Emma Booth (actress)

Emma Booth
Booth at the AACTA award 2012, January 31
Born	Emma Booth c. 1982 (age 30–31) Denmark, Western Australia

Emma Booth (born c. 1982) is an Australian model and actress. From Perth in Western Australia, the former teen model and TV star played a significant role in the 2007 film Introducing the Dwights, opposite Brenda Blethyn.^[1]

[edit] TV and movies career

Frequently referred to as the "next big thing" from Australia, after Clubland (North American title of Introducing the Dwights) was screened at the Sundance Film Festival, many talent agencies solicited her for roles in upcoming films.^[2][3]

As a result, in 2008 she appeared in the horror film Blood Creek, directed by Joel Schumacher. She also worked on 'yet to be released', Hippie Hippie Shake with Cillian Murphy and Sienna Miller, an account of the Schoolkids OZ obscenity trials in the United Kingdom.^{[citation needed]}

Currently^[when?], she is working on the film The Wrong Girl, an Australian true-life drama about a teen who had been raped by a notorious Sydney gang and her four-year struggle for justice, written by award-winning screenwriter Nicholas Hammond and directed by Michael Jenkins.^[4]

[edit] Modeling career

At the age of 15 she signed with Chic Model Management and appeared on runways in Japan, New York, Milan and Paris.^[5] After making the cover of a local teen magazine, she later held the title of Western Australia's Model of the Year and Face of Fashion Week (Sydney and Melbourne).^[6]

[edit] Filmography

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Emma Booth at the Internet Movie Database

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