gianopoulos – Director
· The Dawning Lead Sable Films
· Teotihuacan Principal K. Harnisch – Director/Producer
· Illusion Lead Flow Productions
· Fantasy745 Lead Sable Films
· The Little Guardian Actor Flow Productions
· Rex vs. Singh Actor Greyzone Ltd.
· The Cycles Lead Front Line Films
· The Red Pearl Actor Flow Productions
· Night Express Principal Flow Productions
· Lost Souls Principal Replay Entertainment
· Eyes Beyond Lead (Best Actress win) D. Reininghaus, Director
· Lavender Fields Lead Arcilesi Films
· The Unleashed Actor Dark House Films
· Open Window Lead (TIFF 2010) C. Woykin, Director
· Route of Acceptance Principal toeachherown Films
· Snow Angel Lead Arcilesi Films
· For Clearer Skies Lead Arcilesi Films
· A Kind of Wonderful Thing Actor Open Concept Films
· Tapped Principal Tapped Pictures Corporation
· I Wish You Love Principal Brightfilm Production Ltd.
· Out With Dad (webseries) Actor JLeaver Presentations
· Out of Time (webseries) Actor Flyin’Monkey Films
· Resist666 Actor Indy Red
· Air India 182 (television) Actor 52 Media Inc./CBC
· Music Video “Honesty” (artist – Erik) Actor Robanzo Pictures
· Music Video “Vanity Magazine” (artist – Fidget) Between Worlds Entertainment
· Music Video “Little Red Dress” (artist – Donna Ferra) Music Mentor Productions

SELECTED THEATRE & STAGE
· A Little Happiness Actor MNX Productions
· Sex, Relationships & Sometimes …Love Actor (Best Actress win) R. Dundas/R. Singh, Director
· The Vagina Monologues(V-Day 2009) Actor B. Brown, Director
· Female Dogs Lead 2nd Annual Toronto 10 Minute Festival

EDUCATION & TRAINING
· Singing S. Sheri/Dragonfly Productions
· Scene Study Steven Holmberg, TorontoActing
· Performance/Private Coaching Michael Caruana/Bongo Productions
· Audition Skills Brian Levy & Andrew Hayes/Powerhouse Casting
· Vocal Instruction/training Rae Ellen Bodie

SPECIAL SKILLS
Roller-blade, bicycle riding, horseback riding, downhill skiing, skating, Piano, singing Dancing: Basic skills – Flamenco, Belly Dancing, Ballroom