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Emmanuelle (she/they) is an actor, writer and maker with a passion for telling stories that blend the playful with the political, and a love of young, queer audiences.
Her debut work as a playwright, Trophy Boys, toured Australia in 2024 to sold-out audiences and critical acclaim. It was awarded BroadwayWorld Australia's Best New Play in Melbourne, nominated for four GreenRoom Awards including Best New Writing and Best Production and awarded Best Performance for VCE Theatre Studies Students after its inclusion on the Victorian curriculum.
Trophy Boys will have its American premiere at MCC Theater in 2025 directed by Danya Taymor (2024 Tony Award Winner Best Direction of a Musical; The Outsiders). More to be announced.
"★★★★★ Hilarious, devastating and a revelation... Drag at its most satirical and incisive... The script is powerful and ferociously intelligent." - The Age
★★★★★ “Saltburn meets Promising Young Woman in this callously innovative queer black comedy and drag extravaganza” – Time Out Sydney
★★★★★“Complex, challenging and very funny… truly, a joy to watch”
– Theatre Thoughts
"An absolute tour de force of satirical genius" - Theatre Travels
She is currently in residence with the Sydney Theatre Company's Watershed: Writers Group and on commission with Red Stitch Actors Theatre. Previously, she was a member of Malthouse Theatre's Emerging Writer's Group and the recipient of the Equity Foundation Scholarship to study at the Atlantic Acting School in New York.
Best known for playing the lead role of Marnie in three seasons of the International Emmy nominated tween series Mustangs FC (ABCMe x Matchbox Pictures), other performance credits include Videoland, Surviving Summer, Clickbait (Netflix),The Messenger (ABC), Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries (Acorn TV), Hamlet (Melbourne Shakespeare Company) and The Hall (Bullet Heart Club).
She wrote and directed kids-comedy short film, The Odyssey, which was commissioned by The Melbourne Queer Film Festival and Victoria Together. It has since been awarded Best Youth Film at the St Kilda Film Festival, Best Film at the Bendigo Queer Film Festival and Best Diversity Award at the WIFT V-Fest. Her other film work has been exhibited at the Art Gallery of NSW, produced for the RSPCA, and played in festivals world-wide.
A voiceover artist with a passion for children's fiction, accents and silly voices, Emmanuelle is the narrator of The Travelling Bookshop and Me and the Robbersons kids series, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding, and works commercially.
Aus: CP Artist Management
USA: CAA (Alex Gold, Kevin Lin & Sabina Kashi), Sugar23 (Sally Ware)
Dual Australian/French citizen, European Union passport and USA 01 Visa holder.