Emily is an actor, educator and director with two decades of experience in the Midwest market. She holds a BFA in Acting from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and an MFA in Acting from Northern Illinois University (NIU). She is a certified yoga instructor at the 200-hour level, and certified in Mental Health First Aid. Emily has worked regionally on many stages, including: Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Next Act Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, and Allentown Shakespeare in the Park. Emily has also appeared on television in a national commercial for Batteries/Bulbs Plus, and regional commercials for Mills Fleet Farm, Sanford Brown University, and Walgreens. She once appeared as a featured dancer on an episode of the CW's Gossip Girl and that may or may not be her favorite credit on her resume. Emily is a proud member of Actor's Equity Association. You can see Emily in Renaissance Theaterworks' upcoming production of Barefoot in the Park, opening March 21, 2026.

As an educator, Emily has worked most recently as an Instructor at Northern Illinois University and UW Parkside. Emily's work in the studio engages her students in the wonderous study of themselves and the world around them, opening their minds, bodies and souls to the irrationality of the human spirit and the depths of their own experience. In their shared study of process Emily and her students grow with empathy, curiosity and tenacity, leading us all forward as actors, artists and human beings.