The Passion of Rita Camilleri

Valerie Buhagiar (born May 12, 1963) is a Maltese-Canadian actress, film director and television host. She studied acting at George Brown College in Toronto, Ontario, graduating in 1986. Her debut as a filmmaker was The Passion of Rita Camilleri, which won the Silver Plaque at the Chicago Film Festival in 1993. Buhagiar has won two Dora Mavor Moore Awards, for The Lorca Play and White Trash, Blue Eyes. She has also hosted film programming on the Canadian television networks Showcase and TVOntario.