Industry Entertainment - US Manager

Emma Purro
- Locations
- Overseas
- Ethnicity
- NZ European
- Age Range
- 21 - 31
- Height
- 163cm / 5ft 4in
- Bust/Chest
- 91cm / 36in
- Waist
- 67cm / 26in
- Hips
- 75cm / 30in
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).
Film
Year | Production | Role | Company / Director | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Pearl | Mitsy Douglas | A24, dir. Ti West | Feature Film |
Television
Year | Production | Role | Company / Director | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | One of Us is Lying | Giselle | One NZ Television | Drama |
2022 | My Life Is Murder | Leah | Greenstone TV | Drama |
2021 | The Brokenwood Mysteries | Olivia | South Pacific Pictures | Drama |
Theatre
Year | Production | Role | Company / Director | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Greedy Cat | Katie | Tim Bray Theatre Company dir. Tim Bray | |
2019 | Te Pakkhai | Original Cast | Unitec Theatre Productions dir. Ariana Williams, Teiaro Taikato & John Davies | |
2018 | The Crucible | Abigail Williams | Unitec Theatre Productions dir. Alexandra Whitham | |
2018 | Richard III | Queen Elizabeth | Unitec Theatre Productions dir. Elizabeth Hawthorne |
Short Film
Year | Production | Role | Company / Director | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Bygone: The Exodus | Nora | Centless Productions dir. Ben Willliams | Short Film |
Training
Year | Description | Institution / Presenter | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Kacie Stetson Studios | Screen Acting | ||
2017 - 2019 | Bachelor of Performing & Screen Arts | Unitec New Zealand | ||
2019 | Clay Banks Studio International | Los Angeles | ||
2019 | Acting Intensive for Film & Television | American Academy of Dramatic Arts | ||
2016 | Summer Programme | South Seas Film & Television School |
Accents
Advanced: American - General
Sports
Intermediate: Netball | Pilates | Yoga
Singing Range
C. Soprano | Mezzo | Soprano
Singing Styles
Advanced: Musical | Popular
Intermediate: Blues | Cabaret | Choral | Contemporary | Jazz
Dance
Advanced: General Movement | Jazz
Intermediate: Modern