Emily Perkins

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| name = Emily Perkins

| image = Emily Perkins at Supernatural Vancouver Con 2013.jpg

| caption = Perkins at a Supernatural convention in Vancouver in 2013

| birth_name = Emily Jean Perkins

| occupation = Actress, school teacher{{cite tweet|number=1299477991441874944|user=emily_perkins_|title=@jasone_history @glenhansman @tracysherlock I'm a TOC and a mom, and I find your perspective is actually really hel… |date=28 August 2020}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1977|5|4}}

| birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

| death_date =

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| other_names =

| years_active = 1989–2019

| spouse =

}}

Emily Jean Perkins (born May 4, 1977){{cite web |url=http://www.northernstars.ca/actorspqr/perkins_emily.html |title=Emily Perkins Biography |publisher=NorthernStars.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217200719/http://northernstars.ca/actorspqr/perkins_emily.html |archive-date=2010-12-17}} is a Canadian actress, known for her roles as Crystal Braywood in the TV series Hiccups, young Beverly Marsh in Stephen King's It, and Brigitte Fitzgerald in Ginger Snaps. Since the late 1980s, she has appeared in various films and television series.

Early life

Perkins was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her father is Sicilian and her mother is of Scottish and English ancestry.

Career

As a child actress, she appeared in three made-for-television films: Small Sacrifices, Anything to Survive, and Stephen King's It.

In 1998, Perkins took a supporting role in the Canadian TV crime-drama series Da Vinci's Inquest as Carmen in the episode "The Most Dangerous Time". She returned to the series in 2001 to take a recurring, supporting role as the prostitute Sue Lewis for a further 34 episodes, a role which earned her a Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance in 2003.{{cite web |url=http://www.leoawards.com/2012/2003_winners.html |title=Leo Awards, 2003 Winners |publisher=Leoawards.com |access-date=May 4, 2014 |archive-date=December 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213060943/http://www.leoawards.com/2012/2003_winners.html |url-status=dead }}

In 2000, Perkins starred in the film Ginger Snaps as Brigitte Fitzgerald opposite of Katharine Isabelle as Ginger Fitzgerald. In 2004, she starred in two back-to-back films, a sequel titled Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed, and a prequel titled Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning. Her role in Ginger Snaps gained her Best Actress award at the Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema in 2001.[http://externos.uma.es/cultura/fantastico/premios/premios2001.html (In Spanish)] Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed is Perkins' largest role in a film. In 2004 the horror magazine Fangoria awarded Perkins their Chainsaw Award for her work in GS2: Unleashed.{{cite web|url=http://www.iconsoffright.com/FANGONY02.htm |title=Fangoria Weekend Of Horrors Sept 24-25th, 2005 NJ/NY |publisher=Iconsoffright.com |access-date=May 4, 2014}}

Perkins had supporting roles in She's the Man, Another Cinderella Story (where she reunited with Isabelle), and a small role as a receptionist in Juno. She stars in the thriller Blood: A Butcher's Tale.{{cite web|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18065|title=AFM '09: 'Blood: A Butcher's Tale' Trailer, Promo Art|date=11 November 2009 }}

In 2009 and 2011, she appeared as "superfan" Becky Rosen in the CW TV series Supernatural.{{cite web|url=http://supernaturalsisters.blogspot.ca/2012/01/author-interviews-emily-perkins.html|title=Supernural Sisters: Author Interviews Emily Perkins, Supernatural's Becky|access-date=August 19, 2012}} She reprised her role in 2019 for the 15th and final season of the show.

Starting in March 2010, Perkins played the regular role of Crystal Braywood in the Canadian TV comedy series Hiccups.{{cite web|url=http://www.hiccups.tv/cast_emily.php |title=Hiccups Cast and Characters - Emily Perkins as Crystal Braywood |publisher=Hiccups.tv |access-date=May 4, 2014}} After two seasons the show was cancelled.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/hiccups-dance-canada-cancelled-1.1035398|title=Hiccups, Dance Canada cancelled|publisher=CBC News|date=September 14, 2011|access-date=October 20, 2017}}

Personal life

She was formerly married to Belgian Canadian academic Ernest Mathijs, who has written about cult films, including her roles in the Ginger Snaps series.{{cite news|url=http://blogs.theprovince.com/2012/01/04/ubc-prof-wrote-the-book-on-cult-films-the-arguments-start-here/|title=UBC Prof Wrote the Book on Cult Films, the Arguments Start Here|last=Shaefer|first=Glen|work=The Province|date=2012-01-04|access-date=2014-06-25|archive-date=2014-09-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902132500/http://blogs.theprovince.com/2012/01/04/ubc-prof-wrote-the-book-on-cult-films-the-arguments-start-here/|url-status=dead}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1989 \|Small Sacrifices \|Karen Downs \|
1989 \|Little Golden Book Land \|Katy Caboose (voice) \|
1990 \|Anything to Survive \|Krista \|
1993 \|Miracle on I-880 \|Desiree Helm \|
1993 \|Woman on the Ledge \|Abby \|
1994 \|Moment of Truth: Broken Pledges \|Suzanne Stevens \|
1996 \|In Cold Blood \|Kathy Ewalt \|
1996 \|Past Perfect \|Karen "shy girl" Daniels \|
2000 \|Ginger Snaps \|Brigitte Fitzgerald \|
2000 \|Christy: Return to Cutter Gap \|Zady Spencer \|
2001 \|Christy: A Change of Seasons \|Zady Spencer \|
2001 \|Christy: A New Beginning \|Zady Spencer \|
2001 \|Prozac Nation \|Ellen \|
2002 \|Insomnia \|Girl reading a speech in the funeral \|
2004 \|Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed \|Brigitte Fitzgerald \|
2004 \|Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning \|Brigitte Fitzgerald \|
2006 \|She's the Man \|Eunice Bates \|
2007 \|Juno \|Punk Receptionist \|
2008 \|Another Cinderella Story \|Brittany "Britt" Blatt \|
2010 \|Blood: A Butcher's Tale \|Goth Chick \|
2010 \|Repeaters \|Jumper \|
2014 \|Extraterrestrial \| Nancy \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1989

|Small Sacrifices

|Karen Downs

1989

|Little Golden Book Land

|Katy Caboose (voice)

1990

|Anything to Survive

|Krista

1993

|Miracle on I-880

|Desiree Helm

1993

|Woman on the Ledge

|Abby

1994

|Moment of Truth: Broken Pledges

|Suzanne Stevens

1996

|In Cold Blood

|Kathy Ewalt

1996

|Past Perfect

|Karen "shy girl" Daniels

2000

|Ginger Snaps

|Brigitte Fitzgerald

2000

|Christy: Return to Cutter Gap

|Zady Spencer

2001

|Christy: A Change of Seasons

|Zady Spencer

2001

|Christy: A New Beginning

|Zady Spencer

2001

|Prozac Nation

|Ellen

2002

|Insomnia

|Girl reading a speech in the funeral

2004

|Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed

|Brigitte Fitzgerald

2004

|Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning

|Brigitte Fitzgerald

2006

|She's the Man

|Eunice Bates

2007

|Juno

|Punk Receptionist

2008

|Another Cinderella Story

|Brittany "Britt" Blatt

2010

|Blood: A Butcher's Tale

|Goth Chick

2010

|Repeaters

|Jumper

2014

|Extraterrestrial

| Nancy

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1989 \|Danger Bay \|Shannon Darcus \|Episode "Up The Coast"
1990 \|It \|Young Beverly Marsh \|Miniseries
1990 \|Mom P.I. \|Marie Sullivan \|Season 1 regular
1993 \|data-sort-value="Odyssey, The" \| The Odyssey \|Tower Council Member \|Episode "Welcome to the Tower"
1998 \|data-sort-value="X-Files, The" \| The X-Files \|Dara Kernof/Paula Koklos/Roberta Dyer \|Episode "All Souls"
1998 \|Da Vinci's Inquest \|Carmen \|Episode "The Most Dangerous Time"
2001–2005 \|Da Vinci's Inquest \|Sue Lewis \|Season 4-7 Regular
2002 \|data-sort-value="Twilight Zone, The" \| The Twilight Zone \|Dina \|Episode "Night Route"
2002 \|Mentors \|Mary Shelley \|Episode "Transition"
2004 \|Dead Like Me \|Josie Feldman \|Episode "Haunted"
2007 \|Aliens in America \|Brenda \|Episode "Church"
2009–2011, 2019 \|Supernatural \|Becky Rosen \|Episodes "Sympathy for the Devil", "The Real Ghostbusters", "Season 7, Time for a Wedding!", "Atomic Monsters"
2010 \|Hiccups \|Crystal Braywood \|Series Regular
2014 \|When Calls the Heart \|Marty Crocker \|Episodes "Cease and Desist", "Lost and Found"

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1989

|Danger Bay

|Shannon Darcus

|Episode "Up The Coast"

1990

|It

|Young Beverly Marsh

|Miniseries

1990

|Mom P.I.

|Marie Sullivan

|Season 1 regular

1993

|data-sort-value="Odyssey, The" | The Odyssey

|Tower Council Member

|Episode "Welcome to the Tower"

1998

|data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | The X-Files

|Dara Kernof/Paula Koklos/Roberta Dyer

|Episode "All Souls"

1998

|Da Vinci's Inquest

|Carmen

|Episode "The Most Dangerous Time"

2001–2005

|Da Vinci's Inquest

|Sue Lewis

|Season 4-7 Regular

2002

|data-sort-value="Twilight Zone, The" | The Twilight Zone

|Dina

|Episode "Night Route"

2002

|Mentors

|Mary Shelley

|Episode "Transition"

2004

|Dead Like Me

|Josie Feldman

|Episode "Haunted"

2007

|Aliens in America

|Brenda

|Episode "Church"

2009–2011, 2019

|Supernatural

|Becky Rosen

|Episodes "Sympathy for the Devil", "The Real Ghostbusters", "Season 7, Time for a Wedding!", "Atomic Monsters"

2010

|Hiccups

|Crystal Braywood

|Series Regular

2014

|When Calls the Heart

|Marty Crocker

|Episodes "Cease and Desist", "Lost and Found"

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable sortable"
scope="col"\| Year ! scope="col"\| Title ! scope="col"\| Awards ! scope="col"\| Category ! scope="col"\| Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"\| {{Abbr\|Ref(s)\|Reference(s)}}
1990 \| Small Sacrifices \| YTV Achievement Award \| Best young actress \| {{Won}} \|
2001 \| rowspan="2"\| Ginger Snaps \| Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema \| Best Actress \| {{Won}} \|{{cite web \|url=http://www.fantastico.uma.es/premios/premios2001.html \|title=Semana Internacional de Cine Fantàstico de Málaga \|access-date=2006-12-11 \|language = es \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109081741/http://www.fantastico.uma.es/premios/premios2001.html \|archive-date=2007-01-09}}
2002 \| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards \| Best Actress \| {{Nom}} \| {{cite magazine \|last=Gingold\|first=Michael\|author-link=Michael Gingold \|title=The 11th Annual Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Winners! \|journal=Fangoria \|date=July 2002 \|issue=214 \|page=11 \|url=https://archive.org/details/Fangoria_214_2002_halloween_resurrection_c2c_hqs_badcover \|access-date=June 9, 2020 \|via=Internet Archive}}
2003 \| Da Vinci's Inquest \| Leo Awards \| Best supporting actress in a drama series \| {{Won}} \| {{Cite web \|url=http://www.leoawards.com/2012/2003_winners.html \|title=2003 Winners \|access-date=2012-03-14 \|archive-date=2013-12-13 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213060943/http://www.leoawards.com/2012/2003_winners.html \|url-status=dead }}
rowspan="2"\|2005 \| rowspan="2"\|Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed \| rowspan="2"\|Fangoria Chainsaw Awards \| Best Actress \| {{Won}} \| rowspan="2"\|[http://www.iconsoffright.com/FANGONY02.htm Fangoria’s Weekend Of Horrors — Sat. Sept. 24th, 2005]
Fangoria Horror Hall of Fame \| {{won\|place=1\|Inducted}}

class="wikitable sortable"

scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Title

! scope="col"| Awards

! scope="col"| Category

! scope="col"| Result

! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}

1990

| Small Sacrifices

| YTV Achievement Award

| Best young actress

| {{Won}}

2001

| rowspan="2"| Ginger Snaps

| Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema

| Best Actress

| {{Won}}

|{{cite web |url=http://www.fantastico.uma.es/premios/premios2001.html |title=Semana Internacional de Cine Fantàstico de Málaga |access-date=2006-12-11 |language = es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109081741/http://www.fantastico.uma.es/premios/premios2001.html |archive-date=2007-01-09}}

2002

| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

| Best Actress

| {{Nom}}

| {{cite magazine |last=Gingold|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Gingold |title=The 11th Annual Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Winners! |journal=Fangoria |date=July 2002 |issue=214 |page=11 |url=https://archive.org/details/Fangoria_214_2002_halloween_resurrection_c2c_hqs_badcover |access-date=June 9, 2020 |via=Internet Archive}}

2003

| Da Vinci's Inquest

| Leo Awards

| Best supporting actress in a drama series

| {{Won}}

| {{Cite web |url=http://www.leoawards.com/2012/2003_winners.html |title=2003 Winners |access-date=2012-03-14 |archive-date=2013-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213060943/http://www.leoawards.com/2012/2003_winners.html |url-status=dead }}

rowspan="2"|2005

| rowspan="2"|Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed

| rowspan="2"|Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

| Best Actress

| {{Won}}

| rowspan="2"|[http://www.iconsoffright.com/FANGONY02.htm Fangoria’s Weekend Of Horrors — Sat. Sept. 24th, 2005]

Fangoria Horror Hall of Fame

| {{won|place=1|Inducted}}