Emily Perkins
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 Emily Perkins, 2010 |
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| Born | Emily Jean Perkins May 4, 1977 [1] Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[1] |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1989–present |
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| http://www.emilyperkins.com/ | |
Emily Jean Perkins (born May 4, 1977)[1] is a Canadian actress, known best for her co-starring role as Brigitte Fitzgerald in the Ginger Snaps franchise and her role as Crystal Braywood in Hiccups. Since the late 1980s she has appeared in various films and television series.
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[edit] Life and career
Perkins was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] As a child actress she was in three made for television movies: Small Sacrifices (1989), opposite Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal, Anything to Survive (1990), and Stephen King's It (1990), with Jonathan Brandis and Seth Green.
In 1998, Perkins took a supporting role in the Canadian TV crime-drama series Da Vinci's Inquest as Carmen (series 1, episode 9). 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.[2]
Perkins is best known for her role as Brigitte in the Ginger Snaps Trilogy of werewolf films: Ginger Snaps (2000), Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed (2004), and Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004). Her role in Ginger Snaps gained her Best Actress award at the Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema in 2001.[3] 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.[4]
Perkins had supporting roles in She's the Man, Another Cinderella Story, and a small role as a receptionist in Juno. She stars in the thriller Blood: A Butcher's Tale.[5]
Since March 1, 2010, Perkins has played the regular role of Crystal Braywood in the Canadian TV comedy series Hiccups.[6]
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Films
- 2011 Repeaters
- 2010 Blood: A Butcher's Tale[7]
- 2007 Juno[8]
- 2008 Another Cinderella Story
- 2006 She's the Man
- 2004 Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning
- 2004 Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed
- 2001 Prozac Nation
- 2001 Christy: A New Beginning
- 2001 Christy: A Change of Seasons
- 2000 Christy: Return to Cutter Gap
- 2000 Ginger Snaps
- 1998 Past Perfect
- 1996 In Cold Blood
- 1994 Moment of Truth: Broken Pledges
- 1993 Woman On The Ledge
- 1993 Miracle On I-880
- 1990 It
- 1990 Anything to Survive
- 1989 Little Golden Book Land (voice of Katy Caboose)
- 1989 Small Sacrifices
[edit] Television
- 2011 Supernatural (Season 7, Episode 8, "Time for a Wedding!")
- 2010 Hiccups (Regular in Seasons 1 and 2)
- 2009 Supernatural (Season 5, Episode 1, "Sympathy for the Devil" ;Season 5, Episode 9, "The Real Ghostbusters")
- 2004 Dead Like Me (Season 2 Episode 15, "Haunted")
- 2004 Da Vinci's Inquest (Recurring, 2001-2005)
- 2003 Mentors (Season 4 Episode 5, "Transition")
- 2002 The Twilight Zone (Season 1 Episode 6, "Night Route")
- 1998 Da Vinci's Inquest (Season 1 Episode 9, "The Most Dangerous Time")
- 1998 The X-Files (Season 5 Episode 17,"All Souls")
- 1997 Aliens in America (Season 1 Episode 10, "Church")
- 1993 The Odyssey (Season 1, Episode 12, "Welcome To The Tower")
- 1990 Mom P.I. (Regular in Seasons 1 and 2)
- 1989 Danger Bay (Season 5, Episode 18, "Up the Coast")
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Emily Perkins Biography from NorthernStars.ca
- ^ http://www.leoawards.com/2003_winners.html
- ^ http://externos.uma.es/cultura/fantastico/premios/premios2001.html (In Spanish)
- ^ http://www.iconsoffright.com/FANGONY02.htm
- ^ "AFM '09: 'Blood: A Butcher's Tale' Trailer, Promo Art". http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18065.
- ^ http://www.hiccups.tv/cast_emily.php
- ^ Blood: A Butcher's Tale (2008)
- ^ IMDb Title Search
