Balfour grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. She was the co-host of the South African youth television series Bling in the early 2000s. She later studied drama at the University of Cape Town[1] and competed in the Miss South Africa 2008 pageant.[2]
Career
Since her graduation in 2009, she has worked as an actor primarily in British and Canadian film and television productions.[2]
She was cast as Gladys Witham in the Canadian television drama series Bomb Girls in 2013.[3] She won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Film or Miniseries at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015 for her performance in the series' follow-up television film Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy.[4]
Balfour was based in Vancouver, British Columbia, where in addition to her acting she is co-owner of Nelson the Seagull, a coffeehouse and bake shop in the city's Gastown neighborhood.[9]
On 30 June 2021, she announced on Instagram that she identifies as queer, stating that she found it freeing to "finally embrace and explore [her] queerness."[10] On 24 October 2021, Balfour announced on Instagram that she and Abbi Jacobson had been romantically involved for a year.[11] As of June 2024, Jacobson and Balfour are married.[12]
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