Emily Head

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Emily Head
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Head's image in her United Agents profile
Born (1988-12-15) 15 December 1988 (age 35)
Fulham, London, England
Alma mater BRIT School
Occupation(s)Actress, presenter
Years active2003–present
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Emily Head (born 15 December 1988) is an English actress. Her breakout role was as Carli D'Amato in E4's sitcom The Inbetweeners and she later played Rebecca White in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale and Colette Andrews in BBC drama, The Syndicate .

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Early life

Head is the elder daughter of actor Anthony Head. [1] She attended the BRIT School in Croydon, where she completed a BTEC course in acting and was a schoolmate of singers Katy B and Adele.

Career

Head played a supporting role as Carli D'Amato in E4's sitcom, The Inbetweeners from 2008 to 2010 as well as appearing in the follow-up 2011 film The Inbetweeners Movie . [2] She also appeared in an episode of M.I. High , in which she played an evil mastermind involved in a bank scam. [3]

In 2011, she appeared alongside Coronation Street star Craig Gazey in Jason Hall's play Third Floor. [4] In December 2011, she played Melissa Milcote in the Bristol Old Vic production of Helen Edmundson's Coram Boy at the Colston Hall in Bristol. [5]

In 2013, it was announced she would be appearing in the Bravo drama Rita, playing the title character's daughter. [6] [7] In 2014, she played Angela "Ange" in an in-the-round production of Abigail's Party at Leicester's Curve. [8] [9]

Emmerdale

In September 2016, it was announced that Head would be joining the cast of the ITV soap opera Emmerdale , playing the role of Rebecca White. [10] Rebecca is the daughter of Lawrence White (John Bowe), half-sister of Chrissie White (Louise Marwood) and aunt of Lachlan White (Thomas Atkinson). Head made her first appearance as Rebecca on 11 October 2016. Head's character left Emmerdale in the episode broadcast on 2 November 2018. [11]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2005 Trial & Retribution: The Lovers Natalie Franke1 episode [12]
2007 Doc Martin Poppy, "Movement" [13]
2008 The Invisibles Grace RileySupporting role [14] [15]
2008–2010 The Inbetweeners Carli D'Amato Main role; 11 episodes [16] [17]
2010 MI High Bre (Waitress)1 episode [18]
Doctors Liz Wates [19]
2011 The Inbetweeners Movie Carli D'Amato Film [20] [21]
My Piece of the Pie Baby-sitter Londres [22]
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance Cynthia Hallmark movie [23]
2012 Robot Chicken Mary Poppins / WifeVoice role; 1 episode [24]
2015 Doctors Paula Dowling1 episode [25]
2016–2018 Emmerdale Rebecca White Regular role; 280 episodes [26]
2019 The Inbetweeners: Fwends Reunited Herself1 episode (special) [27]
2020 Life Julia1 episode [28]
2021 The Syndicate Colette AndrewsMain role [29]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2017 22nd National Television Awards NewcomerNominated [30]
2017 Inside Soap Awards Best NewcomerNominated [31]

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  1. ↑ "Anthony Head: 'I didn't go down that well with my brother'". the Guardian. 9 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "The Official Emily Head Site". Archived from the original on 9 May 2008.
  3. ↑ "Emily Head | United Agents". www.unitedagents.co.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
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