Emma Little

Emma Little is an actor from Northern Ireland. She is the daughter of Northern Irish journalist Ivan Little

Career

Little trained at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art for 3 years. She won the Kenneth Branagh Renaissnace Award (1999) for her work with the Ulster Youth Theatre and their award-winning production of Joshua Sobols "Ghetto" where she played the female lead Hayyah.[1]

Little made her professional debut playing Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss in "And Then They Came For Me". During this time, Little met Schloss and formed a strong relationship.[2]

Early in her career, she worked with The Merlin International Theatre in Budapest. She worked on the theatre's show "Wounded Women" which performed both in Budapest and Edinburgh.

In 2006 she was selected by BBC NI to star alongside "The Hole in The Wall Gang" in their new sketch show Dry Your Eyes.

Emma is a former member of Belfast's only comedy improvisation group: Wonder Frog

References

  1. ↑ "Handing Over the Archives: The Ulster Youth Theatre" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-05.
  2. ↑ "Classworks Theatre Company » Other Touring Highlights". Classworks.org.uk. Retrieved 2012-03-05.

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