Kylie Coolwell is an indigenous Australian actor and playwright best known as the author of the play Battle of Waterloo (2015).
Coolwell attended the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts.[1] In 2007, she graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, where she studied acting.[2]
In 2013, Coolwell had a minor role in the first episode of the television series Redfern Now.[3] [4]
In 2015, Coolwell published her debut play Battle of Waterloo about an indigenous Australian family living in a Housing NSW apartment in Waterloo, New South Wales. She initially began writing Battle of Waterloo as part of a writing exercise for Redfern Salon, a program for indigenous playwrights run by Play Writing Australia.
Battle of Waterloo debuted at the Sydney Theatre Company[5] and was directed by Sarah Goodes. The play was well received by critics, receiving positive reviews in The Daily Telegraph,[6] Daily Review,[7] and The Sydney Morning Herald. It was shortlisted for the Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards in 2016.[8]