Kirsten Sarah Callaghan (born 7 June 1991) is a British-Irish actress, writer, producer and singer-songwriter. Callaghan is best known for her lead role as swimmer

Mercedes Gleitze Mercedes Carey (née Gleitze; 18 November 1900 – 9 February 1981) was a British professional swimmer. She was the first known person to swim the Straits of Gibraltar and the first British woman to swim the English Channel. The name of Merce ...

in the upcoming biopic ''

Vindication Swim ''Vindication Swim'' is an upcoming biographical drama film about swimmer Mercedes Gleitze, who in 1927 became the first British woman to swim the English Channel. The film is written and directed by Elliott Hasler, starring Kirsten Callaghan in ...

''.

Career

Callaghan graduated from Rose Bruford College in 2015 and 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. In 2016, Callaghan was cast as Nöel Olivier in Nick Baldock's historical play ''Verge of Strife'', and in the lead role of BBC and Royal Court Young Writer's graduate, Thomas Clancy's play, ''Pussy.'' In 2019 Callaghan was cast as the lead role in the biopic ''

''. The film, written and directed by Elliott Hasler, portrays the story of

, who in 1927 became the first British woman to swim the

English Channel The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" (Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), (Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kana ...

. Callaghan spent three years training and filming for the swimming scenes, which were all filmed in the English Channel itself. Besides starring in the film, Callaghan also served as

executive producer Executive producer (EP) is one of the top positions in the making of a commercial entertainment product. Depending on the medium, the executive producer may be concerned with management accounting or associated with legal issues (like copyrights o ...

on the project, alongside producers Nicola Pearcey, Sally Humphreys, Douglas McJannet and Simon Hasler. ''Vindication Swim'' is due for release in 2022 and marks Callaghan's feature film debut.

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Callaghan, Kirsten British film actresses 21st-century Irish actresses British film producers Actresses from Brighton Alumni of Rose Bruford College 1991 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people)