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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

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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.