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5.5 2 Seasons • 20 Episodes

This Life

Set in contemporary Montreal, “This Life” is a family saga focusing on Natalie Lawson, an accomplished columnist and single mother in her early forties whose terminal cancer diagnosis sends her on a quest to prepare her teenage children for life without her. Her tight-knit family – sister, two brothers and parents – do the best they can to help her, while coping with their own responses to this revelation.

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Top Cast

  • Torri Higginson

    Torri Higginson

    Natalie Lawson

  • Lauren Lee Smith

    Lauren Lee Smith

    Maggie Lawson

  • Rick Roberts

    Rick Roberts

    Matthew Lawson

  • Kristopher Turner

    Kristopher Turner

    Oliver Lawson

  • James Wotherspoon

    James Wotherspoon

    Caleb Lawson

  • Stephanie Janusauskas

    Stephanie Janusauskas

    Emma Lawson-Crowley

  • Julia Scarlett Dan

    Julia Scarlett Dan

    Romy Lawson-Crowley

  • Rachael Crawford

    Rachael Crawford

    Danielle Berg

  • Janet-Laine Green

    Janet-Laine Green

    Janine Lawson

Overview

Set in contemporary Montreal, “This Life” is a family saga focusing on Natalie Lawson, an accomplished columnist and single mother in her early forties whose terminal cancer diagnosis sends her on a quest to prepare her teenage children for life without her. Her tight-knit family – sister, two brothers and parents – do the best they can to help her, while coping with their own responses to this revelation.

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