---
name: "Rita Kalnejais"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rita-kalnejais"
fi1m_id: "rita-kalnejais"
tmdb_id: 2035234
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T01:11:30.508395+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."
---

# Rita Kalnejais

## Identity

Rita Kalnejais

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rita-kalnejais
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rita-kalnejais
- **TMDB ID:** 2035234
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2035234

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2035234

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Babyteeth*](https://film.one/film/babyteeth.md) (82)

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## Biography

Rita Kalnejais is an Australian writer. She graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2001 and began her career as an actor, appearing in productions for companies including Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir, Griffin and Malthouse before transitioning to writing.

Her play *Babyteeth* premiered at Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney in 2012. She adapted it for the screen as the 2019 feature film *Babyteeth*, for which she received an AACTA Award for Best Screenplay. Her other screen credits include episodes of the series *The Spanish Princess* (2019) and the film *Surge* (2020).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, austlit.edu.au.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Babyteeth* (2020), Fi1m 82, Original Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/babyteeth.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Call it Fate* (2025), Script Consultant
- *Surge* (2020), Writer
- *Babyteeth* (2020), Original Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/babyteeth.md)
- *The Spanish Princess* (2019), series, Writer
- *Florence Has Left the Building* (2014), Thanks
- *Prada Handbag* (2007), as Prada Handbag
- *BoyTown* (2006), as Susie
- *Fuel* (2004), as Cassie
- *Bad Cop, Bad Cop* (2002), series, as Drug Dealer

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