Emma Booth (actress) explained

Emma Booth
Birth Date:1982 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Denmark, Western Australia, Australia
Yearsactive:1996–present

Emma Booth (born 28 November 1982) is an Australian model[1] [2] and actress from Perth, Western Australia.[3] The former teen model[4] and TV actress played a significant role in the film Clubland (2007).

Television and film career

After Clubland was screened at the Sundance Film Festival, many talent agencies solicited Booth for roles in upcoming films.

Booth appeared in the 2009 horror film Blood Creek, directed by Joel Schumacher. She worked on the unreleased 2007 production Hippie Hippie Shake, an account of the Schoolkids OZ obscenity trials in the United Kingdom.[5] [6] In 2010, she appeared in [7] and had a supporting role in the 2013 Parker.[8] [9] In 2017, she appeared in Hounds of Love, as the partner of a serial killer.

In July 2017, Booth joined the hit ABC series Once Upon A Time in a recurring role for its rebooted season seven. She played the main antagonist, Mother Gothel, a powerful witch who is the leader of the Coven of the Eight.[10]

Modelling career

At thirteen, Booth was cast in The Adventures of the Bush Patrol, and at fourteen became a finalist in Girlfriend magazine's cover girl competition.[11] By fifteen, Booth had modelled in Tokyo, Milan, Paris and New York. She later held the title of Western Australia's Model of the Year and Face of Fashion Week, for Sydney and Melbourne.

Personal life

In March 2015, Booth stated on Instagram that she had married musician Dominick Joseph Luna in 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.[12]

Filmography

Film

YearTitle RoleNotes
2006Alex's PartyChristieShort
2007Hippie Hippie ShakeGermaine GreerUnreleased
2007Introducing the DwightsJillAACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
FCCA Award for Best Actress – Supporting Role
2009Laura
Blood CreekLiese Wollner
2010Pelican BloodStevie
2011SwerveJina
2013ParkerClaire
Scene 16IndiaShort
TracksMarg
2014Tango UnderpantsCarolynShort
2016Gods of EgyptNephthys
2016Hounds of LoveEvelyn WhiteAACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Brussels Film Festival (BRFF) Grand Prix for Best Actress
2018ExtinctionSamantha
2019H is for HappinessClaire Phee
2020ProxyVictoriaShort
2023Where All Light Tends to GoJosephine

Television

YearTitle RoleNotes
1996–97Dana DrysdaleRecurring role
2003Roberta AinslieTV miniseries
2006AnnieTV film
2007All SaintsRuby SparrowEpisodes: "Smoke and Mirrors", "Back on Track"
NicolaTV miniseries
20093 Acts of MurderSarah CorbettTV film
2010Kim HollingsworthMain role
2011CloudstreetRose PicklesTV miniseries
2012Jack Irish: Bad DebtsIsabel IrishTV film
2013GothicaMadeline UsherTV film
2014Jack Irish: Dead PointIsabel IrishTV film
2015–19GlitchKate WillisMain role
2017–2018Once Upon a TimeMother Gothel/Eloise GardenerRecurring role (season 7)
2020The GloamingMolly McGeeMain Role
2021Jack IrishIsabel Irish3 episodes
2023Paper DollsMargot Murray8 episodes

Notes and References

  1. http://www.vogue.com.au/people/models/emma+booth,101 Vogue Australia
  2. http://frockwriter.com/2008/10/fashion-redux-emma-booth Frockwriter
  3. News: Ganska . Helen . 15 June 2010 . Underbelly star Emma Booth 'disgusted' at strip . Perth Now . 14 March 2015 .
  4. News: Press . Clare . 8 February 2015 . Model-turned-actor Emma Booth secretly married LA musician Dominick Joseph Lunar . The Daily Telegraph . 14 March 2015 .
  5. Web site: Hippie Hippie Shake . . 18 March 2013.
  6. News: Greer . Germaine . 16 July 2007 . So Emma Booth is to play me in a raunchy film about the 60s. Can't she get an honest job? . The Guardian . 14 March 2015 .
  7. News: Clune . Richard . 22 August 2009 . Emma Booth, Dougie the Pizza Boy Underbelly's star signing . The Advertiser . 14 March 2015 .
  8. News: Williams . Vanessa . 15 December 2013 . Love blooms for Booth . The West Australian . 14 March 2015 .
  9. News: Groves . Don . 28 October 2013 . Emma Booth embodies Shallows' Queenie . IF.com . 14 March 2015 .
  10. Web site: Armitage . Helen . 2020-02-02 . Once Upon A Time: Emma Booth's Season 7 Villain Gothel Explained . 2023-02-24 . ScreenRant . en.
  11. News: Emma Booth's going bush. Cox. Nicole. 13 June 2007. Perth Now. 14 March 2015.
  12. Web site: Most wonderful week ever . Almost two years ago with surprise visit from da mamma . Missing Las Vegas . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/67tAysRAvW . 2021-12-24 . limited. Emma Booth. Instagram. 11 August 2015. 5 September 2017.