Emily Goss

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Emily Goss
Born
Emily Berlese Goss

(1990-04-01) April 1, 1990 (age 33)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present

Emily Berlese Goss (born 1990) is an American actress who has played parts in theatre, television and film. She is also a voiceover artiste and a producer. She won three Best Actress awards for The House on Pine Street (2015). In Season of Love (2019) she played a queer character, and has played other queer parts in Snapshots (2018), in a web series, Dating in Place (2020–present), and in various other presentations.

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Early life

Goss grew up in San Mateo, California. [1] She attended Crystal Springs Uplands School, where she played soccer, serving as the striker position. [1] Among her teammates were Verónica Pérez, who later played soccer professionally, including with the Mexico women's national football team. Goss started studying theatre at Crystal Springs, after which she spent less time on soccer. [1]

Goss graduated from the USC School of Dramatic Arts and spent twleve months at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, receiving an MA in Classical Acting. According to Goss, the exchange programs available to her from USC did not interest her; instead she opted to pursue her own international studying. [1]

Regarding her acting influences, she mentioned in an interview with Ferntv.ca that they should include Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, and Jackie Chan, which last she particularly noted for his stunts. [2]

Career

In 2014, Goss portrayed the role of the main character Jennifer in The House on Pine Street , directed by the Keeling brothers. The film served as a breakout role for Goss, who, after filming, recalled, "I remember saying to friends in LA when I came back from Kansas, if nothing else happens, THAT just happened. And that’s enough. It still is." [3] The film made its world premiere at the Cinequest Film Festival, [4] and Goss' role as Jennifer won her a Best Actress nomination and three Best Actress awards. Austin and Aaron Keeling, like Goss, were alumni of USC, but they did not work together there. They were certainly acquainted by the end of the filming, however, since the cast and crew were lodged at the house of the film's title while filming. [1] She said that she loved living in the 1840s house, describing it as "like living in a museum". In the film she had to wear a pregnancy prosthetic, but still managed her own stunts. [5]

She also won two Best Actress awards, including a Best Supporting Actress nod from the IFS Film Festival, for her role as Louise. The 2018 film Snapshots , which is set in the 1960s, has Rose (Shannon Collis), a younger woman, becoming romantically involved with Louise, a poetry-lover. An inspiration for this film was a 1930s affair between Louise, a photographer, and the mother of Jan Miller Corran who wrote and produced it. Goss had been a fan of Jane the Virgin , directed by Melanie Mayron, who also played Professor Donaldson in that film, and when she performed a chemistry read for Snapshots Goss was "starstruck" by Mayron, and subsequently auditioned for the part in Snapshots. [6]

In 2019, Goss starred in Painting Anna as the fictional painter Anna Katz. The film, directed by Vanessa Pantley, was a "docu-narrative film", where she posed as Anna in real-world settings. [1] She played Iris in the holiday lesbian romantic comedy Season of Love (2019). Iris′ lover is Mardou (Laur Allen), and they are one of three lesbian pairings in the film. Christin Baker was director, and it was released by Tello Films. The film was marketed by its creators as "the first queer women-centric holiday romantic comedy movie". [7] [8]

She had a role in the 2021 horror film Shook , whose theme was social media. It was released on the streaming service Shudder. Goss portrays Nicole, who calls on her influencer sister, protagonist Mia (Daisye Tutor), to watch her dog Chico while she sees a specialist regarding a hereditary disease. [9] [10]

Goss's debut as a director, producer, and writer is slated to be a short film titled A Little House in Aberdeen , in which she is also acting. The film details a story of a woman named Britney who, uncertain and confused about her future, receives an abortion, and banters on the subject of her experiences in a "stream of consciousness" manner with her medic while he performs the operation. The short film is being crowd-sourced by Film Independent, and will reprise a pairing of both Goss and her Season of Love fellow star Laur Allen. [11] Alan Ng of the film website Film Threat noted that Goss's short film was about six-and-a-half minutes, which is "the length of a typical abortion procedure". [12]

Personal life

Regarding her support of the representation of LGBT people and people of color in film, Goss has stated, "The people need to hear the voices we don’t hear. We need to welcome them into rooms they have been kept out of and given decision-making positions... But we mistake by thinking this is where the work ends... And we need to hold the productions and companies in our lives accountable." [2]

Theatre

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010Kaka NirvanaHippie GirlShort film
2012The Good FightEmiShort film; also writer
2015 The House on Pine Street JenniferLead role
Zoe and the PrincePrincess Zoe HartsingerShort film; lead role
He SaidRachelShort film
2016American BredKatherine Daughtry
AKA Amber [18] AmberShort film
2017Finding No OneShort film; writer, director, narrator
Suburbicon [19] Clinic MomUncredited
Blood ProseMiriam GladstoneShort film
Herowood, CALazerShort film
2018 Snapshots Louise
Jane and Emma Emma Smith
Royal Shakespeare Company: Twelfth NightViola
2019Painting AnnaAnna Katz
The ChaliceDana
The Thing Before the ThingRyann
The Case of Jonas BookerJanet Sinclair
Season of Love Iris
2020Where the Others AreMaggie [20]
2021 Shook Nicole
HabitThe SisterShort film
TBAA Little House in AberdeenBritneyPost-production; short film; also writer, director, and producer

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Criminal Minds Charlotte JacobsenEpisode: "Breath Play"
2016 Castle Naomi FoxEpisode: "Much Ado About Murder"
The Hotel BarclayHelenEpisode: "The New Friend"
2017 Future Man Young Diane / VanessaEpisode: "Operation: Natal Attraction"
2019Arun ConsidersAnnaEpisode: "His Name" [21]
2020Black Hearted KillerEmilyTV movie
L.A.'s Finest Young Gloria WalkerEpisode: "Bad Company"
2020–presentDating in PlaceJoWeb series

Other works

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Princess Rap Battle Goldilocks Music video; Episode: "Cinderella vs. Belle"

Awards

Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2015 The House on Pine Street Best ActressWon [22]

Fargo Film Festival

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2015 The House on Pine Street Best ActressWon [23]

Independent Filmmakers Showcase IFS Film Festival

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2018 Snapshots Best Supporting ActressWon [24]

London International Film Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
May 2018 Snapshots Best ActressWon [25]

NOLA Horror Film Festival

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2015 The House on Pine Street Best ActressNominated [26]

South Dakota Film Festival

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2015 The House on Pine Street Jury Award for Best ActressWon [27]

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