Heather Laura Gray — Emmy Award-Winning Choreographer

Heather
Laura Gray

Emmy Winning Choreographer

Selected Experience

13 credits — feature film, television & movie musicals

TIFF Official SelectionTelluride

The Liberation - Feature Film In theatres Jan 20th, 2027.

2026 · TIFF / Telluride

Dir. Guy Nattiv

Starring Carrie Coon, Lily James, Bella Ramsey

The Altruists — Ep. 2

The Altruists — Ep. 2

2026 · Netflix

Starring Julia Garner & Anthony Boyle

★ Emmy WinnerLeo Nominated

Monster High: The Movie

2022 · Paramount+ / Nickelodeon / Mattel

★ Emmy Nominated★ Leo Winner

Monster High 2 - Movie Musical

2023 · Paramount+ / Nickelodeon / Mattel

Needle in a Timestack - Feature

2021 · Lionsgate

Dir. John Ridley

Starring Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Orlando Bloom

Leo Nominated

Riverdale — “Archie: The Musical”

2023 · CW / Netflix — Season 7

Starring Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, KJ Apa, Cole Sprouse, Madelaine Petsch, Charles Melton, Casey Cott

★ Emmy Nominated

Henry Danger: The Movie

2025 · Paramount+

Dir. Joe Menendez

Starring Frankie Grande, Jace Norman

Leo Nominated

Riverdale — “American Psycho: The Musical”

2022 · CW / Netflix — Season 6

Starring Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, KJ Apa, Cole Sprouse, Madelaine Petsch, Charles Melton, Casey Cott

★ Emmy Nominated

The J Team - Movie Musical

2021 · Paramount+ / Nickelodeon

Starring JoJo Siwa, Tisha Campbell

Leo Nominated

Riverdale — “Next to Normal”

2021 · CW / Netflix — Season 5

Starring Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, KJ Apa, Cole Sprouse, Madelaine Petsch, Charles Melton, Casey Cott

★ Emmy Nominated

Snowday - Movie Musical

2022 · Paramount+

Leo Nominated

Riverdale — “Hedwig & the Angry Inch”

2020 · CW / Netflix — Season 4

Starring Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, KJ Apa, Cole Sprouse, Madelaine Petsch, Charles Melton, Casey Cott

Leo Nominated

Riverdale — "Carrie" & “Heathers: The Musical”

2018–2019 · CW / Netflix — Season 3

Starring Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, KJ Apa, Cole Sprouse, Madelaine Petsch, Charles Melton, Casey Cott

Recognition

Awards &
Nominations

WINNER

Emmy® Award — Outstanding Choreography

2023: Monster High: The Movie

NOMINATED

Emmy® Nominations — Outstanding Choreography

2025: Henry Danger: The Movie

2024: Monster High 2

2023: Monster High: The Movie

Snowday: Movie Musical

2022: The J Team

Emmy Acceptance Speech

WINNER

Leo Award — Outstanding Choreography

2024: Monster High 2

NOMINATED

Leo Award Nominations (BC Film & TV)

2024: Riverdale: “Archie: The Musical”

Monster High 2

2023: Monster High: The Movie

Riverdale: “American Psycho”

2022: The J Team

Riverdale: “Next to Normal”

Behind the Work

Monster High 2 — Choreography BTS

The J Team — Choreography BTS

Riverdale — Carrie: The Musical BTS

Riverdale — Heathers: The Musical BTS

Press

Heather Laura Gray — Naluda Magazine
Naluda MagazineJanuary 2024
“I don’t have a consistent signature style and that’s deliberate. I prefer to honour each project and bring it to the highest level.”

Interview with Canadian Choreographer Heather Laura Gray

Heather Laura Gray — Cliché Magazine
Cliché MagazineDecember 2023
“It felt very out of body. Calming down enough to read my speech was not going to happen, so I just went for it.”

Heather Laura Gray on Her Recent Emmy Win

Heather Laura Gray — New Screen Magazine
New Screen MagazineDecember 5, 2023
“I’d really love to use my skill sets to choreograph a feature musical and to develop projects to write and direct. There is so much to explore.”

Emmy-Nominated Choreographer Heather Laura Gray Reveals Her Ultimate Entertainment Career Goals

Heather Laura Gray with JoJo Siwa on set — The J Team
NickALive! / VarietySeptember 2021
“Working with JoJo on The J Team was a joy — she brings an incredible energy and commitment to every number.”

The J Team: Cast & Crew Interviews

Heather Laura Gray — BadTaste.it
BadTaste.itMarch 2020
“Every musical episode on Riverdale pushed the boundaries of what choreography could look like on television.”

Riverdale 4: ripercorriamo gli episodi musicali della serie

Heather Laura Gray on set — W Magazine
W MagazineMarch 2019
“The choreography had to feel like it lived inside the world of Riverdale — heightened, but emotionally real.”

The Making of Riverdale’s “Heathers: The Musical” Episode: A Cast and Crew Roundtable

Heather Laura Gray quoted in Refinery29 — Riverdale Carrie: The Musical
Refinery29April 2018
“It’s been phenomenal how quickly he absorbs the material and can perform it so quickly.”

K.J. Apa’s “Incredible” Dancing Will Be The Breakout Star Of The Riverdale Musical

Heather Laura Gray quoted in CW Philly — Riverdale Carrie: The Musical
CW PhillyApril 16, 2018
“I actually saw him, I think it was day two of shooting, while we were on break, he fully repeated a duet Camila did with Jordan, on his own. He just decided to do that all on his own.”

Is K.J. Apa The MVP Of The Upcoming ‘Riverdale’ Musical Episode?

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eather Laura Gray is an Emmy Award–winning multi-genre choreographer, who draws on her early career as an actor, dancer, and singer to bring a uniquely embodied perspective to every project she touches.

Heather has established herself as one of the most versatile and sought-after choreographers working in film and television today, with credits across an exceptional range of networks and platforms — The CW, Netflix, Nickelodeon, Paramount+, Lionsgate, Disney, Apple TV, MGM Amazon, and BBC Lite Box. Her work on Monster High: The Movie earned her the Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography, a recognition of her ability to blend theatrical spectacle with cinematic storytelling.

Her credits include the TIFF and Telluride-selected feature The Liberation, directed by Academy Award winner Guy Nattiv and starring Carrie Coon, Lily James, and Bella Ramsey; the Lionsgate feature Needle in a Timestack, directed by Academy Award winner John Ridley; and seven seasons of Riverdale on CW/Netflix, where her choreography for multiple musical episodes became some of the show's most celebrated moments.

Heather's training spans an unusually wide range of movement disciplines — from ballet, tap, flamenco, and heels dance to theatre jazz, contemporary concert and commercial dance, Chinese fan dance, and the street and club styles that define so much of today's screen choreography. It is this breadth that allows her to move fluidly between the heightened theatricality of a Riverdale musical episode and the grounded physicality of a Lionsgate feature. Earlier in her career she performed extensively on stage and screen — from Charlottetown Festival musicals and Disney Cruise Lines to Crystal Pite's CBC musical The Score with The Electric Company, contemporary dance companies, and roles in plays, television series, and miniseries — building the performer's instinct that now informs every piece she creates for camera.

Heather is represented by Melissa Panton at daCosta Talent Management.

Heather Laura Gray — editorial portrait by Richie Lubaton

Photo Credit: Richie Lubaton

8 Magazine — Article by Felicia Chiapetta

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