Emma Ishta

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Emma Ishta
Born
Emma Ishta Douglas-Powell

(1990-11-16) 16 November 1990 (age 33)
Brookfield, Queensland, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupations
  • Model
  • Actress
Years active2003–present
Spouse
Daniel McCabe
​
(m. 2012)​
Children1
Modeling information
Agency

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 .

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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

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 I Smile Back Katrina
2019Shadow PuppetLedaShort film; also executive producer
2019 Crown Vic Ally
2023 Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie Gayle

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Black Box CaraEpisode: "Kodachrome"
2014 Power BellaEpisode: "This Is Real"
2014 Manhattan Love Story CatharineEpisode: "Pilot"
2015–2017 Stitchers Kirsten ClarkMain role; 31 episodes
2018 The Good Cop Belinda MannixEpisode: "What Is the Supermodel's Secret?"
2019 Blue Bloods Mindy KayeEpisode: "Behind the Smile"
2020 Chicago Med Michelle AbramsGuest role; 2 episodes
2021 FBI Nicole WyattEpisode: "All That Glitters"

Producer

YearTitleNotes
2018The SeparatistsShort film

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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. 1 2 "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.


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