Emma Appleton
{{Short description|English actress and model}}
{{for|the Australian landscape architect and urban designer|Emma Appleton (landscape architect)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{EngvarB|date= December 2019}}
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| birth_name = Emma Jill Appleton
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|12|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Witney, Oxfordshire, England
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model}}
| years_active = 2015–present
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Emma Jill Appleton (born 11 December 1991) is an English actress and model. She starred in the Channel 4 spy thriller Traitors (2019) and the BBC adaptation of Everything I Know About Love (2022). Her films include LOLA (2022). She also appeared in the BBC Three thriller Clique (2017), the Netflix fantasy series The Witcher (2019), and the Hulu miniseries Pistol (2022).
Early life and education
Emma Jill Appleton was born and raised in Witney, Oxfordshire. She attended West Witney Primary School and then Wood Green School.{{Cite journal|url= https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18117977.emma-appleton-witney-set-star-new-netflix-show-witcher/|title=Emma Appleton from Witney set to be star of new Netflix show The Witcher|journal=Oxford Mail|first=Liam|last=Rice|date=22 December 2019}} She was a contemporary of Dan Tomlinson. Appleton was interested in drama from an early age and participated in it at school.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/who-is-emma-appleton-the-actor-playing-feef-in-traitors-is-no-stranger-to-the-camera-15956615|title=Who Is Emma Appleton? The Actor Playing Feef In 'Traitors' Is No Stranger To The Camera|website=Bustle|first=Sophie|last=McEvoy|date=17 February 2019}}
Career
Appleton began her career in modelling as a teenager,{{Cite journal|url=https://www.kaltblut-magazine.com/models-of-london-emma-appleton/|title=Models of London: Emma Appleton|journal=Kaltblut|first=Daniele|last=Pulega|date=2 June 2015}} appearing in gigs for Victoria Beckham, The Kooples, Margaret Howell and DAKS,{{Cite journal|url=https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/a39976466/emma-appleton-pistol-everything-i-know-about-love/|title=Emma Appleton Is The Actor You'll Be Seeing Everywhere This Summer|journal=Elle|first=Olivia|last=Blair|date=13 May 2022}} and advertising brands such as Fred Perry, Toni & Guy, Rimmel, and Converse.
Appleton went into acting in 2016 when she appeared as Pixie in the short film Dreamlands.{{Cite journal|url=https://1883magazine.com/emma-appleton/|title=Emma Appleton|journal=1883 Magazine|first=Kelsey|last=Barnes|accessdate=2 October 2022}} This was followed by her television debut with a recurring role as Fay Brookstone in the first series of the BBC Three thriller Clique.{{Cite web|url=https://schonmagazine.com/interview-emma-appleton/|title=Interview – Emma Appleton|publisher=Schön! Magazine|first=Sara|last=Darling|date=18 February 2019}} She also made guest appearances in the first series of the Channel 4 comedy-drama The End of the F***ing World{{Cite journal|url= https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/emma-appleton-everything-know-love-pistol-instagram/|title=Who is Emma Appleton? Meet Everything I Know About Love and Pistol star|journal=Radio Times|first=Molly|last=Moss|date=8 June 2022}} and an episode of the ITV detective drama Grantchester.
In 2018, she appeared in two episodes of the National Geographic anthology Genius, about Picasso, who was played by Antonio Banderas.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bcnfilmfest.com/en/zona-oberta/2018/genius-picasso-episode-1-tv-serie |title=Genius: Picasso - Episode 1 (TV Serie)
|date=2018|work= bcnfilmfest.com}}
In 2019, Appleton was cast in her first lead role as Feef Symonds in the Channel 4 spy thriller Traitors. Later that year, Appleton played Princess Renfri{{Cite web|url=https://sadgeezer.com/the-witcher-s01e01-review-the-ends-beginning/ |title=The Witcher S01E01 Review – The End's Beginning|date=December 27, 2019|work=sadgeezer.com}} in the first season of the Netflix fantasy series The Witcher.{{Cite web|url=https://nordic.ign.com/the-witcher/32356/feature/whos-who-in-netflixs-the-witcher-cast-from-renfri-to-stregobor|title=Who's Who in Netflix's The Witcher Cast, from Renfri to Stregobor|website=IGN|first=Terri|last=Schwartz|date=28 December 2019}} Appleton made her feature film debut in the 2021 romantic drama The Last Letter from Your Lover, also on Netflix. She guest starred as Mya Miller in two episodes of the Sky One science fiction series Intergalactic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/2079564/intergalactic-1x07-episode-7/cast |title= Intergalactic Episode 7 - Guest Cast|website=TV Maze|access-date=18 November 2021}}
In 2022, Appleton portrayed Nancy Spungen in the Hulu biographical miniseries Pistol{{Cite web|url= https://www.buzzfeed.com/hanifahrahman/sex-pistols-irl|title=Here's What The Characters Of "Pistol" Looked Like In Real Life |work= buzzfeed.com|date=June 1, 2022}} and starred alongside Bel Powley in the BBC adaptation of Dolly Alderton's Everything I Know About Love.{{Cite web|url=https://www.net-a-porter.com/en-gb/porter/article-8ef69c3c3342b296|title=Heart and Soul with Bel Powley and Emma Appleton|work=Net a Porter|date=6 June 2022}} The same year, Appleton had her first lead film role as Thomasina in LOLA along with Stefanie Martini.{{Cite web|url=https://seensome.com/feature/interview-with-lolas-emma-appleton-and-stefanie-martini/|title= Interview with LOLA's Emma Appleton and Stefanie Martini|work= seensome.com|date=August 25, 2022}}
Appleton has a starring role in the 2023 Paramount+ legal thriller The Killing Kind, opposite Colin Morgan.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/colin-morgan-emma-appleton-the-killing-kind-newsupdate/|title=Colin Morgan and Emma Appleton to lead new thriller The Killing Kind|journal=Radio Times|first=Morgan|last=Cormack|date=31 January 2023|accessdate=2 February 2023}}
Personal life
In 2022, Appleton spoke of her partner Alex, a personal trainer she met through modelling.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.elle.com.au/culture/celebrity/emma-appleton-partner-27165/|title=Emma Appleton Says Her Partner Is Her Real Life 'Birdy': What We Know About Her Love Life|journal=Elle|first=Jess|last=Pullar|date=8 June 2022|accessdate=22 July 2024}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2016
| Dreamlands | Pixie | Short film |
| 2017
| The Nun | Elena | Uncredited role |
| 2019
| The Drink | Zoe | Short film |
| 2021
| The Last Letter from Your Lover | Hannah | |
| 2022
| LOLA | Thomasina Hanbury |
| rowspan="2" | 2025
| Kotti | Katya | Short film |
| The Severed Sun
| TBA June 21, 2023}} |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="3" | 2017
| The End of the F***ing World | Kelly | 1 episode: #1.1 |
| Grantchester
| Sally | 1 episode: #3.6 |
| Clique
| Fay Brookstone | Recurring role; 6 episodes |
| 2018
| Genius | Germaine |
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| Traitors | Feef Symonds | Main role; 6 episodes |
| The Witcher
| Renfri |
| rowspan="2" | 2021
| Mya Miller |
| Pistol
| Mini-series; 2 episodes{{Cite magazine|title=See Danny Boyle's cast transform into the Sex Pistols for new FX series|url=https://ew.com/tv/sex-pistols-danny-boyle-cast-first-look/|access-date=2021-07-03|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|language=en}} |
| 2022
| Everything I Know About Love | Maggie |
| 2023
| Ingrid Lewis | Main role; 6 episodes |
| 2024
| Addie |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|8221626}}
- [https://www.instagram.com/emmajappleton/ Emma Appleton Instagram]
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Category:21st-century English actresses
Category:Actresses from Oxfordshire
Category:English female models
Category:English film actresses
Category:English television actresses
Category:People educated at Wood Green School