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Canadian actress
Emily Hirst
Born (1993-07-09) July 9, 1993 (age 31)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Emily Hirst (born July 9, 1993) is a Canadian actress.

Career

Hirst was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Hirst first appeared in the TV series The Twilight Zone in 2002 and she has a small role in X2: X-Men United as The "Ice Cream Girl" in 2003.

Her first larger role was in the film drama Desolation Sound, where she played Margaret Elliot. For this role she was nominated for a Leo Award in 2005. She played Laura in the Lifetime movie For the Love of a Child in 2006. She won a Young Artists Award for that role. She was also nominated for her supporting guest role in Smallville's "Fragile" (2006). In 2007, Hirst had a recurring role as the childlike vampire Charlotte on Spike TV's Blade: The Series with rapper Sticky Fingaz. Her next appearance was in the thriller Mem-o-re with Billy Zane as Bonnie McHale.

In 2007 Hirst played Mandy Tarr in the Lifetime movie Passion's Web and Young Mary in Second Sight. She also appeared briefly in Battlestar Galactica: Razor. Her next role was Alice in a movie called The Egg Factory which was renamed Prodigy, and featured a number of times on Movie Central.

In 2008, Hirst played Makoto Konno in the English dubbed version of the award-winning Japanese anime film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time alongside Andrew Francis, for which she won a Young Artists Award in 2009. Also in 2008, Hirst appeared in a made-for-TV movie with Daryl Hannah called Storm Seekers.

In February 2009, she filmed Stranger With My Face with Alexz Johnson, Catherine Hicks, and Andrew Francis.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2002 The Twilight Zone Little Girl Episode "Future Trade"
2002 X2 Ice Cream Girl Uncredited
2005 Desolation Sound Margaret Elliot
2006 For the Love of a Child Laura
Smallville Maddie Van Horn Episode: "Fragile"
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Makoto Konno voice: English version
Blade: The Series Charlotte 6 episodes
Memory Bonnie McHale
2007 Passion's Web Mandy Tarr Television film
Battlestar Galactica: Razor Child In Cage Television film
Second Sight Young Mary Kaufman Television film
2008 The Egg Factory Alice
2009 Storm Seekers Sarah Stewart Television film
Stranger With My Face Alexis Stratton Television film
2011 Matty Hanson and the Invisibility Ray Alice / Sarah
A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner Veronica Star Uncredited

Awards

Leo Awards

  • 2005 - Nominated - Feature Length Drama: Best Supporting Performance by a Female for: Desolation Sound (2005)

Young Artist Awards

  • 2007 - Won - Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actress for: "For the Love of a Child" (2006) (TV)
  • 2007 - Nominated - Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Guest Starring Young Actress for: "Smallville"
  • 2009 - Won - Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actress for: "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" (English version) (2008)

References

  1. ^ "Teen actor also recognized for her charity work; Tsawwassen's Emily Hirst earns awards on screen and in community" by Andrea Buchko, Delta Optimist (18 April, 2007) Retrieved from ProQuest 359160505
  2. "Budding film star takes it in stride" by Jan Westell, Delta Optimist (10 July, 2004) Retrieved from ProQuest 358995081
  3. "Direct to desolation" by Liam Lacey at www.theglobeandmail.com
  4. ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2005 at www.leoawards.com
  5. Blade: The Series review by Gillian Flynn at ew.com
  6. Blade: The Series (Unrated DVD) review by Debi Moore at www.dreadcentral.com
  7. ^ "30th Annual Young Artist Awards" YoungArtistAwards.org via web.archive.org
  8. ^ "28th Annual Young Artist Awards" YoungArtistAwards.org via web.archive.org

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