Early career In 1998, she moved to Halifax to search for opportunities in the film industry. Also in the early 2000s, Foley worked as a field producer and video journalist for two CBC news series:
ZeD and
Street Cents, where she specialized in reports on Newfoundland.
Feature films In 2012, Foley's first feature film,
Beat Down, was released. She directed and co-wrote the film. The film is a comedy about a teenager named Fran (played by Marthe Bernard) who hopes to become a professional wrestler like her parents, despite her father's disapproval. The film garnered positive reviews and was nominated for three
Canadian Comedy Awards, including one for Foley's directing. It was also named "Best of the Fest" at the
Cinequest Film Festival in
San Jose,
California, where it made its debut. Her second feature film,
Relative Happiness, was a Nova Scotia-Newfoundland co-production. The film is based on the novel of the same name by
Cape Breton writer Lesley Crewe and stars
Melissa Bergland,
Aaron Poole and
Susan Kent. Foley wrote the screenplay along with Iain MacLeod,
Sherry White and Crewe. They opted to make the film more comedic than the novel in order for it to become a romantic comedy. The film's plot centres around Lexie (played by Bergland), a bed and breakfast owner who sets out to find love. Foley shot the film in
Halifax over 16 days in Fall 2013. It had a budget of $1.25 million and was funded by
Telefilm Canada.
Television Foley also has experience with directing television series. In 2014, she directed two episodes of the CBC television series
Republic of Doyle. ==Awards and honours==