Kirsten Callaghan
Kirsten Sarah Callaghan is a British-Irish actress and playwright. She is best known for her lead role as swimmer Mercedes Gleitze in the 2024 biopic Vindication Swim.
Early life and education
[edit]Kirsten Sarah Callaghan graduated from Rose Bruford College in 2015.[1]
Career
[edit]Callaghan began her career on stage, writing, and performing in one-woman show L'amour Est Mort, based on the French folktale Bluebeard, which was chosen to be performed at the London Symposium Festival.[citation needed]
In 2016, Callaghan was cast as Nöel Olivier in Nick Baldock's historical play Verge of Strife,[citation needed] and then in the lead role of Thomas Clancy's play, Pussy.[2][3][4]
In 2019 Callaghan was cast as the lead role in the biopic Vindication Swim.[5] The film, written and directed by Elliott Hasler, portrays the story of Mercedes Gleitze, who in 1927 became the first British woman to swim the English Channel.[6][7] Callaghan spent three years training and filming for the swimming scenes, which were all filmed in the English Channel itself.[8][9][10][11][12] Besides starring in the film, Callaghan also served as executive producer on the project, alongside producers Nicola Pearcey, Sally Humphreys, Douglas McJannet, and Simon Hasler.[13] Vindication Swim was released in 2024 and marks Callaghan's feature film debut.[14][15][16][17]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Film | Actor | Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Vindication Swim | Yes | Yes |
References
[edit]- ^ "Class of 2015". Rose Bruford. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "Verge of Strife". Arsalan Sattari Productions. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2022.[dead link]
- ^ "Verge of Strife: 4 star review by Joshua Clarke". broadwaybaby.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Pussy". Views from the gods. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Elliott, Kirsten & John Interviewed on BBC South East TV & BBC Sussex Radio". Relsah Productions. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (2 November 2020). "Victoria Summer Dives Into Indie Biopic 'Vindication Swim' From Director Elliott Hasler". Deadline. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ Bartle, Faye (14 April 2021). "Behind the scenes of film Vindication Swim - shot in Sussex". Great British Life. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "The untold story of a British swimming icon". BBC News. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Blue plaque unveiled to honour the first British woman to swim the Channel". ITV News. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Crowds watch as Brighton's forgotten swimming hero is honoured with blue plaque". The Argus. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "5 Live Breakfast - 24/01/2022 - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ Blackburn, Jack. "Channel swimmer comes in from cold". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Sally Wood gives positive update on husband Ronnie's cancer battle - EXCLUSIVE". HELLO!. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ Carden, George (19 November 2022). "Film about first British woman to swim English Channel screens in her home city". The Argus. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "Vindication Swim – RelsahFilms". Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ Yossman, K. J. (28 January 2022). "Elliott Hasler's 'Vindication Swim' Biopic Casts Douglas Hodge, James Wilby (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "Kirsten Callaghan". IMDb. Retrieved 29 January 2022.