Kirsten Callaghan is an award-winning actress, singer, writer, and producer. In 2024, she starred as Mercedes Gleitze in Vindication Swim, the inspiring true story of the first British woman to conquer the English Channel. The film broke into the UK’s top 20 box office, earned a spot among Screen Daily’s Top UK Buzz Titles at Cannes 2024, and will make its U.S. theatrical debut in October 2025.

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Currently, Kirsten is developing a gripping true crime feature with writer-director Elliott Hasler. The project has already attracted acclaim, with UK No. 1 bestselling author Peter James calling it “a film with great potential to become a real classic”. The International Screenwriters Guild in Los Angeles praised the script's tone as “simply immaculate”, noting it “keeps the reader compelled and on the edge of their seat from start to finish”.