Emma Bolger
{{Short description|Irish actress (born 1996)}}
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| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland
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Emma Bolger (born 5 January 1995{{cn|date=August 2023}} in Dublin) is an Irish actress{{cite AV media | people=John Murray |date=2 March 2011 |title=Saoirse Ronan and Emma Bolger in studio talking to John about the Oscars! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDX6Xn1fOCk |access-date=10 April 2018 |via=YouTube |work=RTÉ Radio 1}} who first gained notability as a child actress in the role of Ariel in the Jim Sheridan film In America.
Career
At the age of seven, in 2002, Bolger became known for her role in Jim Sheridan's autobiographical movie In America, in which she starred with her older sister Sarah.{{Cite web|title=Daily Audio: Sarah & Emma Bolger on In America|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/extras/features/2826-daily-audio-sarah-emma-bolger-on-in-america|website=comingsoon.net|date=26 December 2003 |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031126/REVIEWS/301/1023 |title=In America Movie Review |last=Ebert |first=Roger |work=Chicago Sun-Times |publisher=Sun-Times Media Group |date=26 November 2003 |accessdate=10 April 2018 |author-link=Roger Ebert |archive-date=22 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922063529/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031126/REVIEWS/301/1023 |url-status=dead }} Emma, having already won a part in the film, urged the director, Jim Sheridan, to take a look at her sister.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/method-to-her-gladness-35883093.html|title=Method to her gladness|date=3 July 2017 }} She played Ariel, daughter of poor Irish immigrants who land in New York City in the 1980s.
For her role in the film Emma was awarded a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actress Age Ten or Younger.{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms25.htm |title=25th Annual Young Artist Awards|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110802044855/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms25.htm |url-status=dead |archivedate=2011-08-02 }} and won Iowa Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress.{{cite web|url=http://archive.moviecitynews.com/2004/01/iowa-film-critics-awards-2003/|title=Iowa Film Critics}} She also received nominations for Chicago Film Critics Awards for Most Promising Performer,{{cite web|url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/awards.php?award_id=cfca&year=2003|title=Chicago Film Critics Awards 2003}} Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards for Best Young Actor/Actress,{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/broadcast-critics-nominations-favour-mystic-river/4016566.article|title=Broadcast Critics nominations favour Mystic River|work=Screen Daily}} Gold Derby Film Awards for Breakthrough Performance,{{cite web|url=https://www.goldderby.com/2003-goldderby-film-awards/|title=2003 GOLDDERBY FILM AWARDS|date=7 March 2016 }}Satellite Awards for Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama,
{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/awards/satellites-pix-picked-1117897313/|title=Satellites pix picked|date=18 December 2003 }} and others. She was also nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, with Laura Weinert writing that "Emma Bolger brings a startling freshness and lack of self-consciousness. We are continually surprised by the truth in her performance-she is never cloying, never too cute for the film's own good".{{cite web|url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/sag-actor-awards-voter-guide-45248/|title=2004 SAG Actor Awards: Voter Guide|author=JEAN SCHIFFMAN|work=backstage}}
She later starred as title character in the 2005 film Heidi, based on classic children's story,{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/emma-on-loves-horned-dilemma-26211658.html|title=Emma on love's horned dilemma|date=13 August 2005 }} alongside Max Von Sydow as Grandfather and Diana Rigg as Grandmamma.{{Cite news|title=Swiss literary heroine Heidi set for new film trilogy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/aug/14/swiss-literary-heroine-heidi-set-for-new-film-trilogy|website=The Guardian|date=14 August 2015 |language=en |last1=Child |first1=Ben }}{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/movies/heidi-2|title=Heidi}} Bolger played Heidi, young orphan rejected by a cruel aunt and sent from the city to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps.{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/heidi-hi-llanelli-swiss-heroine-2416949|title=Heidi, hi Llanelli! Swiss heroine stars in Wales|date=27 November 2004 }} Bolger went for an audition in London and few days later learned that she got part in the film. During the shooting of the film she was accompanied by her mother, Muriel, and a Welsh tutor.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/emma-shines-as-new-heidi-despite-her-unruly-co-stars-25971590.html|title=Emma shines as new Heidi - despite her unruly co-stars|date=18 August 2005 }} Andrea Beach in the review for Common Sense Media wrote that "Emma Bolger as Heidi is engaging and her performance is fine for someone so young". Stella Papamichael in her review for BBC called her performance "spirited".{{Cite web|title=Heidi (2005)|author=Stella Papamichael|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/08/12/heidi_2005_review.shtml|website=BBC|language=en}}
She also had role in Colin Farrell crime comedy Intermission.
While her sister and co-star Sarah continued a successful acting career, Bolger gave up acting in favour of academic pursuits.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/17-year-old-chronicles-star-sarah-wows-her-peers-as-a-normal-but-super-friend-1.901067|title=17-year-old 'Chronicles' star Sarah wows her peers as a normal but super friend|newspaper=The Irish Times }}
Filmography
- 2002: In America
- 2003: Intermission
- 2004: Proof (TV, 4 Episodes)
- 2005: Heidi
- 2006: The Snow Prince
Awards
=Won=
- Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actress Age Ten or Younger
=Nominated=
- Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
- Chicago Film Critics Awards - Most Promising Performer
- 9th Critics' Choice Awards - Best Child Performance
- BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Performer
- Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role – Female
- 8th Golden Satellite Awards - Best Supporting Actress - Drama
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture along with Sarah Bolger, Paddy Considine, Djimon Hounsou & Samantha Morton
References
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Category:21st-century Irish actresses
Category:Actresses from Dublin (city)