Deragh Campbell

Deragh Campbell is a Canadian actress and filmmaker. She is known for her acclaimed performances in independent Canadian cinema. Her collaborations with filmmaker Sofia Bohdanowicz—Never Eat Alone (2016), Veslemøy's Song (2018), MS Slavic 7 (2019), and Point and Line to Plane (2020)—have screened at film festivals internationally. She has also featured in two of Kazik Radwanski's films, How Heavy This Hammer (2015) and Anne at 13,000 Ft. (2019), both of which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Campbell has won accolades for her work, including the Jay Scott Prize from the Toronto Film Critics Association and Best Actress in a Canadian Film from the Vancouver Film Critics Circle. Career Originally from Toronto, Ontario, Campbell studied creative writing at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec before deciding to pursue an acting career. Campbell made her film debut in Matthew Porterfield's 2013 independent feature film I Used to Be Darker. She was named as one of the Toronto International Film Festival's "Rising Stars" in 2015, alongside Stephan James, Aliocha Schneider, and Karelle Tremblay. Since then, she has appeared in several films, including How Heavy This Hammer (2015), The Other Half (2016), and Fail to Appear (2017).