Emma Mackey

Who is Emma Mackey?

Emma Mackey is a British actress who has been involved in the entertainment industry and is popular for her acting role in the Netflix series ‘Sex Education’ as Maeve Wiley. Through this role, she has found international recognition and also received critical acclaim. Likewise, she is also known for her striking resemblance to actress Margot Robbie. Since she was interested in acting from an early age, she decided to pursue her career in acting. For this, she studied theatre and regularly took acting lessons at different workshops to learn the trade. Furthermore, Starting her career from 2016 she is eventually growing in this field and has made herself a prominent actress till date.

Bio

Emma Mackey was born as Emma Margaret Richard-Mackey. She was born on January 4, 1996, in Le Mans, France, to father Philippe, who is a school principal and to mother Rachel, who is a charity worker. Furthermore, She is currently 24 years old with a Pisces sun sign.

Nationality and Physical Stats

Emma Mackey holds a British and France nationality and according to her parents, she is of French and British descent. Besides this, she stands 5 feet and 2 inches (1.58m/158cm) tall and weighs around 55 kg (121lbs). Her body measurements are 32-24-32 inches respectively. She has a pair of brown coloured eyes with brown hair colour complimenting her hourglass body figure.

Early Life/Education

Emma Mackey grew up in France and earned her baccalaureate in Nantes after which she moved to the UK. Furthermore, She enrolled at the University of Leeds to study theatre and directed plays for the university’s theatre group.

Personal Life

Emma Mackey is currently single and unmarried.

Social

Emma Mackey has 25 thousand likes and 26 thousand followers on her official Facebook page. She also has verified Instagram (@emmatmackey) with 5 million followers. She does not have an official Twitter account to date.

Career

Television

Emma Mackey made her professional acting debut in 2016 television series ‘Badger Lane’ as Michelle. She then featured in 2018 series ‘Summit Fever’ as Isabelle. Recently, she is seen in 2019 Netflix series ‘Sex Education’ as a main lead Maeve Wiley. It is created by Laurie Nunn and the first time it aired on 11 January 2019 on the video streaming app, Netflix, and has been fairly successful.

The story revolves around three main characters played by Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, and Emma Mackey. Mackey plays the character of a ‘bad girl’ who is a social outcast in the series. Furthermore, Her character teams up with her friend Otis Milburn which is played by Asa Butterfield, to set up a clinic which is supposed to deal with various weird and awkward problems of their fellow students. The series also features other actors like Ncuti Gatwa, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Connor Swindells, Alistair Petrie, Mimi Keene, and Aimee Lou Wood.

Film

Emma Mackey stepped in the film industry in 2019. Her debut film is a short film titled ‘Tic’ where she played as Jess. In 2020, she appeared in ‘Death on the Nile’ as Jacqueline de Bellefort. The film is the third screen adaptation of Christie’s novel, following the 1978 film and a 2004 episode of the television series Agatha Christie‘s Poirot. Furthermore, Her upcoming film which is working in post-production is ‘Eiffel’ and ‘The Winter Lake.’

Achievements

Emma Mackey’s Netflix series ‘Sex Education’ nominated in several awards like BAFTA Awards, MTV Movie Award, GLAAD Media Award and many more.

Net Worth

Emma Mackey being an amazing actress has gained most of her income from her successful career. Since she is in the starting phase of her career, her current net worth is $200 thousand.