--- name: "Odessa Rae" canonical: "https://film.one/person/odessa-rae" fi1m_id: "odessa-rae" imdb_id: "nm1230874" tmdb_id: 27579 wikidata_id: "Q98755011" roles: ["Producer"] born: "23 May 1982" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 80 average_as: "producer" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-10-03T02:50:52.144775+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Odessa Rae ## Identity Odessa Rae - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/odessa-rae - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** odessa-rae - **IMDb ID:** nm1230874 - **TMDB ID:** 27579 - **Wikidata ID:** Q98755011 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_Rae, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98755011, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1230874/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27579 Producer. Born 23 May 1982 in Canada. ## Details - **Work:** Producer - **Born:** 23 May 1982, Canada - **Active:** 2013–present - **Also known as:** Jennifer Holmes - **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 producing - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as producer, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 24 (1), 2020s 80 (2) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_Rae, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98755011, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1230874/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27579 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*The Voice of Hind Rajab*](https://film.one/film/the-voice-of-hind-rajab.md) (81) - **HBO Max:** [*Navalny*](https://film.one/film/navalny.md) (78) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Odessa Rae is a Canadian actor and film producer, also credited as Jennifer Holmes for some acting work. She was born on 23 May 1982 in Calgary, Alberta. She began her career in Japan and has appeared in films including *Hard Candy* (2006) and *Movie 43* (2013), and television series such as *Smallville* (2001). As a producer, she played a role in the formation of Ivanhoe Pictures and produced the documentary *Navalny* (2022). Rae launched RaeFilm Studios in 2021. She produced *The Voice of Hind Rajab* (2025), which premiered in competition at the Venice Film Festival. She studied international relations at the University of Toronto. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (3) ### Performed in (1) - *Movie 43* (2013), Fi1m 24, as Danita (segment "The Pitch") — [page](https://film.one/film/movie-43.md) ### Produced (2) — the average rests on these - *The Voice of Hind Rajab* (2025), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-voice-of-hind-rajab.md) - *Navalny* (2022), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/navalny.md) ## Complete filmography (28) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *A Bit of Light* (2026), Executive Producer - *Falling House* (2026), Producer - *Hell's Army* (2026), Executive Producer - *The Voice of Hind Rajab* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-voice-of-hind-rajab.md) - *Extremist* (2025), Executive Producer - *Palace of Youth* (2025), Executive Producer - *Hollywoodgate* (2024), Producer - *It Doesn't Matter* (2024), Producer - *Chosen Family* (2024), as Frances - *Defiant* (2023), Producer - *Navalny* (2022), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/navalny.md) - *The Story Won't Die* (2021), Producer - *Hangman* (2017), as TV Reporter - *Asthma* (2015), as Bathing Wings - *Movie 43* (2013), as Danita (segment "The Pitch") — Fi1m 24, [page](https://film.one/film/movie-43.md) - *Gabe the Cupid Dog* (2012), as Carissa - *My Dog's Christmas Miracle* (2011), as Crystal - *Rizzoli & Isles* (2010), series, as Yoga Instructor - *Ready or Not* (2009), as Coco - *Leverage* (2008), series, as Cora McRory - *B.T.K.* (2008), as Heather - *Dead at 17* (2008), as Shari - *Rules of Engagement* (2007), series, as Gretchen - *Hard Candy* (2006), as Janelle Rogers - *ESL: English as a Second Language* (2005), as Micari - *Jenifa* (2004), Actor - *Parco Fiction* (2002), as Foreign Customer (Judy) - *Smallville* (2001), series, as Maggie McDougal / Silver Banshee — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md) ## Gallery - ![Milad Khosravi, Odessa Rae, Mohsen Gharaei, , at 82nd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film Moragheb (Falling House. (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/7258/gallery-00c793f3ae65.jpg) Milad Khosravi, Odessa Rae, Mohsen Gharaei, , at 82nd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film Moragheb (Falling House. (2026) — LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Milad_Khosravi%2C_Odessa_Rae%2C_Mohsen_Gharaei_at_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-29.jpg/1280px-Milad_Khosravi%2C_Odessa_Rae%2C_Mohsen_Gharaei_at_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Odessa Rae](https://film.one/media/person/7258/gallery-07530a75e62b.jpg) Odessa Rae — Friedrich Schipper, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Odessa_Rae.jpg/1280px-Odessa_Rae.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Odessa Rae in August 2020](https://film.one/media/person/7258/gallery-0da022b56f5d.jpg) Odessa Rae in August 2020 — Friedrich Schipper, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Odessa_Rae_2020.jpg/1280px-Odessa_Rae_2020.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 1 won - 2023: Best Documentary Feature Film (won), for *Navalny* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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