Terri Hawkes
ON THE PAGE
Terri Hawkes writes dramatic and comedic scripts for television, film and theatre – tales that celebrate women’s and girls’ transformations, thereby inspiring her audiences to live their best lives.
Her seasoned experience as a screenwriter, actor and director position her to cross mediums in choosing the best platform for her many stories of strength and sass.
She has been honoured for her work in both comedy and drama, and generally chooses the genre of dramedy – sharing tales that entertain and powerfully highlight galvanizing social messages.
Terri is also a highly respected actor and director in television, film, anime, and theatres across North America.
Selected Credits
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The Book of Eve: feature film – Lions Gate – screenwriter
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Anne of Green Gables: animated TV series – Sullivan Ent./ABC/CBC- screenwriter
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“Fourteen” – short film – screenwriter
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Rhubarb, Rhubarb, Rhubarb – UCLA New Works’ Festival – playwright
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Performing Motherhood – Demeter Press - co-editor and writer
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Art4you – supporting youth in writing stories of transformation – Artistic Director
Awards, Nominations & Close Calls
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Stareable Fest NYC: TV Pilot Pitch Competion - Fantasy Revenge, Inc.
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Herman Voaden National Playwriting Award: Rhubarb, Rhubarb, Rhubarb
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LA Webfest: Best Supporting Actress – Lady Ada’s Secret Society
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Gemini Award: Best Actress in a Featured Supporting Role – Traders
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ACTRA Award: Best Acting Performance – Vivian
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Soap Opera Digest Award: Best Newcomer – General Hospital
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Toronto WebFest & New Zealand Webfest: Best Ensemble – Lady Ada’s Secret Society
Fun facts:
Terri holds an Honours MFA from UCLA’s School of Theatre, Film and Television, an MA from York University in Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies, and is the voice of anime superheroine, Sailor Moon .
Academic Writing
Performing Motherhood: Artistic, Activist, and Everyday Enactments
Performing Motherhood explores relationships between performativity and the maternal. Highlighting mothers’ lived experiences, this collection examines mothers’ creativity and agency as they perform in everyday life: in mothering, in activism, and in the arts. This book focuses on motherwork, maternal agency, mothers’ multiple identities and marginalized maternal voices, and explores how these are performatively constituted, negotiated and affirmed.
Demeter Press, 2014
Screening Mothers: Motherhood in Contemporary World Cinemas
The contributing scholars to this collection analyze culturally specific and globally held attitudes about mothers and mothering, as represented in world cinema. Examining films from a range of countries including Afghanistan, India, Iran, Eastern Europe, Canada, and the United States, the various chapters contextualize the socio-cultural realities of motherhood as they are represented on screen, and explore the maternal figure as she has been glamorized and celebrated, while simultaneously subjected to public scrutiny.
Demeter Press, 2016
Sailor Moon Reflections
The work of a voice artist isn't necessarily what it may seem to the viewer or listener. It is a craft that is learned through intense study and practice. The cast of Sailor Moon were paragons of this art form and reveal their techniques in accomplishing their roles in this book. This is the inside story of the English recording of Sailor Moon and will make the reader aware of the arduous work that actually took place to achieve this groundbreaking series that still receives continuing adoration.
Foreword by Terri Hawkes
Friesen Press, 2014
Inappropriate Bodies: Art, Design, and Maternity
The contributing scholars to this collection analyze culturally specific and globally held attitudes about mothers and mothering, as represented in world cinema. Examining films from a range of countries including Afghanistan, India, Iran, Eastern Europe, Canada, and the United States, the various chapters contextualize the socio-cultural realities of motherhood as they are represented on screen, and explore the maternal figure as she has been glamorized and celebrated, while simultaneously subjected to public scrutiny.
Demeter Press, 2019
On Mothering Multiples: Complexities and Possibilities
There has been an increase of twin births and higher order multiple birth babies born in Canada and around the world in the past few decades. On Mothering Multiples seeks to (re)explore, (re)present, and make meaning of the process of conception, pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering experiences with multiples. It features a collection of scholarly, creative non-fiction, and visual essays from a wide range of disciplines and cultural perspectives.
Demeter Press 2016