Kelsey Egan

Kelsey-Colin Kass Egan (born 20 March 1983) is an American-South African filmmaker, actress, and stunt performer. She founded the Cape Town-based production company Crave Pictures. Her short film Gargoyle and science fiction film Glasshouse (2021) were nominated for SAFTAs.

Early and personal life Egan is from Wisconsin and attended Whitefish Bay High School. She took a course at the British American Drama Academy in London. She double majored in Drama and Neuroscience and Behavior at Vassar College, graduating in 2005. She briefly lived in New York City and Beijing before moving to Johannesburg in 2008. She holds dual citizenship.

Career Filmmaking To gain experience in the industry, Egan decided to begin her career working both in front of the camera and on sets behind the scenes. She was a production assistant for the documentary Trumbo (2007) and the films I Am Legend (2007), Stop-Loss (2008), and Deception (2008), and a production coordinator for the films Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past (2008) and Gugu and Andile (2008) as well as the Sky One series Strike Back (2011). She was a script supervisor for Neill Blomkamp's District 9 (2009).

Egan's first short film Gargoyle, filmed in 2008, was nominated for Best Short Film at the 2010 South African Film and Television Awards. Her other short films include 21th Street (2010), Red Herring (2014), The Bull (2018), and The Fighter (2019).

Egan was a VFX producer for the 2014 adaptation of The Giver and cast assistant on the sets of the films Eye in the Sky (2015) and The Dark Tower (2017). She wrote on seven episodes of the 2018 children's animated series Munki and Trunk as well as on the 2019 M-Net crime thriller miniseries Trackers.

While The Fix was postponed, Egan began collaborating with screenwriter Emma Lungiswa de Wet on a slate of three "grounded" science fiction films for Local Motion Pictures. The first of the slate Glasshouse was written over Zoom during the COVID-19 lockdown and filmed on location in the Eastern Cape in late 2020. The film premiered at the 2021 Fantasia Film Festival, officially marking Egan's feature directorial debut, followed by a wide release in 2022. Glasshouse received six nominations at the South African Film and Television Awards that year, including Best Feature Film, winning five of them.

On October 31, 2024, Egan's sci-fi dystopian feature, The Fix was released on Showmax and set for wider international release on November 22. Other projects in development include Outer Edges, and the latter two films in her slate with Lungiswa de Wet.

Acting and stunt work Egan first did stunt work for Death Race 3: Inferno. She made her television debut in 2012 as a stunt performer in the Channel 4 historical miniseries Labyrinth. She played Nicole Weiss in the 2013 crime film Zulu. For Mad Max: Fury Road, Egan alongside the other stunt performers won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Stunt Ensemble. She was Claire Foy's stunt double in the first season of The Crown on Netflix and Jane de Wet's in the BBC America adaptation of Terry Pratchett's The Watch. She played Honey in the dark comedy film Fried Barry and Siri in the Afrikaans romantic comedy Kaalgat Karel.

Filmography Filmmaking + Film Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes 2008 Waiting in Beijing Homo Sapien Short film 2009 Flat Love Short film District 9 Gargoyle Short film 2010 Khuthala Bo! Short film 2010 21th Street Short film 2014 Red Herring Short film The Giver 2018 The Bull Short film 2019 The Fighter Short film 2021 Glasshouse Feature directorial debut 2024 The Fix TBA Outer Edges I Carry You Always Untitled third slate film

+ Television Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes 2018–2020 Munki and Trunk 7 episodes 2019 Trackers Miniseries; 5 episodes

+ Music videos Year Song Artist Notes 2010 "My Baby Don't Love Me No More" The Death Valley Blues Band Director, writer, producer 2012 "Rum Trifle" Jakkals Director, writer "Gunuza" Bongeziwe Mabandla Editor, producer

Acting and stunt work + Film Year Title Role Notes 2003 Making Revolution Activist 2005 Discover Me Rachel 2013 Death Race 3: Inferno Stunts Zulu Nicole Weiss 2014 Red Herring Rider Short film 2015 Destination Short film Mad Max: Fury Road Stunts 2016 Forever Cat 2020 Fried Barry Honey 2021 Kaalgat Karel Siri

+ Television Year Title Role Notes 2012 Labyrinth Stunts Miniseries; 2 episodes 2013 Kids Rule Stunts (Tommy Wiebeck) Television film Striving for Freedom Stunts (Gräfin Cecilie von Hohenberg) Television film 2014 Shark Week Lindsay Episode: "Shark of Darkness: Wrath of Submarine" 2015 Clan of the Cave Bear Stunts (Ayla) Television film 2016 Of Kings and Prophets Servant Episode: "Offerings of Blood" The Crown Stunts (Elizabeth II) Episode: "Pride & Joy" 2020 Raised by Wolves Soldier Episode: "Virtual Faith" Warrior Mrs. Kellerman Episode: "Not How We Do Business" 2021 The Watch Stunts (Alice Band) Episode: "Better to Light a Candle"

+ Music videos Year Song Artist Notes 2014 "Lights Out" (ft JungFreud) PHFAT

Other credits + Year Title Role Notes 2007 Trumbo Production assistant Documentary I Am Legend 2008 Stop-Loss Deception Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past Coordinator Gugu and Andile Production coordinator Television film 2011 Strike Back Assistant production coordinator 6 episodes 2015 Eye in the Sky Cast assistant 2017 The Dark Tower