Emma Mackey
{{Short description|British-French actress (born c. 1996)}}
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{{Use British English|date=March 2023}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Emma Mackey
| image = Emma Mackey MTV UK, January 2019.jpg
| caption = Mackey in 2019
| birth_name = Emma Margaret Marie Tachard-Mackey
| birth_date = {{circa|{{Birth year and age|1996}}}}
| birth_place = Le Mans, Sarthe, France
| citizenship = {{hlist|United Kingdom|France}}
| education = University of Leeds (BA)
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2019–present
}}
Emma Margaret Marie Tachard-Mackey (born {{circa|1996}}) is a British and French actress. Her breakthrough performance in the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education (2019–2023) earned her a British Academy Television Award nomination.{{Cite web |url=https://decider.com/2019/01/11/emma-mackey-netflix-sex-education/ |title=Emma Mackey is the Undisputed Breakout Star of Netflix's 'Sex Education' |website=Decider |date=11 January 2019|access-date=17 January 2023|archive-date=12 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112034000/https://decider.com/2019/01/11/emma-mackey-netflix-sex-education/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bafta.org/television/awards/tv-2021 |title=BAFTA TV 2021: The Winners and Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards |date=28 April 2021 |publisher=BAFTA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429151932/https://www.bafta.org/television/awards/tv-2021|archive-date=29 April 2021|access-date=28 April 2021|url-status=live}} Mackey has since starred in the mystery film Death on the Nile (2022) and portrayed Emily Brontë in the drama film Emily (2022). She won the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2023.{{Cite web |title=Sex Education's Emma Mackey wins BAFTA Rising Star Award |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/emma-mackey-bafta-rising-rising-star-award-newsupdate/ |access-date=21 February 2023 |website=Radio Times |language=en |archive-date=21 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221164223/https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/emma-mackey-bafta-rising-rising-star-award-newsupdate/ |url-status=live}}
Early life and education
Tachard-Mackey{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFsFZdpb6GY |title=The Cast Of "Sex Education" Takes The BFF Test |date=5 February 2020|access-date=10 February 2020 |website=BuzzFeed |via=YouTube |time=1:18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320205401/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFsFZdpb6GY&feature=youtu.be|archive-date=20 March 2020|url-status=live}} was born {{circa|1996}}{{cite web |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/emma-mackey-emily-interview |title=Emma Mackey On Channelling The Spirit Of Emily Brontë For Frances O'Connor's Not-Quite-Biopic |magazine=British Vogue |date=9 October 2022 |access-date=11 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011073158/https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/emma-mackey-emily-interview|archive-date=11 October 2022|url-status=live |quote=...the 26-year-old declares with...}}{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/emma-mackey-sex-education-season-2-interview-maeve-margot-robbie-netflix-a9288721.html |title=Emma Mackey: 'I'd rather be remembered as a feminist than an a***hole' |website=The Independent |first=Ellie |last=Harrison |date=29 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822231019/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/emma-mackey-sex-education-season-2-interview-maeve-margot-robbie-netflix-a9288721.html|archive-date=22 August 2021|url-status=live|url-access=registration}} in Le Mans, the daughter of a French father and an English mother.{{cite web |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/8xy3bv/emma-mackey-sex-education-netflix-interview-season-two |title=Talking about sex with Emma Mackey |last=Whitehouse |first=Matthew |date=20 March 2019 |work=i-D|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418170226/https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/8xy3bv/emma-mackey-sex-education-netflix-interview-season-two|archive-date=18 April 2021|access-date=28 February 2020|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/on-demand/0/sex-educations-emma-mackey-interview-lucky-show-isnt-ridiculously/ |title=Sex Education's Emma Mackey, interview: 'We're lucky our show isn't about ridiculously passionate intercourse' |last=Halls |first=Eleanor |date=20 January 2020 |work=The Daily Telegraph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121055408/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/on-demand/0/sex-educations-emma-mackey-interview-lucky-show-isnt-ridiculously/|archive-date=21 January 2020|access-date=28 January 2020 |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235|url-access=registration|url-status=live}} Her father is a school headmaster. She grew up in Sablé-sur-Sarthe, and received her {{lang|fr|baccalauréat}} in 2013 with High Honours in l'académie de Nantes, a French school district,{{cite web |url=https://www.marieclaire.fr/emma-mackey,1336901.asp |title=Emma Mackey, well-educated new star |last=Riou |first=Thilda |language=fr |work=Marie Claire |date=16 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411081628/https://www.marieclaire.fr/emma-mackey,1336901.asp|archive-date=11 April 2021|access-date=21 August 2020|url-status=live}} subsequently moving to England to study English language and literature at the University of Leeds. She graduated in 2016.{{Cite web |date=13 January 2019 |title=Say hello to Emma Mackey, Leeds graduate and Maeve Wiley in Netflix's 'Sex Education' |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2019/01/13/emma-mackey-netflix-sex-education-89532|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502223647/https://thetab.com/uk/2019/01/13/emma-mackey-netflix-sex-education-89532|archive-date=2 May 2019|access-date=4 July 2020 |website=The Tab |language=en-GB|url-status=live}}
Mackey lives in London as a dual French-British citizen.{{cite web |url=https://www.ici-londres.com/lifestyle/1327~emma-mackey-une-franco-britannique-nouvelle-star-de-netflix |title=Emma Mackey une franco-britannique nouvelle star de Netflix |last=Alezine |first=Nadège |date=7 January 2019 |website=Ici Londres |language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090915/https://www.ici-londres.com/lifestyle/1327~emma-mackey-une-franco-britannique-nouvelle-star-de-netflix|archive-date=27 March 2019|access-date=28 January 2019|url-status=live}}
Career
File:Emma Mackey at the 2022 TIFF Premiere of Emily (52353972512) (cropped).jpg during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival]]
Mackey was cast in her first professional role with the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education{{Cite news |url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/television/review-sex-education-teases-but-also-tells-a-good-story/article_bcf28e3d-13aa-5a8d-99cd-6dd9d69f6325.html |title=REVIEW: 'Sex Education' teases but also tells a good story |newspaper=Sioux City Journal |date=13 January 2019 |first=Bruce |last=Miller|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090747/https://siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/television/review-sex-education-teases-but-also-tells-a-good-story/article_bcf28e3d-13aa-5a8d-99cd-6dd9d69f6325.html|archive-date=27 March 2019|access-date=6 April 2020|url-status=live|url-access=registration}}{{cite web |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/01/221494/netflix-sex-education-episode-5-full-frontal-nudity-vagina-shaming-maeve |title=Sex Education's Maeve Herself On That Vagina Shaming Episode |last=Romero |first=Ariana |date=11 January 2019 |website=Refinery29|access-date=13 January 2019|archive-date=4 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004021859/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/01/221494/netflix-sex-education-episode-5-full-frontal-nudity-vagina-shaming-maeve|url-status=live}} as Maeve Wiley, an intelligent, quick-witted, business-savvy "bad girl" who persuades fellow student Otis Milburn (Asa Butterfield) to start an underground sex therapy business at their school.{{cite web |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/sex-education-netflix-cast |title=Meet the Cast of "Sex Education," Netflix's Hilarious New Dramedy All About, Well, Sex |last=Bergado |first=Gabe |date=4 January 2019 |website=Teen Vogue|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091043/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/sex-education-netflix-cast|archive-date=27 March 2019|access-date=13 January 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/sex-education-review-netflix-gillian-anderson/ |title=Sex Education Is the Most Honest Coming-of-Age TV Show We've Seen in Forever |last=Vick |first=Megan |date=12 January 2019 |website=TV Guide|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114100553/https://www.tvguide.com/news/sex-education-review-netflix-gillian-anderson/|archive-date=14 January 2019|access-date=13 January 2019|url-status=live}} She stated that "For me, this is my first piece of work ... It was—and still is—a really happy time."{{Cite web |date=21 January 2020 |title=How 'Sex Education' Changed Emma Mackey's Life |url=https://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/mind-body/wellbeing/how-sex-education-changed-emma-mackeys-life/news-story/2c3934012f1b71f51646d9b41a20a1d6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606064103/https://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/mind-body/wellbeing/how-sex-education-changed-emma-mackeys-life/news-story/2c3934012f1b71f51646d9b41a20a1d6|archive-date=6 June 2021|access-date=31 May 2021 |website=bodyandsoulau|url-status=live}} Mackey's work on the series has earned her acclaim.{{cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/sex-education-review-netflix-pops-2019-s-cherry-with-its-best-show-in-months/story-TmGKfmBEaQgOT7z3ZFLqxI.html |title=Sex Education review: Netflix pops 2019's cherry with its best show in months |last=Naahar |first=Rohan |date=14 January 2019 |website=Hindustan Times |publisher=HT Media|access-date=14 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122202033/https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/sex-education-review-netflix-pops-2019-s-cherry-with-its-best-show-in-months/story-TmGKfmBEaQgOT7z3ZFLqxI.html|archive-date=22 January 2021|url-status=live}} The Hindustan Times wrote, "Emma Mackey, as Maeve, is a revelation; perhaps the best performance by a young British actress I've seen since I discovered Florence Pugh. She's alluring yet distant, pragmatic yet emotional, whip-smart yet foolishly in love." For the role, she received a British Academy Television Award nomination in 2021, and won a National Comedy Award in 2022.{{Cite web |title=Winners unveiled at National Comedy Awards for Stand Up To Cancer {{!}} Channel 4|url=https://www.channel4.com/press/news/winners-unveiled-national-comedy-awards-stand-cancer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306132235/https://www.channel4.com/press/news/winners-unveiled-national-comedy-awards-stand-cancer|archive-date=6 March 2022|access-date=17 April 2022|website=www.channel4.com|url-status=live}}
In 2021, Mackey appeared in the independent romantic drama film Eiffel,{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Curtis |title=Emma Mackey makes her French feature debut in Eiffel |url=https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/news/emma-mackey-makes-her-french-feature-debut-in-eiffel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211224724/https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/news/emma-mackey-makes-her-french-feature-debut-in-eiffel|archive-date=11 December 2022|access-date=17 April 2022 |website=www.curtisbrown.co.uk|url-status=live}} which premiered at the Alliance Française French Film Festival and has earned numerous international theatrical releases;{{Cite web |last=Goodfellow |first=Melanie |title=Vertigo Releasing acquires 'Eiffel' with Emma Mackey, Romain Duris for UK-Ireland (exclusive) |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/vertigo-releasing-acquires-eiffel-with-emma-mackey-romain-duris-for-uk-ireland-exclusive/5169495.article|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412201126/https://www.screendaily.com/news/vertigo-releasing-acquires-eiffel-with-emma-mackey-romain-duris-for-uk-ireland-exclusive/5169495.article|archive-date=12 April 2022|access-date=17 April 2022 |website=Screen|url-status=live}} it has grossed over $13 million worldwide.{{Cite web |title=Eiffel |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt10366514/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417040444/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt10366514/|archive-date=17 April 2022|access-date=17 April 2022 |website=Box Office Mojo|url-status=live}} Review site DoItInParis stated that Mackey "radiates mischief in the boots of a rebellious and entire provincial bourgeoisie, a bit capricious but madly endearing."{{Cite web |title=Eiffel: the love story arrives at the cinema |url=https://www.doitinparis.com/en/eiffel-film-25881|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120171218/https://www.doitinparis.com/en/eiffel-film-25881|archive-date=20 January 2022|access-date=17 April 2022 |website=www.doitinparis.com|url-status=live}} The following year, she starred in the mystery thriller film Death on the Nile,{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=1 October 2019 |title=Fox & Kenneth Branagh's All-Star Agatha Christie Movie 'Death On The Nile' Begins Production In UK |url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/death-nile-movie-agatha-christie-begins-production-uk-1202749028/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001143708/https://deadline.com/2019/10/death-nile-movie-agatha-christie-begins-production-uk-1202749028/|archive-date=1 October 2019|access-date=31 May 2021 |work=Deadline Hollywood|url-status=live}} a sequel to 2017's Murder on the Orient Express, in the supporting role of Jacqueline de Bellefort.{{Cite magazine |title='Murder on the Orient Express' Star Kenneth Branagh Wants to Make More Poirot Movies |url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/05/04/murder-on-the-orient-express-kenneth-branagh/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718101635/https://ew.com/movies/2017/05/04/murder-on-the-orient-express-kenneth-branagh/|archive-date=18 July 2017|access-date=31 May 2021 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=20 November 2017 |title='Murder on the Orient Express' Sequel in the Works (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/murder-orient-express-sequel-works-1060513/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520033817/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/murder-orient-express-sequel-works-1060513/|archive-date=20 May 2021|access-date=31 May 2021 |website=The Hollywood Reporter|url-status=live}} Mackey had her first lead film role as the novelist Emily Brontë in the partly fictional 2022 film Emily,{{cite magazine |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=21 May 2020 |title='Wuthering Heights' Author Emily Bronte Biopic in the Works, Emma Mackey to Star |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/emma-mackey-star-emily-wuthering-heights-biopic-1295498 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528140000/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/emma-mackey-star-emily-wuthering-heights-biopic-1295498|archive-date=28 May 2020|access-date=26 July 2020|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=28 April 2021 |title=First Look at 'Sex Education' Star Emma Mackey in Emily Bronte Biopic 'Emily' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/first-look-at-sex-education-star-emma-mackey-in-emily-bronte-biopic-emily-4174912/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529134706/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/first-look-at-sex-education-star-emma-mackey-in-emily-bronte-biopic-emily-4174912/|archive-date=29 May 2021|access-date=31 May 2021 |website=The Hollywood Reporter|url-status=live}} focusing on Brontë's early life.{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=21 May 2020 |title=Hot Cannes Package: Emma Mackey To Lead Cast As 'Wuthering Heights' Author Emily Brontë In Fresh-Faced Biopic From 'Harry Potter' Producer & Embankment |url=https://deadline.com/2020/05/emma-mackey-star-emily-bronte-biopic-harry-potter-cannes-1202940561/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524163835/https://deadline.com/2020/05/emma-mackey-star-emily-bronte-biopic-harry-potter-cannes-1202940561/|archive-date=24 May 2020|access-date=31 May 2021 |website=Deadline Hollywood|url-status=live}} The following year, she appeared in the fantasy comedy film Barbie.{{cite web |url=https://graziamagazine.com/articles/emma-mackey-joins-margot-robbie-barbie-film// |title=Emma Mackey Joins Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling In New Barbie Film |date=22 March 2022 |first=Rebekah |last=Clark |website=Grazia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402024218/https://graziamagazine.com/articles/emma-mackey-joins-margot-robbie-barbie-film//|archive-date=2 April 2022|access-date=26 March 2022|url-status=live}}
Filmography
= Film =
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= Television =
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| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Notes |
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| 2016
| Badger Lane | Michelle | TV short film |
| 2019–2023
| Maeve Wiley | Main role; 32 episodes |
Awards and nominations
References
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Category:Alumni of the University of Leeds
Category:BAFTA Rising Star Award winners
Category:British film actresses
Category:British people of French descent
Category:British television actresses
Category:French film actresses
Category:French people of English descent
Category:French television actresses
Category:People from Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Category:21st-century British actresses