New Waterford Girl (1999)

1999 film by Allan Moyle

Released

12 September 1999

Country

Canada

Language

English

Genre

Boxing film

Director

Allan Moyle

Music

Geoff Bennett

Starring

Liane Balaban, Nicholas Campbell, Tara Spencer-Nairn, Mary Walsh, Andrew McCarthy, Cathy Moriarty, Mark McKinney, Bette MacDonald

Running time

97 minutes

Distributor

Cineplex Odeon Films

Set in

Canada

New Waterford Girl is a 1999 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Allan Moyle, and written by Tricia Fish. It stars Liane Balaban as Agnes-Marie "Mooney" Pottie, a teenager in New Waterford, Nova Scotia, who dreams of life beyond her small-town home. She is inspired and fascinated when Lou Benzoa (Tara Spencer-Nairn), an idiosyncratic girl from New York City, moves into the house next door. Agnes learns Lou has a talent for boxing, leading to her taking Lou in as "muscle" in an attempt to make some changes around town.

The film's cast also includes Mary Walsh, Nicholas Campbell, Cathy Moriarty, Andrew McCarthy, Mark McKinney, Bette MacDonald, Ashley MacIsaac, Krista MacDonald, Cassie MacDonald, Darren Keay, Patrick Joyce, Marguerite McNeil and Jeff Ryan.

Cast

• Liane Balaban
• Nicholas Campbell
• Tara Spencer-Nairn
• Mary Walsh
• Andrew McCarthy
• Cathy Moriarty
• Mark McKinney
• Bette MacDonald
• Ashley MacIsaac
• Marguerite McNeil

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• TMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q7012322 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.