Emily was born on April 30, 2003 in North London. At the age of 9 she made her professional theatre debut in Shrek The Musical at The Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Since then Emily appeared as Marta Von Trapp in The Sound of Music at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre directed by Rachel Kavanaugh. The production was nominated for 'Best Musical Revival' at the 2014 Olivier Awards, and subsequently Emily reprised her role with a live performance at the Olivier Awards Ceremony at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Emily is well known for the regular role of Grace Beauchamp in BBC1's flagship Saturday night drama Casualty. Cast in 2014 she made her screen debut in Series 29 and continued in the role throughout for 3 years into series 31. Also in 2014 she featured as 'Mini Idina' in the music video for Idina Menzel and Michael Buble's hit single Baby It's Cold Outside. In the summer of 2015 Emily filmed the semi regular role of Mary Conan Doyle in the 10 Part drama series Houdini & Doyle which aired spring of 2016 on Fox in the 2017 Summer blockbuster Wonder Woman. Soon after the movie's release she was cast in the title role of Anastasia in a live action re telling of the legend of Anastasia Romanov shooting on location in America and Europe. In 2018 Emily is set to appear as Young Lara Croft in Tomb Raider. Emily studies at Musical Theatre Masterclass in London and is represented by Curtis Brown Actors in the UK and United Talent Agency in the USA.
Her aunt (Jo/Joanna MacDonnell 1st AD) and great-uncle (John MacDonnell Film Editor) were working on Holby City when Emily was born and so she made an appearance in two episodes as a newborn baby.
Emily shares her birthday with Gal Gadot, both actresses play Diana in the 2017 movie Wonder Woman.
She and Lilly Aspell are the first actresses to portray Young Diana/Wonder Woman because the 1970s television pilot "Wonder Woman" {The New Original Wonder Woman } only featured Diana as an adult (portrayed by Lynda Carter ).
In the role of Grace Beauchamp, she is the longest running child actor in the 30 year history of BBC Casualty.
