CREATIVE ARTS: Pauline was born and raised in rural Queensland, Australia on a farm. After working as a professional dancer in music videos and on stage, then transitioning to acting in film, TV and commercial projects in Australia, she decided to travel abroad to North America to further her film acting and filmmaking career. Her first break was playing the recurring guest star role of British character of ‘Dr Erika Myers’ on the Canadian SYFY series, Sanctuary (2010-2012) which aired in over 50 countries throughout the world.
Since then, Pauline has appeared in Spike TV's Blue Mountain State (2010), CW network's Supernatural (2011), and Global TV's Family Law (2021), as well as played recurring roles on SYFY's Olympus (2014) and Apple TV Plus' Home Before Dark (2019-2020), and soon to be released, Season 2 of My Life With The Walter Boys (2025). In addition to TV series', Egan has played lead and supporting roles in many TV movies and feature films on Hallmark Channel, Lifetime, ION Television, Nickelodeon, Netflix and Amazon networks. Pauline played the lead likeness of Megan McQueen in EA Sports' Fight Night Champion video gameand voiced the lead female character of Yasmeen, in The Wandering Earth video game (not yet released).
Pauline has been building a career as a director, writer, producer and composer. Her first film, Through The Pane (2014), a short black and white silent film, which she wrote, directed, produced, starred in and composed music for, received festival acclaim across North America and internationally. Pauline has now produced 5 short films and 2 documentary feature films. Her most recent project, One But Many (2024), shines a spotlight on the human wildlife conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa. The film is set for festival release in 2024 and has the Executive Producers of Seaspiracy (Netflix), Cowspiracy (Netflix), The Game Changers (Netflix), and Oscar shortlisted Canadian film, To Kill a Tiger attached. Pauline was recently selected as one of 5 women filmmakers for the Whistler Film Festival's Women In Focus mentorship program.
Having always been a musician, Pauline has in recent years realized her passion for film scoring and composition, and most recently completed the Music Composition Program through the European American Musical Alliance's (EAMA) Summer Music Institute in Paris (2023) led by Philip Lasser of The Juilliard School in New York. She was also selected this year to attend the Screen Music Program which took place in Pavia, Italy (August, 2024). Pauline has now completed 2 original scores for short films The Coyote Sisters (2024) and Troupe (2024) which are continuing the festival circuit. Pauline's score for The Coyote Sisters was a semi-finalist in the International Sound and Music Festival (Croatia, 2024).
With over 15 years of experience in the entertainment industry, Pauline is passionate about using storytelling to raise awareness for global issues such as the water and sanitation crisis, gender inequality and climate change.
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MEDICAL & HUMANITARIAN: Pauline is a Registered Nurse with a Post Graduate Degree in Primary Health in Developing Countries. Over the past decade, Pauine has become a health and international development leader, creating health education programs and designing/installing sanitation and water infrastructure projects across Sub-Saharan Africa with various non-profit organizations. Pauline's biggest passions reside in human capacity building, nature conservation, and peace building. She loves advocating for the rights of women and girls in vulnerable populations, and helping marginalize populations find their voices and become leaders and change makers in their communities.