Pepita Emmerichs

Pepita Emmerichs
Pepita Emmerichs (left) performs with Olivia Hally as Oh Pep! at the 2015 CMJ Music Marathon in New York
Background information
Born	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Genres	folk, pop, country, bluegrass
Occupation(s)	Musician, actress
Instrument(s)	violin, mandolin
Years active	2005–present

Pepita Emmerichs is an Australian musician and actress. She co-founded the music group Oh Pep! with Olivia Hally, and appeared in the 2009 film Where the Wild Things Are .

Life and career

Pepita "Pepi" Emmerichs was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia. She attended the Victorian College of Arts Secondary School, where she began collaborating with fellow student Olivia Hally in 2009. ^{[1] [2]} Emmerichs and Hally later co-founded the band Oh Pep!, whose musical style Emmerichs has characterised as "folk/pop/country with bluegrass instrumentation". ^[2]

Emmerichs also appeared in Spike Jonze's 2009 film Where the Wild Things Are , in which she played Claire, the protagonist's older sister. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Blue Heelers	Ally Shaw	Episode: Everything a girl could want
2009	Where the Wild Things Are	Claire	Film
2010	Stony Point [6]	Amelia	Short film

References

1. Christine Campbell, "Interview: Oh Pep!" Lip Magazine (3 December 2012). Retrieved 10 April 2015
2. "Q&A, with PEPI" The Melting Pot. Retrieved 10 April 2015
3. Where the Wild Things Are review Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com, 14 October 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2015
4. Where the Wild Things Are review Philippa Hawker, The Age, 3 December 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2015
5. "Some of His Best Friends Are Beasts" Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 15 October 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2015
6. "Stony Point (2010)" Screen Australia entry. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

External links

• Pepita Emmerichs at IMDb