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

Cape Town, South Africa
NationalitySouth African
Occupation(s)Actress, 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 19 November 2019.
  5. "Mayfair". Channel. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  6. "Johannesburg's Mayfair suburb goes international in new movie". IndianSpice. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  7. Press, Indigenous Film Distribution (6 November 2018). "Mayfair opens to great reviews". Screen Africa. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  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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