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Lanette Ware-Bushfield
[edit]Lanette Ware-Bushfield is an American-born actor, writer and film and television producer based in Canada. Her work has included theatre, film and television acting, screenwriting, short-film production and documentary production. Her producing credits include the short films Small Change.[1] and Now What?[2], as well as the documentary series Silver Stars. Independent profiles of her career have appeared in ROOM[3] and ScreenFish, while her work in theatre, film and documentary production has also received coverage from The New York Times, The Toronto Star, BradfordToday, The Auroran and AuroraToday.
Early life and education
[edit]Ware-Bushfield was born and raised in Manhattan, New York. She studied music at the High School of Music and Art in New York and later studied drama at Marymount College in Tarrytown, New York, and in London, England. She earned a bachelor's degree in drama from the London Academy and subsequently studied cinematic language at the Toronto Film School. The National Screen Institute[4] identifies her as a producer based in Aurora, Ontario, and documents her education and early training.
She also studied image consulting at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and received early training in music theory, writing and directing at the High School of Performing Arts and Diller-Quaile School of Music[5].
Acting career
[edit]Ware-Bushfield began her professional career as an actor in theatre and subsequently worked in film and television.
In 2001, she appeared as Gertrude in a production of Hamlet by the Classical Theater of Harlem in New York. The production was reviewed by The New York Times, which discussed her performance as Gertrude. The review provides contemporary documentation of her professional stage work.
Her subsequent television credits have included The Wedding Planners, Diggstown, Taken, Pure, Accused, Five Days at Memorial, Brilliant Minds and The Madness. She played Carrie Everett in the 2022 Apple TV+ miniseries Five Days at Memorial and District Attorney Claire Wilson in Accused. The National Screen Institute[6] also documented her roles in those productions.
Her film work has included Suburban Girl, Donovan's Echo, Firestarter and The Fire Inside. The Black Screen Office[7] identified her as appearing in The Fire Inside, while the National Screen Institute documented several of her film and television roles.
A 2025 feature in ScreenFish examined Ware-Bushfield's career as an actor and her later work as a writer and producer. The article discussed her work on Now What? and her development as a filmmaker.
Film production
[edit]Ware-Bushfield has worked as a writer and producer alongside her acting career.
Small Change
[edit]In 2010, Ware-Bushfield wrote and produced the short film Small Change. IMDb lists her as a writer and executive/co-executive producer of the film.
The film has also been associated with a Special Recognition Award.
Now What?
In 2025, Ware-Bushfield wrote, produced and acted in the short film Now What?, portraying Maxz. The film was completed in February 2025 and has a reported running time of approximately 13 minutes. Its production record identifies Ware-Bushfield as writer and producer.
The Canadian Media Producers Association[8] included Now What? in its Indiescreen 2026 production listing. The listing identifies A WWB Production, Inc. as the production company, Kevin Eade and Ware-Bushfield as directors, and Ware-Bushfield, Elizabeth Saunders, Conrad Coates and Cliff Saunders among the key cast.
The film received several festival awards in 2025. Its festival record lists Ware-Bushfield as recipient of Best Executive Producer at the Black Actors and Film Guild of Canada[9] Awards, Best International Producer at the International Black & Diversity Film Festival[10] and Best Short Script at the Madrid Short Film Festival[11].
Additional festival awards, nominations and selections should be included only where the relevant festival or another reliable independent source verifies the individual result.
ScreenFish published a substantial profile of Ware-Bushfield in June 2025 that discussed Now What?, including her roles as writer, actor and executive producer.
Industry programs and professional development
[edit]Ware-Bushfield has participated in professional-development programs associated with Canadian and international screen production.
In 2023, she was selected for the National Screen Institute's Access BIPOC Producers program, a collaboration involving the NSI, EAVE[12] and Canada Media Fund. The NSI's participant list identifies Ware-Bushfield as one of the selected producers.
Her documented industry participation has also included the TIFF Series Accelerator, the Share Her Journey/Donette Chin-Loy Chang Fellowship, the Warner Bros. Discovery Access Canada Diversity Showrunner Bootcamp[13], the Scale Up! OBAC Producers Accelerator[14], and Canadian Media Producers Association[15] producer delegations to Cannes and FAME Week Africa[16]
The CMPA independently confirmed her selection for the 2023 Canadian producer delegation to FAME Week Africa.
In 2025, Ware-Bushfield was nominated for RBC Women of Influence[17] recognition. She also participated as a host at the Black Screen Office Symposium[18]. The BSO's symposium materials identify her as an actor, writer and producer and document her roles in Accused and Five Days at Memorial.
Selected filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]- Small Change (2010) — writer, producer
- Suburban Girl — actor
- Donovan's Echo — actor
- Firestarter — actor
- The Fire Inside — actor
- Now What? (2025) — writer, producer, actor
Television
[edit]- The Wedding Planners — actor
- Taken — actor
- Diggstown — actor
- Five Days at Memorial (2022) — Carrie Everett
- Accused (2023) — District Attorney Claire Wilson
- Brilliant Minds — actor
- The Madness (2024) — actor
Documentary
[edit]- Silver Stars — creator and producer
Awards and nominations
[edit]Now What?
[edit]Awards
- Best Short Screenplay — Madrid Short Film Festival
- Best Executive Producer — Black Actors and Film Guild of Canada Awards
- Best International Producer — International Black & Diversity Film Festival
Other festival recognition
- Canada Shorts — Special Award of Commendation
- Power24 International Film Festival — Best Short Film
Nominations
- Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival, 2025
- Miami Women Film Festival, 2025
- Toronto Indie Shorts, 2025
Official selections/screenings
- Lift-Off Global Network — New York
- Black Women Acting Off-TIFF — Toronto
Further reading
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1781902/?ref_=mv_close
- ↑ "Now What? SHORT". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
- ↑ "Lanette Ware-Bushfield: Rewriting the Script for Women in Film". ROOM Women. 2025-09-05. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
- ↑ Institute, National Screen. "Supporting storytellers to create a better world". National Screen Institute. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
- ↑ "The Diller-Quaile School of Music". The Diller-Quaile School of Music. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
- ↑ Institute, National Screen. "Supporting storytellers to create a better world". National Screen Institute. Retrieved 2026-08-15.
- ↑ "Black Screen Office | Bureau de l'écran des Noirs". Black Screen Office | Bureau de l’écran des Noirs. Retrieved 2026-08-15.
- ↑ "Home | CMPA". Retrieved 2026-08-15.
- ↑ "Home | Black Actors Guild Canada (BAG -Canada)". BAFGC. Retrieved 2026-08-15.
- ↑ "IBDFF Home". IBDFF. Retrieved 2026-08-15.
- ↑ "Madrid Shorts Film Festival". Madrid Shorts Film Festival. Retrieved 2026-08-15.
- ↑ "EAVE". EAVE. Retrieved 2026-08-17.
- ↑ "Programs". Warner Bros. Discovery Access. Retrieved 2026-08-17.
- ↑ "OYA Scale Up Initiative". OYA Black Arts Coalition. Retrieved 2026-08-17.
- ↑ "Home | CMPA". Retrieved 2026-08-17.
- ↑ "English". www.fameweekafrica.com. Retrieved 2026-08-17.
- ↑ "RBC CWEA – Main Page – Women of Influence". www.womenofinfluence.ca. Retrieved 2026-08-17.
- ↑ "BSO Symposium | Black Screen Office". Black Screen Office | Bureau de l’écran des Noirs. Retrieved 2026-08-17.
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