Egolf earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Juilliard School and also took acting classes at The Actors Center.
[2] After winning the Michel St. Denis Award for an Exceptional Graduating Drama Student from the Juilliard School,[3] Egolf went on to perform on Broadway in Jackie, An American Life by Gip Hoppe[4] (also in London's West End)[5] and Jean Anouilh’s Ring Round the Moon with Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on Broadway, directed by Gerald Gutierrez.
She received critical acclaim[11] for her Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire at The Guthrie Theater (directed by John Miller-Stephany), Emma in Betrayal at the Huntington Theatre Company (directed by Maria Aitken),[12] Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Old Globe Theatre,[13] Candida in Candida[14] and Rosalind (As You Like It) at Pittsburgh Public Theater,[15] Emily in Arthur Miller's Resurrection Blues at Wilma Theater (Philadelphia)[16] and other plays with Berkshire Theater Festival (including Hay Fever with Joanne Woodward)[17] and Barrington Stage Company, with whom she is an Artistic Associate[18] Egolf has been involved in a number of artist films and videos, including Beth Campbell’s Some Things Change (2005),[19] and Adam Chodzko’s video installation Knots at Tate Britain (2013)[20] as well as Chodzko's radio[21] and performance piece, Rising (2013),[22] for solo actor, which she performed live in Newcastle, UK at the Great North Run/British Science Festival,[23] and at Manchester University, UK at the Ways of Seeing Climate Change[24] conference (October 2013).
[25] Egolf has also created written works, such as her invited guest contribution to the online experimental art curatorial project Out of Focus.
[26] She also wrote a blog[27] of her rehearsal experience playing Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire at The Guthrie Theater.