Mary Galloway

Mary Galloway is a Canadian film director, writer and actor from the Cowichan Nation. She is best known for her web series Querencia.

Early life
Born in 1991, Mary Galloway grew up in Qualicum Beach and is of mixed-Cowichan and settler descent. She is the granddaughter of the late Cowichan Tribes Chief Dennis Alphonse.

She attended a 2-year intensive acting program at New Image College of Fine Arts in Vancouver before the start of her film career.

Career
Galloway is a graduate of the Director's Lab at the Canadian Film Centre. Her debut short film, Unintentional Mother, premiered at the Whistler Film Festival. She was recognized as a 2017 TIFF Rising Star. In 2021, her web series, Querencia, premiered on APTN Lumi in Canada and on Revry TV globally.

Filmography
As actress


 * 2022 – Overlord and the Underwoods
 * 2021 – Playground Rules
 * 2021 – Querencia
 * 2020 – On the 12th Date of Christmas
 * 2019 – Ruthless Souls
 * 2018 – Wynter
 * 2018 – Colour of Scar Tissue
 * 2017 – Unintentional Mother


 * 2017 – Never Steady, Never Still
 * 2016 – The Switch
 * 2016 – A Safe Place
 * 2015 – Fire Song
 * 2014 – Untold Stories of the E.R.
 * 2013 – Supernatural
 * 2012 – Ancient Lights
 * 2011 – Foreclosed