Pictured: Emily, Michael Palin, and a cherished Mac laptop
Emily was raised in Australia, as the third of seven children. (Her parents are not religious and as far as she knows they never belonged to a cult-- they just love kids).
After reading History and Politics at the University of Oxford, she toured to the Edinburgh Fringe as a writer/actor with the Oxford Revue, interned at Warner Brothers (Los Angeles), took improv at Upright Citizens Brigade, and started screenwriting.
She was a 2021 Academy Nicholl Quarterfinalist, 2021/22 Minderoo Artist Fellow, a 2023 Ian Potter Emerging Artist grantee, and a 2024 state finalist for RAW Comedy (Australia’s most prestigious stand-up competition). She recently completed an eight-week Australians in Film writing residency at Charlie's on The Lot in Los Angeles, where she co-developed her new half-hour coming-of-age comedy, PETS PETS PETS, with writer/director Josh Cohen.
She’s a member of the AWG and Craft Services Network, an accelerator for emerging screenwriters run by veteran US writer/ producer Nicholas Weinstock (SEVERANCE, BRIDESMAIDS, THELMA).
In the future, she hopes to pursue her long-held dream of becoming the most uncoordinated wrestler in the WWE.