Emma Ferguson

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Emma Ferguson
Years active1999-2010
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Emma Ferguson is a British actress. She is best known for her starring role in the series Mile High and appearances in North and South and The Brides in the Bath.

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Early life

Emma Ferguson is from Wandsworth, London. She travelled regularly from a young age, living in countries such as Hong Kong, Germany and The UAE (in Dubai). During this time, she studied at military schools and learned three languages.

Career

On screen, Ferguson has appeared in TV commercials (particularly hair product advertising) and various television programmes including Doctors , The Bill and Mile High . She also provided the voice acting for the character Jessica in the English language version of the PlayStation 2 game Dragon Quest VIII .

In the theatre, Ferguson has appeared as Countess Florence/Antonescu in Terence Rattigan's Man and Boy's 2004 tour and West End run, directed by Maria Aitken; as Constanza, in the London Symphonia's 2003 production of Amadeus , directed by Jonathan Best; and as Isabelle in a 2000 production of Ring Round the Moon , at the King's Head Theatre, directed by Phil Willmott. [1]

Ferguson starred in Mile High as Emma Coyle, alongside Adam Sinclair, James W. Redmond, Jo Anne Knowles, Matthew Chambers, Naomi Ryan, Sarah Manners and Tom Wisdom.

Personal life

In 2006, Ferguson became engaged to her boyfriend, Take That singer Mark Owen, with whom she had been in a relationship since 2004. On 8 November 2009, the pair married in Cawdor Church, Scotland. In 2010, the couple separated after Owen publicly admitted to a drinking problem and having multiple affairs throughout their courtship. [2] [3] They reconciled after he went to rehab and completed his treatment. In 2021, after living there for a couple of years, Ferguson and her family decided to relocate to the United States of America. [4]

Acting credits

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YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 Barbara SandraEpisode: "Rivals"
Brookside Charlotte Andersen5 episodes
2000 Doctors Angela RamsdenEpisode: "Beating the Odds"
2000-2003 The Bill Kim Bradley4 episodes
2001 Down to Earth Cathy SlaterEpisode: "Gone But Not Forgotten"
2002 Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time MaganEpisode: "Death Comes to Time"
2003 Hardware NurseEpisode: "Finger"
Mile HighEmma Coyle9 episodes
Fortysomething Laura Proek6 episodes
The Brides in the Bath Alice BurnhamTelevision film
2004 North and South Edith Shaw Lennox3 episodes
Dragon Quest VIII Jessica AlbertVideo game; voice only
2005 Murder Investigation Team Lisa ReynoldsSeries 2 episode 3
Shinobido: Way of the Ninja Ageha / Tateha / UsubaVideo game; English-version; voice only
2009 Killzone 2 Additional ISA Voices
2010 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Claudia

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