Emily Burnett
{{Short description|Welsh actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Emily Burnett
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|08|08|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cardiff, Wales
| education =
| occupation = Actress
| television = {{Plainlist|
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| years_active = 2010–present
| website =
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Emily Burnett (born 8 August 1997){{cite web |last1=Still |first1=Harry |title=Happy 21st Birthday to Miss Emily T Burnett!! The love and joy of my life! 🎋🎊🎉🎇✨🎆🎂 |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BmNygouB23J/?hl=en&taken-by=harry_lloyd |publisher=Instagram |access-date=10 September 2021 |date=8 August 2018 |archive-date=22 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922135152/https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/ |url-status=live }} is a Welsh actress. From 2017 to 2019, she portrayed the role of Charlie Morris in the CBBC series The Dumping Ground, a role for which she won the 2019 British Academy Children's Award for Performer. In 2020, she portrayed the role of Jas Salford in fellow CBBC series So Awkward. In 2021, Burnett was cast in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as Olivia Bradshaw.
Early life
Burnett was born in Cardiff, Wales, where she went on to study art.{{cite news |title=BAFTA Award-winning Welsh actress revealed as newest Hollyoaks cast member |url=https://nation.cymru/culture/bafta-award-winning-welsh-actress-revealed-as-newest-hollyoaks-cast-member/ |access-date=15 September 2021 |work=Nation.Cymru |date=8 July 2021 |archive-date=15 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915210555/https://nation.cymru/culture/bafta-award-winning-welsh-actress-revealed-as-newest-hollyoaks-cast-member/ |url-status=live }} She has cited her father as an influence for getting into acting, recalling that he introduced her to films at a young age.
Career
In 2011, Burnett appeared in an episode of the CBBC series The Sparticle Mystery.{{cite book |last1=Kalnejais |first1=Kalnejais |title=Love is the Revolution |date=26 October 2015 |publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn=9781783193004 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BZ38DwAAQBAJ |access-date=15 September 2021 |archive-date=15 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915210555/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BZ38DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }} She made her professional stage debut in a production of Love is the Revolution at the Soho Theatre. A year later, she starred in a production titled Beacons. In 2017, Burnett was cast in the CBBC series The Dumping Ground as Charlie Morris. She stayed in the series until 2019.{{cite news |title=Emily Burnett |url=https://tresamagazine.com/2020/09/10/emily-burnett/ |access-date=15 September 2021 |work=TresA |date=10 September 2020 |archive-date=15 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915210600/https://tresamagazine.com/2020/09/10/emily-burnett/ |url-status=live }} For her role as Charlie, Burnett was awarded the 2019 British Academy Children's Award for Performer.{{cite tweet|number=1201229901388496896|title=Emily Burnett of The Dumping Ground wins the Performer award - another first-time BAFTA winner tonight|user=BAFTA|author=BAFTA|authorlink=BAFTA|date=1 December 2019}} She then starred in the S4C series Merched Parchus as Cai in 2019.{{cite news |title=Emily Burnett |url=http://www.belfieldandward.co.uk/emily-burnett-6/ |access-date=15 September 2021 |work=Belfield and Ward |date=4 June 2019 |archive-date=15 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915210558/http://www.belfieldandward.co.uk/emily-burnett-6/ |url-status=live }} A year later, Burnett was cast as Jas Salford in the CBBC series So Awkward (replacing Ameerah Falzon-Ojo). Later in 2020, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Zadie Stiller.{{Cite episode|title=Wanted|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jrqd|series=Doctors|series-link=Doctors (2000 TV series)|credits=Writer: Olly Perkin; Director: Nimer Rashed; Producer: David Lewis Richardson|network=BBC|station=BBC One|airdate=1 June 2020|access-date=1 June 2020|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101035651/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jrqd|url-status=live}} In 2021, Burnett was cast in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as Olivia Bradshaw.{{cite news |last1=Hegarth |first1=Tasha |title=Hollyoaks casts award-winning actress Emily Burnett for Prince's return storyline |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/hollyoaks/a36931416/hollyoaks-emily-burnett-prince-mcqueen-return/ |access-date=15 September 2021 |work=Digital Spy |date=5 July 2021 |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705232508/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/hollyoaks/a36931416/hollyoaks-emily-burnett-prince-mcqueen-return/ |url-status=live }}
Filmography
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 2011
| Daisy | Episode: "The Water Rats" |
| 2017–2019
| Main role |
| 2019
| Warren | Hen 2 | Episode: "The Holiday" |
| 2019
| Merched Parchus | Cai | Main role |
| 2020
| On the Edge | Lauren | Episode: "BBW" |
| 2020
| Doctors | Episode: "Wanted" |
| 2020
| Jas Salford | Main role |
| 2020
| The Dumping Ground Survival Files | Charlie Morris | Main role |
| 2021–2022
| Series regular |
Stage
Video games
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role |
|---|
| 2021
| Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins{{Cite web |title=The Lonely Assassins, the new mobile game, is out now |url=https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=the-lonely-assassins-new-mobile-game-weeping-angels |access-date=2021-03-19 |website=Doctor Who |language=en-gb}} | Ayesha |
| 2024
|Eupha |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Ceremony ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| 2019
| Performer | The Dumping Ground | {{won}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|4352872}}
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Category:Black British actresses
Category:Welsh child actresses
Category:Welsh stage actresses
Category:Welsh soap opera actresses
Category:Welsh television actresses
Category:Welsh video game actresses
Category:Actresses from Cardiff