Emma Ishta

Emma Ishta
Born	Emma Ishta Douglas-Powell (1990-11-16) 16 November 1990 (age 34) Brookfield, Queensland, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Occupations	Model Actress
Years active	2003–present
Spouse	Daniel McCabe ​ (m. 2012)​
Children	1
Modeling information
Agency	IMG Models (New York, Paris, Milan, Los Angeles, Sydney) [1] [2]

Emma Ishta Douglas-Powell ^[3] (born 16 November 1990) ^{[4] [5]} is an Australian model and actress. She is best known for portraying Kirsten Clark on the Freeform drama series Stitchers .

Early life

Emma Ishta was born in Brookfield, Queensland, Australia. She has a younger brother, Thomas Douglas-Powell, who is a professional volleyball player. ^[6]

Ishta was educated at St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School in Corinda, Brisbane, Queensland. She was later accepted into the music program at Queensland University of Technology but deferred her studies to pursue modeling. ^[7]

Career

Emma Ishta began modeling around age 13. ^[7] She started working with IMG Models at 15 and relocated to New York in 2009. ^[8]

In 2014, Ishta began to venture into acting, landing guest roles on Black Box , Power , and Manhattan Love Story . She starred in her first film, I Smile Back , in 2015.

In May 2014, it was announced that Ishta had been cast in the lead role of Kirsten Clark in the American TV series Stitchers . ^{[9] [10]} The Freeform series premiered on 2 June 2015. ^[11] In September 2017, it was announced that the series had been canceled after three seasons. ^[12]

Personal life

On September 8, 2012, Emma Ishta married New York native and playwright Daniel James McCabe. ^[13] They both starred in his play The Flood, which premiered at the 2014 New York International Fringe Festival and won the Award for Excellence in Playwriting. ^{[14] [15]} Through this marriage, she has one stepdaughter. On June 16, 2016, the couple welcomed their first child together, a son. ^[16]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	I Smile Back	Katrina
2019	Shadow Puppet	Leda	Short film; also executive producer
2019	Crown Vic	Ally
2023	Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie	Gayle

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Black Box	Cara	Episode: "Kodachrome"
2014	Power	Bella	Episode: "This Is Real"
2014	Manhattan Love Story	Catharine	Episode: "Pilot"
2015–2017	Stitchers	Kirsten Clark	Main role; 31 episodes
2018	The Good Cop	Belinda Mannix	Episode: "What Is the Supermodel's Secret?"
2019	Blue Bloods	Mindy Kaye	Episode: "Behind the Smile"
2020	Chicago Med	Michelle Abrams	Guest role; 2 episodes
2021	FBI	Nicole Wyatt	Episode: "All That Glitters"

Producer

Year	Title	Notes
2018	The Separatists	Short film

References

1. "Emma Ishta | IMG Models". Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
2. "Emma Ishta - Model".
3. "St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School on Facebook". Facebook . Archived from the original on 27 April 2022.^{[ user-generated source ]}
4. Ritesh Rajan [@teshrajan] (16 November 2015). "Happy #birthday to our number 1 #cheetomonster @emmaishta #stitchers #orangefingers 😎 http://ift.tt/1H57gnf" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 January 2017– via Twitter.
5. Donguines, Arvin (29 March 2016). "'Stitchers' Season 2 Spoilers: Series Star Emma Ishta Shares on Kirsten-Camille Dynamics and Episode 2 Details". The Christian Post. Retrieved 7 January 2017. "I think you'll see that Kirsten and Camille's relationship grows and develops in a really nice way," the 25-year-old was quoted as saying.
6. "Team Roster – Australia". fivb.org. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
7. "Emma Ishta not just an extremely pretty face either". The Courier Mail. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
8. "Emma Ishta, IMG". The Formula. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
9. Goldberg, Lesley (19 May 2014). "ABC Family's Paranormal Drama 'Stitchers' Casts Its Leads (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 25 October 2015.
10. "Kirsten Clark played by Emma Ishta". ABC Family . Retrieved 23 July 2015.
11. McNamara, Kristin (2 June 2015). "Meet Emma Ishta, Star of ABC Family's 'Stitchers'". cambio.com. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
12. Nemetz, Dave (15 September 2017). "Stitchers Cancelled at Freeform". TVLine. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
13. "5 years. I am so grateful". Instagram. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
14. "The Flood Play". Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
15. "Daniel James McCabe". Glasschord. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
16. "Emma Ishta on Instagram: "My sweet boy is 1 🎉❤️"". Instagram. 16 June 2017.

External links

• Emma Ishta at IMDb