| Birth Date: | 1991 |
| Alma Mater: | Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts |
| Years Active: | 2014–present |
Emma Chung Yi Lau (born 1991) is a British actress. On television, she is known for her role in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks (2021–2023). Her films include The School for Good and Evil (2022).
Lau grew up in Greater Manchester. She took a foundation course at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA)[1] before going on to graduate from the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.[2]
Lau began her career working with the Yellow Earth Theatre Company on The Last Days of Limehouse in 2014[3] and O Deptford in 2016. Also in 2016, Lau made her television debut as Lucy in "Zero", an episode and installment of the BBC One drama anthology Moving On.[4] This was followed by her feature film debut in Trial and Error.
In 2018, Lau appeared in Foreign Goods 3 at the Arcola Theatre and Table at the New Vic. She played Drusilla in the original cast of the stage musical adaptation of The Worst Witch, which premiered at the Royal & Derngate in Northampton, went on tour,[5] and had a run at London's Vaudeville Theatre, marking Lau's West End debut.[6] In 2020, she was cast in the Storyhouse productions of The Suicide, Miss Julie, and Signal Fires. She had small roles in the films Artemis Fowl in 2020 and in 2021.
Lau made what was initially meant to be a guest appearance in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks in September 2021[7] before officially joining the main cast as Serena Chen-Williams in November 2021.[8] [9] She exited the soap in January 2023.[10] She also played Kiko in the 2022 Netflix film The School for Good and Evil[11] [12] and Miranda in The Tempest at the 2023 Salisbury International Arts Festival.[13] She starred in Glacier at the Old Fire Station in Oxford.[14]
Lau is in a relationship with MMA fighter and fitness trainer Daniel Crooks-May.[15]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Trial and Error | Willow | |
| 2020 | Artemis Fowl | Goblin | Disney+ film |
| 2021 | Reveler | ||
| 2022 | The School for Good and Evil | Kiko | Netflix film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Moving On | Lucy | Episode: "Zero" |
| 2021 | Lagging | Presenter | Episode: "The Ticket"[16] |
| 2021–2023 | Hollyoaks | Serena Chen-Williams | 76 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Sifu | Fighter | |
| 2022 | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Last Days of Limehouse | Jenny Tzeto | Yellow Earth Theatre / Limehouse Town Hall, London |
| 2016 | O Deptford | Thuy | Yellow Earth Theatre / Albany Theatre |
| 2018 | Foreign Goods 3 | Leah | Arcola Theatre, London |
| 2018 | Table | Su-Lin / Aisha / Jess | New Vic, London |
| 2018–2019 | The Worst Witch | Drusilla | Royal & Derngate, Northampton / UK tour / Vaudeville Theatre, London |
| 2020 | The Suicide | Florence / Seren | Storyhouse, Chester |
| 2020 | Miss Julie | Christine | |
| 2020 | Signal Fires | Helen | New Earth Theatre |
| 2023 | The Tempest | Miranda | Salisbury International Arts Festival |
| 2023 | Glacier | Old Fire Station, Oxford | |