Samora Smallwood

• Name — Samora Smallwood • Occupation — * Actress • writer • Years Active — 2010–present • Website — https: www.samorasmallwood.com/

She attended the University of Windsor in the early 2000s, and graduated in 2008 with a general Bachelor of Arts.

On television, Samora has appeared on Designated Survivor, The Expanse, Star Trek: Discovery and Murdoch Mysteries. She also had a recurring roles on Hallmark Channel fantasy series Good Witch in 2021, and Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera The Kings of Napa in 2022. In 2023 she began appearing in a recurring role as Monica Hill in the Hallmark Channel drama series, The Way Home. In 2024, she appeared in two episodes in a minor role in the Apple TV+ miniseries, The Big Cigar, and later was cast as one of the supporting characters in the Bell Fibe TV drama series, Disrepair. In 2026, Smallwood self-nominated her webseries Coming Home for four Canadian Screen Awards, but she ultimately did not win in any of the categories. Smallwood was also called out on social media by several industry professionals for her negative gossip-mongering behind the scenes about other productions she worked on.

In 2022, Smallwood won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Film or Miniseries at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for her performance in the Lifetime television film Death She Wrote (2021).

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2013 — Karma's A B*tch — Maria — Episode: "Stolen Lives" • 2013 — Murder in Paradise — Namia — Episode: "French Kiss of Death" • 2014 — Teenagers — Mrs. Diaz — 2 episodes • 2017 — Designated Survivor — Radar Officer — Episode: "Two Ships" • 2018 — The Shelter — Erin — 4 episodes • 2018 — The Expanse — UN Naval Attache — 2 episodes • 2018 — Shadowhunters — Uniformed Officer — Episode: "Erchomai" • 2018 — Frankie Drake Mysteries — Ruth — Episode: "Dressed to Kill" • 2019 — Hudson & Rex — Lizzie Westbrook — Episode: "Fearless Freaks" • 2019 — Star Trek: Discovery — Lt. Amin — 2 episodes • 2019 — American Gods — FBI Agent #2 — Episode: "Moon Shadow" • 2019 — Tokens — Jenn the Costumer — Episode: "Finding Cinderella" • 2019 — Star Trek: Short Treks — Lt. Amin — Episode: "Q&A" • 2019, 2021 — Coroner — Shelley / Lisa Grigson — 2 episodes • 2020 — Remember Me, Mommy? — Marie Cummings — Television film • 2020 — A Christmas Break — Judy Cole • 2021 — Good Witch — Dr. Monica McBride — 4 episodes • 2021 — Death She Wrote — Lila DeMarco — Television film • 2021 — Murdoch Mysteries — Viola Treatly — Episode: "Love or Money" • 2021 — Angel Falls Christmas — Dr. Dawn Jackson — Television film • 2022 — The Kings of Napa — Dr. Maddi Brewer — 4 episodes • 2023–present — The Way Home — Monica Hill — Recurring role • 2025 — Disrepair — Erica Thomas — Miniseries • 2025 — Coming Home — Sammy Smalls — Miniseries