Kelly-Eve Koopman

Kelly-Eve Koopman, is a South African director and actor.[1] She is best known for the roles in the television serials Hollywood in my Huis and Kroto and Mayfair.[2] She is one of three directors of FEMME projects.

Kelly-Eve Koopman
Born
Kelly-Eve Koopman

Durban, South Africa
NationalitySouth African
OccupationActress, social activist, director
Years active2014–present

Career

Apart from acting, she is also a community leader and social activist. She is also the co-creator of the platform 'Coloured Mentality' which has become a unique interactive storytelling space for coloured community. Over the past three years she has served 4000 young women in 20 disenfranchised schools in the Western Cape. In 2017, she released a six-part web documentary along with filmmaker Sarah Summers. The documentary focuses on the coloured racial identity in South Africa.[3]

In 2018, she appeared in the South African Indian action crime film Mayfair. She played the supportive role of 'Ameena' in the film, which later received positive reviews.[4][5] The film was also screened at the 62nd BFI London Film Festival and Africa in Motion Film Festival in October 2018.[6][7]

Along with Kim Windvogel, she compiled the book They Called me Queer.[8] In 2019, she became an author, where he wrote the Memoir Because I Couldn't Kill You.[9][10]

Filmography
YearFilmRoleGenreRef.
2014Hollywood in my HuisKarmaFilm
2015Jamillah and AladdinSoap LadyTV Series
2017KrotoaLysbethFilm
2018MayfairAmeenaFilm

References
  1. "About Me". Jack Devnarain official website. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  2. "Kelly-Eve Koopman: Director & Co-Creator Coloured Mentality". racialequity. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  3. "Kelly-Eve Koopman and Sarah Summers on their new 'Coloured Mentality' series". 702 CO.za. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  4. "Mayfair – Cape Town International Film Market & Festival – CTIFMF". Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  5. "Mayfair". Channel. 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  6. "Johannesburg's Mayfair suburb goes international in new movie". IndianSpice. 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  7. Press, Indigenous Film Distribution (2018-11-06). "Mayfair opens to great reviews". Screen Africa. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  8. "Kelly-Eve Koopman". Open Book Festival. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  9. ""The book was difficult" - Kelly-Eve Koopman on writing 'Because I Couldn't Kill You'". timeslive. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  10. "'South Africa needs this book.' Find out more about Because I Couldn't Kill You by Kelly-Eve Koopman". readinglist. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
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