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Emily Bergl

Emily Bergl (born 1975, Milton Keynes, England) is an English-American actress and cabaret singer known for The Rage: Carrie 2, Shameless, Desperate Housewives, and Broadway's The Lion in Winter and Good Night, Oscar.

Emily Bett Rickards

Emily Bett Rickards (born 1991) is a Canadian actress known as Felicity Smoak on The CW's Arrow (2012–2020, one-episode guest turned seven-season regular). Also in Brooklyn (2015), Funny Story (2018), Calamity Jane (2024), and Queen of the Ring (2024) as Mildred Burke.

Emily Blunt

Emily Blunt (Emily Olivia Leah Blunt), English actress born 1983 in London, star of The Devil Wears Prada, A Quiet Place, Mary Poppins Returns, and Oscar-nominated Oppenheimer; Golden Globe winner for Gideon's Daughter, wife of John Krasinski.

Emily Browning

Emily Browning (born 1988, Melbourne) is an Australian actress known as Violet Baudelaire in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Babydoll in Sucker Punch, Sleeping Beauty, Legend, American Gods, One More Shot, and the Prison Break reboot.

Emily Carey

Emily Carey (born 2003, London), full name Emily Joanna Carey, is an English actor known for young Alicent Hightower in House of the Dragon, young Diana Prince in Wonder Woman, young Lara Croft in Tomb Raider, and Harriet Manners in Netflix's Geek Girl.

Emily Deschanel

Emily Erin Deschanel, American actress born 1976 in Los Angeles, sister of Zooey Deschanel; starred as Dr. Temperance Brennan in Fox's Bones (2005–2017, 12 seasons), later Animal Kingdom, Devil in Ohio, and the Boneheads podcast.

Emily Hampshire

Emily Hampshire (born 1981, Montreal) is a Canadian-American actress known as Stevie Budd in Schitt's Creek (2015–2020) and Jennifer Goines in 12 Monkeys; SAG and six Canadian Screen Awards; plays E.D.I.T.H. in VisionQuest.

Emily Head

Emily Head is an English actress known for playing Carli D'Amato in The Inbetweeners and Rebecca White in Emmerdale; she is the daughter of actor Anthony Head.

Emily Kinney

Emily Kinney, born Emily Rebecca Kinney in 1985, is an American actress and singer-songwriter best known for playing Beth Greene on The Walking Dead from 2011 to 2014.

Emily Lloyd

Emily Lloyd (Emily Lloyd-Pack, born 1970), English actress; debut in Wish You Were Here (1987) earned a BAFTA nomination; later films include A River Runs Through It; distinct from Emily Ann Lloyd and Emily Lloyd-Saini.

Emily Longstreth

Emily Longstreth (Emily Lene Longstreth), born 1967, retired American actress active 1984-1994, known for Private Resort, Pretty in Pink, and The Big Picture; left film acting in 1995.

Emily McLaughlin

Emily McLaughlin (1928–1991), American actress, original cast member of ABC's General Hospital, playing nurse Jessie Brewer from 1963 to 1991; also Dr. Ellen Seaton on Young Dr. Malone; Jeffrey Hunter's widow.

Emily Meade

Emily Meade, born 1989, is an American actress from New York City, known for Lori Madison in The Deuce, Aimee in The Leftovers, Pearl in Boardwalk Empire, and for helping establish intimacy coordinators on Hollywood sets.

Emily Mortimer

Emily Mortimer (born 1971, Hammersmith, London) is an English actress, screenwriter, and director, daughter of Sir John Mortimer; known for Match Point, Shutter Island, Mary Poppins Returns, Doll & Em, and directing The Pursuit of Love.

Emily Osment

Emily Osment (born 1992, Los Angeles) is an American actress and singer, sister of Haley Joel Osment. Known as Lilly Truscott in Hannah Montana, Gabi Diamond in Young & Hungry, and Mandy McAllister in Young Sheldon and Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage; also records as Bluebiird.

Emily Perkins

Emily Perkins names several people: a Canadian actress (born 1977) known for Ginger Snaps and It, a New Zealand novelist (born 1970) author of Lioness, plus a jazz vocalist, nonprofit executive, and journalist.

Emily Procter

Emily Procter (Emily Mallory Procter) is an American actress born 1968 in Raleigh, North Carolina, known for Ainsley Hayes on The West Wing and Detective Calleigh Duquesne on CSI: Miami (2002-2012, 232 episodes), and for founding The Ground nonprofit in 2019.

Emily Rose (actress)

Emily Rose (born 1981, Renton, Washington) is an American actress known for starring as Audrey Parker in Syfy's Haven (2010-2015) and voicing Elena Fisher in the Uncharted video games; also ER, Brothers & Sisters, Graceland.

Emily Swallow

Emily Swallow, American actress (born 1979, Washington, D.C.), plays the Armorer in The Mandalorian and Amara/The Darkness in Supernatural; UVA Middle Eastern Studies graduate, NYU Tisch MFA, stage Ovation Award winner.

Emily V. Gordon

Emily V. Gordon, birth name Emily Vance Gordon, is an American writer and producer who co-wrote the 2017 film The Big Sick with her husband, comedian Kumail Nanjiani.

Emily VanCamp

Emily VanCamp (Emily Irene VanCamp, born 1986, Port Perry, Ontario) is a Canadian actress known for Amy Abbott on Everwood, Emily Thorne on Revenge, Nic Nevin on The Resident, and Sharon Carter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Emily Watson

Emily Watson (born 1967) is an English actress, not to be confused with Emma Watson. Oscar-nominated for Breaking the Waves and Hilary and Jackie; BAFTA winner for Appropriate Adult; Emmy nominee for Chernobyl; leads HBO's Dune: Prophecy as Valya Harkonnen.

Emily Willis

Emily Willis (Litzy Lara Banuelos), Argentine-American former adult film star, two-time XBIZ Female Performer of the Year; suffered anoxic brain injury after cardiac arrest at Summit Malibu rehab in 2024; $3 million settlement.

Emily Yoshida

Emily Yoshida (エミリー・ヨシダ) is an American screenwriter, director, and film critic, a staff writer on FX's Shōgun (2024), a 2025 WGA Award winner, and cohost of the Night Call podcast.

Emma Appleton

Emma Appleton (born 1991, Witney, Oxfordshire) is an English actress and former model known for Traitors' Feef Symonds, Renfri in The Witcher, Nancy Spungen in Pistol, and Maggie in Everything I Know About Love.

Emma Bell

Emma Jean Bell (born 1986), American actress from New Jersey known as Amy in The Walking Dead, star of Frozen and Final Destination 5; distinct from the English soprano Emma Bell.

Emma Caulfield

Emma Caulfield, also known as Emma Caulfield Ford, is an American actress best known for playing Anya on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dottie in the Marvel series WandaVision and Agatha All Along.

Emma Chambers

Emma Chambers (1964-2018), English actress, played Alice Tinker in The Vicar of Dibley (1994-2007) and Honey Thacker in Notting Hill; won the 1998 British Comedy Award for best actress.

Emma Corrin

Emma Corrin, English actor born 1995 in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Cambridge-educated, broke out as Princess Diana in The Crown season 4 (2020), winning a Golden Globe; films include My Policeman, Nosferatu, Deadpool & Wolverine; uses they/them pronouns; next plays Elizabeth Bennet.

Emma D'Arcy

Emma D'Arcy (Emma Zia D'Arcy, born 1992) is an English non-binary actor and theatre-maker, a Ruskin School of Art graduate known for Rhaenyra Targaryen in HBO's House of the Dragon, plus Wanderlust, Truth Seekers, and a 2023 Golden Globe nomination.