Biography

Karen Knox is a director/actor/writer based out of North America who has served as the show runner for Slo Pitch (IFC/AMC+), HOMESCHOOLED (CBC) and BARBELLE (Shaftesbury) for multiple seasons. Her sophomore feature film WE FORGOT TO BREAK UP premiered at BFI Flare 2024 and was the closing gala film for Inside Out at TIFF. Knox's latest 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 Mammoth Film Festival. Knox's critically acclaimed first feature ADULT ADOPTION (Globe & Mail Best films 2022) premiered at the Glasgow Film Festival before a theatrical release in North America. Knox has also directed and acted in several projects for TUBI including Twin Lies, and Wynonna Earp Vengeance.

As an actor Knox is best known for her role alongside Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe in Paramount's All I Didn't Want For Christmas, "Holly Frost" in SYFY's Letters to Satan Claus, multiple roles in triple A video games like Assassin's Creed, Watch Dogs, and Fry Cry, as well as in HOMESCHOOLED (CBC) Slo Pitch (IFC/AMC+) and BARBELLE (Shaftesbury). Knox has directed/written and acted several shorts with her company Boss & Co including Borderline (Dances With Films), Case of the Massey Bodice Ripping (winner of best short film at Venice Short Film Festival and Budapest Independent Film Festival) Damage Control (best short at Toronto Pendance Festival) The Fates (TIFF) as well as the controversial online heist film Cons & Pros which debuted on VICE.com in January 2020.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anon