# Samora Smallwood

Samora Smallwood is a Canadian actress and writer from Windsor, Ontario and Newfoundland. She attended the University of Windsor in the early 2000s, and graduated in 2008 with a general Bachelor of Arts. Samora won a Canadian Screen Award at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for her performance in the Lifetime television film Death She Wrote (2021).

## Career

Smallwood's first on-screen acting role was as an extra in a 2010 short film. She is the co-founder of The Actors Work Studio in Toronto, which was originally founded with Kris Orticello in 2018.
On television, Samora guest starred on Designated Survivor, The Expanse, Star Trek: Discovery and Murdoch Mysteries. She also had a recurring roles on Hallmark Channel fantasy series Good Witch in 2021, and Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera The Kings of Napa in 2022.
In 2023 she began appearing in a recurring role as Monica Hill in the Hallmark Channel drama series, The Way Home.
In 2024, she co-starred in the Apple TV+ miniseries, The Big Cigar, and later was cast as one of the principal characters in the Bell Fibe TV drama series, Disrepair. That year, she also founded her own production company called Hold One Entertainment and signed a deal with Bell Fibe to write, direct, and star in her own six episode series titled Coming Home.

## Accolades

In 2022, Smallwood won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Film or Miniseries at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for her performance in the Lifetime television film Death She Wrote (2021).

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2013 | Club Utopia | Felicia |
| 2014 | Tormented | Roberta |
| 2015 | I Wish You Love | Bobby |
| 2019 | Queen of the Morning Calm | Sarah |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2013 | Karma's A B*tch | Maria | Episode: "Stolen Lives" |
| 2013 | Murder in Paradise | Namia | Episode: "French Kiss of Death" |
| 2014 | Teenagers | Mrs. Diaz | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Designated Survivor | Radar Officer | Episode: "Two Ships" |
| 2018 | The Shelter | Erin | 4 episodes |
| 2018 | The Expanse | UN Naval Attache | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Shadowhunters | Uniformed Officer | Episode: "Erchomai" |
| 2018 | Frankie Drake Mysteries | Ruth | Episode: "Dressed to Kill" |
| 2019 | Hudson & Rex | Lizzie Westbrook | Episode: "Fearless Freaks" |
| 2019 | Star Trek: Discovery | Lt. Amin | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | American Gods | FBI Agent #2 | Episode: "Moon Shadow" |
| 2019 | Tokens | Jenn the Costumer | Episode: "Finding Cinderella" |
| 2019 | Star Trek: Short Treks | Lt. Amin | Episode: "Q&A" |
| 2019, 2021 | Coroner | Shelley / Lisa Grigson | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Remember Me, Mommy? | Marie Cummings | Television film |
| 2020 | A Christmas Break | Judy Cole | Television film |
| 2021 | Good Witch | Dr. Monica McBride | 4 episodes |
| 2021 | Death She Wrote | Lila DeMarco | Television film |
| 2021 | Murdoch Mysteries | Viola Treatly | Episode: "Love or Money" |
| 2021 | Angel Falls Christmas | Dr. Dawn Jackson | Television film |
| 2022 | The Kings of Napa | Dr. Maddi Brewer | 4 episodes |
| 2023–present | The Way Home | Monica Hill | Recurring role |