Emma trained at ALRA and was winner of the 1998 Lilian Baylis Award.

Theatre credits include The Distance (Orange Tree Theatre), The Odyssey (Derby Playhouse), The Last of the Haussmans (National Theatre), Death of a Cyclist (Hotbed Festival – Soho Theatre), Four for Jericho (Pleasance Courtyard), Great Expectations (Watermill Theatre), The Song of Deborah (Lowry Theatre), The Potting Shed (Finborough Theatre), Ivanov (Wyndham's Theatre), The Ruffian on the Stair (Orange Tree Theatre), John Gabriel Borkman (Donmar Warehouse), The Cut (Donmar Warehouse), King Lear (Pendley Shakespeare Festival) and Hysteria (UK Tour).

Emma’s screen credits include Catastrophe (Channel 4); The Wives Did it (Discovery); Mr Selfridge (BBC); Legacy (Feature).