biography of Emily VanCamp

Emily Irene VanCamp

 (/ˌvænˈkæmp/; born May 12, 1986)  is a Canadian actress. She gained acclaim and international recognition for portraying the lead role of Emily Thorne on the ABC series Revenge (2011–2015). She also starred on the Fox medical drama series The Resident (2018–2021).

She has appeared in various films including Black Irish (2007), Carriers (2009), Norman (2010), The Girl in the Book (2015), and Boundaries (2016), as well as various television shows including Everwood (2002–2006), Glory Days (2002), and Brothers & Sisters (2007–2010). She portrays Sharon Carter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, first appearing in the film Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).

VanCamp was born on May 12, 1986, in Port Perry, Ontario.  Her father is an animal nutritionist, and her first job was working for him, delivering food to clients in and around her hometown. VanCamp started to dance at age three. At age 11, she wanted to become a professional dancer and convinced her parents to let her attend a summer training program in Montreal. When she was 12, she was accepted to the École supérieure de ballet du Québec, the training program of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, and moved in with a French-Canadian family. 

In 1998, VanCamp became interested in acting after visiting her sister Katie on the set of the film Ladies Room She started taking acting classes on Saturday afternoons,  found an agent, and worked on a few commercials. She then was cast in the second part of a special three-part episode of t he Canadian children's horror anthology television series Are You Afraid of the Dark? called "The Silver Sight" in which she played opposite a 17-year-old Elisha Cuthbert. VanCamp's character was present in one scene and did not speak any dialogue.

VanCamp followed this with a role as a teenage Jackie Bouvier in the Emmy-nominated CBS TV movie Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis and a guest spot on the YTV sitcom Radio Active. The following year saw the release of her first theatrical film, the lesbian-themed drama Lost and Delirious, in which she played a supporting role as Jessica Paré's sister, and another television guest spot in an episode of the short-lived medical horror series All Souls, where she played a hit-and-run victim with spinal trauma. VanCamp also had roles in the miniseries Dice, directed by Rachel Talalay, and in the TV film Redeemer, directed by Graeme Clifford, which aired in early 2002.

About

Canadian actress who became known to television audiences as Amy Abbott on the TV series Everwood. She also played Emily Thorne on the ABC series Revenge. She also appeared in the 2014 film Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

Before Fame

She moved to Montreal at age 12 to train in ballet.

Trivia

She has had a starring role on TV's Brothers & Sisters.

• Is a ballet dancer.
• Grew up speaking French and is fluent in the language.
• Has starred as a character named Emily four times: in The Ring Two (2005), Norman (2010), Revenge (2011) and Boundaries (2016).
• Is a photographer. When she was first cast on Everwood (2002), her first big splurge was on a F100 Nikon Camera.
• Ex-boyfriend Chris Pratt played her brother on Everwood (2002).
• Married to British actor Josh Bowman whom she met on the set of Revenge in late 2011.
• She is a talented horse rider.
• Besides English, is fluent in French and Spanish.
• Has taken flying lessons from co-star Treat Williams.
• Big ice hockey fan, Montreal Canadiens team especially.
• When she was 12, Emily moved to Montreal, Québec to attend the prestigious École Supérieure de Danse de Québec, the official training program of Les Grands Ballet Canadiens.
• She has three sisters Katie, 22, Alison, 20 and Molly, younger.
• "Teen" named her one of the top actresses under the age of twenty.
• Ranked #51 on Maxim's "Hot 100" of 2014 list.
• Didn't have to audition for the role of Rebecca Harper in Brothers and Sisters.
• Was named one of E! Online's Sizzlin' 16 in 2003.
• Her Revenge (2011) co-star Hiroyuki Sanada starred in Ringu (1998) while she appears in the remake sequel, The Ring Two (2005).
• The Revenge (2011) series finale aired two days before her birthday.

Family Life

She has three sisters named Molly, Katie, and Alison. In 2011, she began dating Revenge co-star Josh Bowman. They got engaged in May 2017 and married in December 2018. The two welcomed their first child together, a daughter named Iris, in 2021. They had their second daughter, Rio Rose, in April 2024.

Associated With

She co-starred with Dan Byrd in the 2010 film Norman.

VanCamp has three sisters. She speaks French fluently and "feels at home" when she hears the language. She is also an accomplished dancer who studied and trained in ballet, jazz, hip-hop, and tap as a child, which she credits with helping her through her fight scenes on Revenge. She believes that if she had not gone into acting, she would have probably either continued dancing or done something related to cooking. 

VanCamp began dating English actor and Revenge co-star Josh Bowman in late 2011. On May 11, 2017, the couple announced they were engaged, and married on December 15, 2018, in the Bahamas.  In 2021, VanCamp announced the birth of their first child, a daughter, on her Instagram account. In 2024, VanCamp gave birth to their second daughter. VanCamp is also an equal pay suppor and is involved in charitable efforts to help endangered tigers. 

mini bio : 

Emily Irene VanCamp (born May 12, 1986) is a Canadian actress, known for her lead roles on the WB series Everwood (2002), the ABC dramas Brothers & Sisters (2006) and Revenge (2011), and as Sharon Carter / Agent 13 in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Captain America: Civil War (2016). VanCamp stars as the female lead in the Fox medical drama series The Resident (2018), which debuted in January 2018 as a midseason entry in the 2017-18 US television season. VanCamp was born in Port Perry, Ontario. She is the third of four daughters born to Cindy and Robert VanCamp. Her father is an animal nutritionist and her first job was working for her father, delivering food to clients in and around her hometown. VanCamp started studying dance at age three, and wanting to become a professional dancer, at the age of 11 convinced her parents to let her attend a summer training program in Montreal. At 12, she was accepted at the École supérieure de ballet du Québec, the training program of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, and moved in with a local French Canadian family.

In 1998, VanCamp became interested in acting after visiting her sister Katie on the set of the film Ladies Room (1999). She started taking acting classes on Saturday afternoons, found an agent and, after working on a few commercials, was cast in the second part of the three-part season-seven premiere of the Canadian children's horror anthology television series Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990)Her character was present in one scene and spoke no dialogue, playing opposite a 17-year-old Elisha Cuthbert.

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