Emma Jenkins-Purro
☼ Born on 9 December (year unknown), in Providence, Rhode Island, USA
BiographyEmma is an American-born New Zealander.
Emma Jenkins-Purro is dual citizen of United Stated of America and New Zealand, born in Providence, Rhode Island the family moved to New Zealand when she was 4 years old. After college, Emma trained for 3-years at one of New Zealand's leading drama schools graduating with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Acting at New Zealand Unitec in 2019.
Arriving on the acting scene right at the time the world moved into a pandemic was no easy feat, but Emma didn't let that stop her and as soon as New Zealand opened back up in 2020, she hit the stage in Tim Bray's Theatre Company production of Greedy Cat playing the role of Katie as well as the short film Bygones (2022) which Emma won best supporting actor at the Prodigy Film Festival. In 2021 she was cast in the award-winning New Zealand TV drama The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014) playing the role of Olivia for New Zealand's premier production company South Pacific Pictures. Straight after filming Brokenwood Emma was cast in the Ti West directed Feature Film starring Mia Goth, Pearl (2022) landing the major support role of Misty Douglas filmed in New Zealand followed by back-to-back series including My Life Is Murder for Jigsaw Films Australia and the US Netflix series One of Us is Lying playing the role of Giselle Ward.
Emma is represented by Gail Cowan Management (GCM) & Industry Entertainment.
In the role of actor
Pearl – TIFF 2022 (19/09/2022)
The backstory of the villain of X is told in Pearl. Set during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, Pearl (Mia Goth) is a farmgirl with dreams of being a star, though she is held down by her strict German mother, Ruth (Tandi Wright). While in town, Pearl visits the local moviehouse and befriends its seductive […]