Contact

CANADA

THE ARC AGENCY Maryjane MacCallum mj@the-arc.ca

USA

HIRSCH WALLERSTEIN HAYUM
Adam Vitabile contact@hwhmf.com

BIO

ACTRA // DGC // WGC

Karen Knox is an actor/director and filmmaker whose previous films have played at festivals including, TIFF, Slamdance, BFI Flare, Austin, Atlanta, Inside Out, and more. Her feature directing credits include WE FORGOT TO BREAK UP (winner DGC Best Director 2024) ADULT ADOPTION (Globe & Mail Best films 2022), and the erotic thriller TWIN LIES for Tubi. Knox's latest short film THE YEAR OF STARING AT NOSES which she wrote/directed and stars in premiered at SLAMDANCE 2024 before playing Atlanta, CUFF (winner best short), and was shortlisted for VIMEO STAFF PICKS’ best film of 2024.

She has served as the showrunner for HOMESCHOOLED (CBC), BARBELLE (Shaftesbury) and SLO PITCH (IFC/AMC+) for multiple seasons. As an actor Knox is best known for her work playing the villain on the reboot of WYNONNA EARP (TUBI), in SYFY's LETTERS TO SATAN, and playing opposite Gabourey Sidibe in Paramount's ALL I DIDN’T WANT, as well as appearances in her own work.

Knox has directed/written and acted in several shorts including THE FATES (TIFF), BORDERLINE (Dances With Films), THE COMICS (Miami Film Festival) CASE OF THE MASSEY BODICE RIPPING (winner of best short film at the Budapest Independent Film Festival), as well as CONS & PROS which debuted on VICE.com selected for the Telefilm Not Short on Talent Cannes 2020 edition.

Knox’s television writing credits include FOR THE RECORD (CBC + Universal Music), HOMESCHOOLED (CBC + Portfolio Entertainment) and SLO PITCH (IFC/AMC+), and more. She has had writing published in The Globe andMail, Moviemaker Magazine, Milkweed Magazine, and The Toronto Quarterly.

On stage Knox has performed across Canada, as well as in London’s West End. She has also directed several shows for the immersive experiential theatre company Single Thread.