This Life
  • Natalie Lawson

    Natalie Lawson

    characters | Sep 1, 2015
    Natalie, 44, is an involved parent who loves her kids fiercely. She’s beaten kidney cancer once before, but her life is upturned when it comes back with a vengeance.
  • Maggie Lawson

    Maggie Lawson

    characters | Sep 1, 2015
    Maggie, 32, hates that the traditional family model is the only acceptable way to live.
  • Matthew Lawson

    Matthew Lawson

    characters | Sep 1, 2015
    Matthew, 47, is the first-born Lawson sibling. Conservative, jovial, always up for more responsibility.
  • Oliver Lawson

    Oliver Lawson

    characters | Sep 1, 2015
    Natalie's younger brother Oliver, 34, has lived his life like a man in hiding.
  • Caleb Lawson

    Caleb Lawson

    characters | Sep 1, 2015
    Caleb, 19, is the only one of Natalie’s children to refuse to carry their father’s last name.
  • Emma Lawson-Crowley

    Emma Lawson-Crowley

    characters | Sep 1, 2015
    Emma, 16, is an image-conscious but mostly well-adjusted teenager who worries more about her social life than her future.
  • Romy Lawson-Crowley

    Romy Lawson-Crowley

    characters | Sep 1, 2015
    Natalie’s youngest daughter Romy, 13, is a gifted child who begins the season haplessly stuck in summer school.
  • Janine Lawson

    Janine Lawson

    characters | Sep 1, 2015
    Janine, 70, is a loving, if overbearing, presence in her children’s lives.
  • Gerald Lawson

    Gerald Lawson

    characters | Sep 1, 2015
    Gerald, 73, is a mechanic and a man of few words.
  • Nicole Breen

    Nicole Breen

    characters | Sep 1, 2015
    Nicole Breen is a supportive, always put-together, gently privileged woman.
  • David Crowley

    David Crowley

    characters | Sep 1, 2015
    Natalie’s ex-husband David Crowley, 49, is a self-assured academic, and driven to earn a place back at the Lawson table after his estrangement from Natalie.
  • Danielle Berg

    Danielle Berg

    characters | Sep 1, 2015
    Danielle, 45, Natalie's neighbour and lively, honest friend, has recently let her unfaithful husband back into her life.
  • Raza Ali

    Raza Ali

    characters | Aug 22, 2016
    Raza is a doctoral student from Pakistan who doesn't have it all figured out yet.
  • Miranda

    Miranda

    characters | Aug 22, 2016
    Miranda is a friend and co-worker to Emma who offers an intriguing escape from her challenging life at home.
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