Kelly-Eve Koopman

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Kelly-Eve Koopman
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Kelly-Eve Koopman

Nationality South African
Occupation(s)Actress, social activist, director
Years active2014–present

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.

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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
2018 Mayfair AmeenaFilm

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