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My Take
Emily Bett Rickards is a textbook case of an actor outgrowing the role she was hired for. Felicity Smoak began as a small tech character on Arrow, Rickards' very first television credit, yet she charmed audiences so thoroughly that the writers promoted her to a series lead and sent her across The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl. That kind of upward pull comes from the performer, not the page. I love her mix of fast-talking intelligence and disarming sweetness. Born in 1991, she has plenty of runway left, and I am curious to see what defining role she claims next.
Overview
Emily Bett Rickards (born July 24, 1991) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Felicity Smoak on The CW series Arrow, her first television credit. She reprised the role in the Arrowverse shows The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl and voiced the character on the animated web series Vixen.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Emily Bett Rickards
- Name (Japanese)
- エミリー・ベット・リッカーズ
- Reading
- えみりー・べっと・りっかーず
- Born
- July 24, 1991 (age 34)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Goat
- Origin
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from Canada →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.