The Liberation - Feature Film In theatres Jan 20th, 2027.
2026 · TIFF / Telluride
Dir. Guy Nattiv
Starring Carrie Coon, Lily James, Bella Ramsey
13 credits — feature film, television & movie musicals
2026 · TIFF / Telluride
Dir. Guy Nattiv
Starring Carrie Coon, Lily James, Bella Ramsey
2026 · Netflix
Starring Julia Garner & Anthony Boyle
2022 · Paramount+ / Nickelodeon / Mattel
2023 · Paramount+ / Nickelodeon / Mattel
2021 · Lionsgate
Dir. John Ridley
Starring Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Orlando Bloom
2023 · CW / Netflix — Season 7
Starring Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, KJ Apa, Cole Sprouse, Madelaine Petsch, Charles Melton, Casey Cott
2025 · Paramount+
Dir. Joe Menendez
Starring Frankie Grande, Jace Norman
2022 · CW / Netflix — Season 6
Starring Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, KJ Apa, Cole Sprouse, Madelaine Petsch, Charles Melton, Casey Cott
2021 · Paramount+ / Nickelodeon
Starring JoJo Siwa, Tisha Campbell
2021 · CW / Netflix — Season 5
Starring Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, KJ Apa, Cole Sprouse, Madelaine Petsch, Charles Melton, Casey Cott
2022 · Paramount+
2020 · CW / Netflix — Season 4
Starring Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, KJ Apa, Cole Sprouse, Madelaine Petsch, Charles Melton, Casey Cott
2018–2019 · CW / Netflix — Season 3
Starring Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, KJ Apa, Cole Sprouse, Madelaine Petsch, Charles Melton, Casey Cott
WINNER
2023: Monster High: The Movie
NOMINATED
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
2024: Monster High 2
NOMINATED
2024: Riverdale: “Archie: The Musical”
Monster High 2
2023: Monster High: The Movie
Riverdale: “American Psycho”
2022: The J Team
Riverdale: “Next to Normal”
Monster High 2 — Choreography BTS
The J Team — Choreography BTS
Riverdale — Carrie: The Musical BTS
Riverdale — Heathers: The Musical BTS
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Every musical episode on Riverdale pushed the boundaries of what choreography could look like on television.”
Riverdale 4: ripercorriamo gli episodi musicali della serie
“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
“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
“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?
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.
Photo Credit: Richie Lubaton
8 Magazine — Article by Felicia Chiapetta
For bookings and inquiries, contact Melissa Panton at DaCosta Talent Management.