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This Life

This Life

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This Life

2015- 2016

2 Seasons

20 Episodes

5.5(6 votes)

Returning Series

Drama

Overview

Set in contemporary Montreal, “This Life” is a family saga focusing on Natalie Lawson, an accomplished columnist and single mother in her early forties whose terminal cancer diagnosis sends her on a quest to prepare her teenage children for life without her. Her tight-knit family – sister, two brothers and parents – do the best they can to help her, while coping with their own responses to this revelation.

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Production Companies

Sphère Média Plus

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Torri Higginson

Torri Higginson

Natalie Lawson

Lauren Lee Smith

Lauren Lee Smith

Maggie Lawson

Rick Roberts

Rick Roberts

Matthew Lawson

Kristopher Turner

Kristopher Turner

Oliver Lawson

James Wotherspoon

Caleb Lawson

Stephanie Janusauskas

Stephanie Janusauskas

Emma Lawson-Crowley

Julia Scarlett Dan

Julia Scarlett Dan

Romy Lawson-Crowley

Rachael Crawford

Rachael Crawford

Danielle Berg

Janet-Laine Green

Janet-Laine Green

Janine Lawson

Peter MacNeill

Peter MacNeill

Gerald Lawson

Creative team

Created by: Richard Blaimert
Virginia Rankin

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