
Emma Pierson
Known for Acting · 42 credits
- Born
- 1981-04-30 (age 45)
- Place of birth
- Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
- Also known as
- Emma Jane Pierson
Biography
Emma Jane Pierson (born 30 April 1981) is an English actress. Her appearances in television programmes include the role of Anna Thornton-Wilton in the BBC television drama Hotel Babylon, and SunTrap, Days Like These, Beast, I Saw You, Charles II: The Power and The Passion, The Worst Week of My Life, Bloodlines, Coupling, Time Gentlemen Please, Dead Boss and Killing Eve.
The daughter of a nurse and a Royal Navy submariner, Pierson was born Emma Jane Pierson on 30 April 1981 in Plymouth, Devon. Her father, Charles, was stationed at Faslane Naval Base on the Clyde where Emma spent the first four years of her life.
When she was in her teens, Pierson lived with her parents and three siblings in North Bradley, near Trowbridge, Wiltshire, attending Grittleton House School and then later St Laurence School in nearby Bradford on Avon where she began taking acting lessons.
After leaving school in 1997, Pierson performed in amateur productions with the North Bradley players, appearing in a number of plays including Chekhov's Uncle Vanya.
Pierson gained the role of Becky Radcliffe in the BBC children's drama series Grange Hill while studying law at the City of Bath College.
Known For
TV Shows (27)

Death in Paradise
2011
as Anna Jones

A Touch of Frost
1992
as Alice Thompson

Killing Eve
2018
as Gemma

Absolutely Fabulous
1992
as Kasha

Coupling
2000
as Jennifer

My Hero
2000
as Chelsea Williams

Cuckoo
2012
as Jess

Hotel Babylon
2006
as Anna Thornton-Wilton

Little Dorrit
2008
as Fanny Dorrit

Charles II: The Power and The Passion
2003
as Nell Gwynn

Spine Chillers
2003
as Emma

Twisted Tales
2005
as Jane

Time Gentlemen Please
2000

Beast
2000
as Jade

This Morning
1988
as Self

Bedtime
2001
as Sapphire

Stranded
2002
as Sarah Robinson

Up the Women
2013
as Eva

Armstrong and Miller
1997
Days Like These
1999

The Worst Week of My Life
2004
as Sophie Cook

SunTrap
2015
as Melody

Money
2010
as Selina Street

Talk to Me
2007
as Ally

Bloodlines
2005
as Justine Hopkin

The Kennedys
2015
as Jenny

The Last Chancers
2004
as Kirby
Movies (15)

Barbie in A Mermaid Tale
2010
as Kayla (voice)

Absolutely Anything
2015
as Miss Pringle

Stranded
2002
as Sarah Robinson

Guest House Paradiso
1999
as Saucy Wood Nymph

Virtual Sexuality
1999
as Fiona
Dumping Elaine
2001
as Waitress

The Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004
as Jenny West

MeeBOX
2008
as Co-star

Riot at the Rite
2005
as Romola

Lives of the Saints
2007
as Tina

Nancy, Sid and Sergio
2011
as Nancy
Downhill
2014
as Jen

The Engagement
2011
as Rita

Blood on Benefits
2007
as Charlotte

Who Gets the Dog
2007
as Tara Walker
About Emma Pierson
Emma Jane Pierson (born 30 April 1981) is an English actress. Her appearances in television programmes include the role of Anna Thornton-Wilton in the BBC television drama Hotel Babylon, and SunTrap, Days Like These, Beast, I Saw You, Charles II: The Power and The Passion, The Worst Week of My Life, Bloodlines, Coupling, Time Gentlemen Please, Dead Boss and Killing Eve. The daughter of a nurse and a Royal Navy submariner, Pierson was born Emma Jane Pierson on 30 April 1981 in Plymouth, Devon. Her father, Charles, was stationed at Faslane Naval… With 42 credits spanning from 1988 to 2018, Emma Pierson has appeared in 15 films and 27 TV shows.
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- Barbie in A Mermaid Tale (2010) — as Kayla (voice)
- Absolutely Anything (2015) — as Miss Pringle
- Stranded (2002) — as Sarah Robinson
- Guest House Paradiso (1999) — as Saucy Wood Nymph
- Virtual Sexuality (1999) — as Fiona
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