Miranda MacDougall is an award-winning Canadian actor, director, and producer working across film, television, and theatre. She is best known for her series regular role on the Hallmark Channel’s When Calls the Heart, and for her award-winning performance as Tara Nichols in Hunting Matthew Nichols. Her screen work includes recurring roles on The Flash, guest-star appearances on shows such as Wild Cards, and lead and supporting roles across numerous Hallmark Channel and Lifetime features, alongside independent feature films and shorts. In theatre, Miranda has earned critical recognition for performances including Nancy in Oliver! (Gateway Theatre) and Lucille in Parade (Raincity Theatre), with additional collaborations with the Arts Club Theatre Company and Touchstone Theatre, among others. She holds a BFA in Acting from the University of Windsor and trained with the SITI Company through NYU Tisch.

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Alongside her acting career, Miranda is an award-winning director and producer. She is a resident Executive Producer and director at Vancouver-based Eastcherry Media Inc. and the founder of the company's narrative banner Third Rodeo Picture Co. Her directing work spans documentary, music video, narrative film, with commercial work for clients including lululemon, Arc’teryx, Architectural Digest, Fairmont Hotels, Monos, Vitruvi, and Duer. She co-directed and produced the feature documentary In the Land of Dreamers (CBC), developed, produced, and directed the comedy pilot Public Swim (GEMS Emerging TV Producers Program), and directed the shorts Bare and No Guts, No Glory. She is currently developing the psychological thriller feature DEEPFAKE, which she is slated to direct. 

 

Miranda brings a deeply integrated approach to her on-screen coaching, synthesizing her parallel careers as both a working actor and director. She is passionate about helping actors navigate emotional truth and technical precision. Having trained at Haven since 2016, Miranda’s teaching is informed by nearly a decade as a student within the studio’s methodology and community. Her work in the room emphasizes instinct, specificity and curiosity, while offering emerging actors a practical understanding of tone, size, and the realities of professional set dynamics.