Emma Purro

Bio

Emma Jenkins-Purro is a dual citizen of United Stated of America & New Zealand. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, she moved to New Zealand when she was 4 years old.  Emma trained for 3-years at one of New Zealand’s leading drama schools, 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 Bygone: The Exodus 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 playing the role of Olivia for New Zealand’s premier production company South Pacific Pictures.  Straight after filming Brokenwood Emma was cast in Ti West's feature Pearl landing the major support role of Mitsy Douglas alongside Mia Goth, followed by back-to-back series including My Life Is Murder with Lucy Lawless, and the US Netflix series One of Us is Lying playing the role of Giselle Ward.    

Emma is represented by Gail Cowan Management (NZ)) & Industry Entertainment (US).