Kirsten Callaghan

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 Noël 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]}