Heyo!
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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.
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Her debut work as a playwright, Trophy Boys, recently closed its twice-extended off-broadway premiere at New York's MCC Theater directed by Tony Award winner Danya Taymor. It has toured Australia twice to sold-out audiences and critical acclaim and awarded Sydney Theatre Award's Best New Australian Work, BroadwayWorld Australia's Best New Play in Melbourne and Best Performance for VCE Theatre Studies Students after its inclusion on the Victorian curriculum.
"★★★★★ 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​
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As a performer they are best known for leading three seasons of the International Emmy Kids® nominated tween series Mustangs FC (ABCMe x NBCUniversal) and Videoland (Netflix) which was awarded Best Comedy at Series Mania. Other performance credits include 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).
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Feature film, Fwends, which she leads and co-wrote, had its world premiere at the 75th Berlinale, where it was awarded the prestigious Caligari Prize, the first Australian film to receive the honour. They wrote and directed kids-comedy short film, The Odyssey, which was commissioned by The Melbourne Queer Film Festival and Victoria Together and awarded Best Youth Film at the St Kilda Film Festival. Her other film work has been exhibited at the Art Gallery of NSW, produced for the RSPCA, and played in festivals world-wide.
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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.
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A voiceover artist with a passion for children's fiction, accents and silly voices, Emmanuelle is the narrator of over a dozen titles across genres and works commercially.
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Aus: CP Artist Management
USA: CAA (Alex Gold & Sabina Kashi), Sugar23 (Sally Ware)
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Dual Australian/French citizen, European Union passport and USA 01 Visa holder.
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