Emily​ is a professional actress, improviser, voice over artist and teacher living in Los Angeles. Originally from Chicago, she began acting and improvising at a young age before earning a BFA in Acting from Carnegie Mellon University. Some of her television credits include TRUE DETECTIVE, PLATFORM, GLOW, SHAMELESS, SIDESWIPED, MELISSA & JOEY, CODE BLACK, BONES, THE MENTALIST, COLD CASE, BOSTON LEGAL, WITHOUT A TRACE, and ER. In 2007 she had the pleasure of filming the feature film MADE OF HONOR. Emily’s stage work has included wonderful roles in such plays as COOKING WITH ELVIS, HOME FREE!, THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN IN THE MOON MARIGOLDS, among others. As a teaching artist she currently teaches at AMDA | College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts. Emily was thrilled to join the teaching staff at Interlochen Center for the Arts this Summer, teaching On Camera Acting as a Guest Artist. Emily began teaching with outreach programs and arts-in-school companies such as Young Storytellers Foundation and Urban Anthropology Project (Los Angeles), Creative Youth Community Learning Experience (CYCLE) and The Shanti Foundation For Peace (Chicago), Society For The Education of the Arts, The National Shakespeare Company, Actor’s Creative Experience , Strike Anywhere! Improvisation (NYC), The Florida Studio Theatre (Sarasota, FL), and The Washington Island Players (Washington Island, WI). Emily lives in Los Angeles with her family and two wonderful Huskies!