Lita Llewellyn is shooting for the stars.

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Fredericton native Lita Llewellyn plays a principal role in David Gordon Green's Snow Angels, a newly released Canadian feature film. Fresh off a very successful run through the United States, the movie is now showing in Halifax and garnering rave reviews. In fact, CTV film critic Richard Crouse (Reel to Real) compares it to the Sweet Hereafter, calling it the best new movie of the year to date.

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"This was the most amazing production I have ever been associated with," said an exuberant Llewellyn. "David Gordon Green is a genius, yet down to earth and so actor-friendly. The cast was fantastic to work with and along with the crew the team chemistry was vibrant."

Snow Angels is based on a novel by Stewart O'Nan and stars Sam Rockwell, Kate Beckinsale, Nicky Katt and Michael Angarano. The screen adaptation is premised on the relationship between Rockwell (Glenn) and Beckinsale (Annie) as a recently divorced couple with a daughter in the mix. They had been high school lovers who subsequently married and the story line of their lives is intertwined with several others including Angarano (Arthur). The movie portrays excellent character evolution in the parent roles and others like Lita Llewellyn (Tricia Farr), amidst the turmoil of divorce. Captured within this emotional cauldron, relationships are built while others are destroyed.

The film received much acclaim as high-end New York film magazine Big devoted their entire Fall issue (October 2007) to Snow Angels. One of their editors and photographers was on the set in Halifax to document, interview and photograph the proceedings.

For Llewellyn, her first film bedroom scene with Nicky Katt, was included in the Big pictorial presentation.

Since wrapping Snow Angels, the 30-year-old Llewellyn has acted in the film version of The Memory Keepers Daughter with Dermot Mulroney, Emily Watson and Gretchen Mol, which has been shown on American TV stations. She also played the lead (Audrey) in Back In Your Arms. written by Tony Sekulich (co-producer Diplomatic Relations) and directed by Joel Thompson (They Didn't Make It). Diplomatic Relations, the end result of the film and TV certification program offered by the New Brunswick Film Co-operative, is nearing completion of the editing process, while Back In Your Arms is one of three components within the Diplomatic Relations anthology.

Llewellyn calls her role "amazing" and said "it is beautifully written, a heart rendering love story of lost love and what could have been."

The New Brunswick actress is in high demand these days. She's currently being considered for a role on the popular albeit controversial Showcase Network series The G-Spot. The series is normally shot in Vancouver but show executives announced that eight episodes will be shot in Halifax in the near future. Another possibility for Llewellyn is a role in a very secretive project, no details available or provided, that is referred to as simply "Project X".

Although she ultimately followed acting as a career path beginning it was not for a lack of options. She's highly skilled dancer who received intensive training in ballet, jazz, modern and latin dance. In fact she was offered a fully paid scholarship from the renowned Alvin Alley School of Dance in New York City. She's fluently bilingual, master of several dialects and also a trained singer.

During high school she was a member of Characters Incorporated and from the ages of 16 to 19 toured professionally, including trips to Europe and Japan where she performed in front of crowds as large as 30,000 people.

Upon graduation from Fredericton High School, she was involved with drama group at Saint Thomas University before moving on to York University and the York Theatre. At York she was the winner of the Outstanding Performance Award-Colin Bernhardt as the most promising newcomer.

With over 16 credits to her name in TV and film products and a resume that has seen her act alongside Rob Lowe, Julia Ormond, David Borecenza and Wendy Crewson the sky seems the limit for Llewellyn, who lists Kate Winslett as her favourite actress and who she'd most like to work alongside.

Now living in Moncton, she was in Fredericton this week on a two-day promotional jaunt for Snow Angels and in addition to [here] she had a number of interviews scheduled. When asked by radio host Joe Blades of UNB CHSR (97.9 FM) about her vision on the future of film and TV in New Brunswick, she responded enthusiastically.

"Given the abundance of talent in whatever capacity you could think of and the natural beauty of New Brunswick, the potential is unlimited," she said. "Given the support of the provincial government and New Brunswick Film and the efforts of the New Brunswick Film Co-operative in its training and production programs we are matching creative and technical expertise of anyone and what I and others are advocating is increased opportunity within New Brunswick. Where self-doubt was once prevalent I see the foundation of skilled confidence pushing us forward."

To hear more from Llewellyn, tune in to Capital FM 106.9 FM on Sunday, May 18 at 8 a.m. or 8 p.m. to hear her on That Sunday Show in a segment that will be particularly of interest to current and aspiring actors and actresses in N.B.