Fay Simpson brings over 20 years of experience in the movement arts as a dancer, choreographer, teacher, intimacy coordinator, and somatic acting coach. With a keen eye for the nuances of body language, she supports both powerful storytelling and the emotional well-being of the actors.
Her primary goal, on stage or on set, is to foster a safe, trusting environment where actors can fully inhabit their roles, in alignment with the director’s vision. When every point of contact is clearly consented to and thoughtfully rehearsed, the actors are free to focus on their craft without hesitation.
As a steady and adaptable collaborator, Fay helps ground the team, offering the calm needed to navigate high-stakes, emotionally charged scenes.
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At the intersection of advocacy and artistry, the intimacy coordinator holds space for vulnerability while ensuring that boundaries are honored, voices are heard, and creative expression remains grounded in consent.
Core Roles for an Intimacy Coordinator
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Advocating for actors
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Liaising and negotiating between the actors and production
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Facilitating clear communication and consent between actors
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Ensuring adherence to proper protocols
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Choreographing and coaching movement, if requested
The presence of an intimacy coordinator not only safeguards the creative process, but also strengthens trust, accountability, and emotional integrity on set.
Benefits of having an Intimacy Coordinator on set
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Makes filming more efficient
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Helps mitigate sex harassment lawsuits and market risks
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Protects the emotional and physical safety of actors
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Mediates between directors/producers and actors
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Helps the actors to give a better performance
Intimacy Coordinator for Stage and Screen
2026
New England Toys, Blaise Beyhan, Director (Film)
2024-25
All My Sons, Britt Berke, Director
King Headly II, Brandon Dirden, Director
Outrage, Scott Illingworth, Director
QUEEN, Rakesh Palisetty, Director
You Got Older, Katherine Wilkinson, Director
Oristeia, Sara Holdren, Director
Macbeth, Gisela Cardenas, Director
Chekhov Project, Ian Belknap, Director
2024
Consent-based Intimacy Training for
Savannah College of Art and Design
Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Classical Theater of Harlem, Carl Cofield, Director
2023
Demons, Bushwick Starr, Keelay Gipson, Director
2022
Dracula: The Ballet, BalletMet (Columbus, OH),
dir./choreo. David Nixon
Hound Dog, Ars Nova, Machel Ross, Director
2021
A Song of Songs, Bushwick Starr, Machel Ross, Director
Movement Coach
2026
New England Toys, Blaise Beyhan, Director (Film)
2025
Amanda Warren, Atonement (film)
Nicole Beharie, The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
Lucy McKendrick, Fangs (film)
2024
Kendra Jain, The Sitayana
2023
Alejandro Hernandez, The Horror of Dolores Roach
(HBO)
Annaleigh Ashford, Sweeney Todd (Broadway)
Maria-Christina Oliver, Between Riverside and
Crazy, Hadestown (Broadway)
2022
Nicole Beharie, Fleeing Green (independent feature)
2021
Antoinette Nwandu, Jane Eyre
GAGE COUNTY NE, staged and filmed as part of a TV series with Cecelia Rubino
and Nanfu Wang (One Child Nation)
Natvara Hongsuwan, Thirteen Lives (Ron Howard / MGM/Amazon Studios)
Parveen Kaur, Coach for NBC’s Manifest
2020
Nicole Beharie Brown, Juneteenth (short film)
2019
Sepideh Moafi, The Deuce (HBO)
Stephanie Winters (Cellist & Storyteller)
Taylor Schilling, Orange is the New Black (HBO)
Jerod Haynes, The Village (NBC)
Annaleagh Ashford, Sunday in The Park with George
Lupita Nyong’o, Us (Jordan Peele)
Winston Duke, Us (Jordan Peele)
Winston Duke, Nine Days (Edson Oda)
Natalie Paul, The Deuce (HBO)
Motell Foster, Othello (Theater Production)
Fikile M. Kani, TV series
Jessica Williams, Fantastic Beasts
2018
Pun Bandhu, The Treasurer (Playwrights Horizons)
Susan Pourfar, Mary Jane (NYTW)
2017
Winston Duke, Black Panther (Marvel Studios)
Welker White, The Irishman (Josephine “Jo” Hoffa, dir. Martin Scorsese)
Yuval Boim, A Walk with Mr. Heifetz (Cherry Lane Theatre)
Laurie Holden, New Blood Father (Film)
Carl Hendrick Louis, 1984 (Broadway)
Reg E Cathey, Endgame (Long Wharf Theatre)
2016
Winston Duke, Black Panther (pre-production coaching
2015-17
Annaleigh Ashford, Sylvia (Broadway), Sunday in the Park with George (Broadway)
Heroic Public Speaking, Movement Coach
2013-17
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave (film), Eclipsed (Broadway), Star Wars (Disney),
Black Panther (Marvel Studios)
2013-17
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave (film), Eclipsed (Broadway), Star Wars (Disney),
Black Panther (Marvel Studios)
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