A young Richmond actress is getting her first taste of the red carpet in Los Angeles this Sunday.
Ten-year-old Mamie Laverock is one of the nominees in the 36th Young Artists Awards, the equivalent of the Golden Globes for young performers.
Mamie, who has a recurring role as Rosaleen Sullivan on the Hallmark Channel’s series When Calls the Heart, has been nominated for best performance in a TV series — recurring young actress 10 and under.
The show, about the life of a school teacher in a 1910 frontier town, is shot in and around Langley, wraps its second season at the end of this week. And Mamie, her mother, Nicole Rockmann, her sister, step father, and her father, will all be winging their way down to California for the awards show.
“That’s one of the best things about this whole event is that Mamie will be supported by her entire family,” said Rockmann.
One of Mamie’s co-stars, Maple Ridge’s Gracyn Shinyei, has also been nominated in the same category.
The awards Young Artists Awards event is quite renowned and counts some current Hollywood heavyweights, such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Dakota Fanning, as previous winners.
“It’s quite something to get a nomination, especially as a Canadian actor getting into these awards,” said Rockmann.
The past few weeks have been busy ones for Mamie and her family as they arranged flights, booked a hotel and picked out a new dress worthy of an awards show for Grade 5 student at Anderson elementary.
Following the whirlwind trip to L.A., Mamie’s schedule doesn’t let up much, as shortly after her return home, she takes up a role in the Lower Mainland shot feature film The Hollow Ones.
“That will be quite a departure for Mamie. It’s a horror movie,” Rockmann said.
