Emily Perkins

What I admire about Emily Perkins is her quiet durability. She started as a child actor, played young Beverly in It, and then became a genre icon as Brigitte in Ginger Snaps, yet she never chased tabloid fame. There is a haunted intelligence behind her eyes that feels rare, and I suspect her time at the University of British Columbia fed it. Choosing to build a career rooted in Vancouver rather than the Hollywood machine reads, to me, like real self-possession. She is the kind of performer who works because the work matters, and that earns my respect.

Name (English)

Emily Perkins

Name (Japanese)

エミリー・パーキンス

Reading

えみりー・ぱーきんす

Born

May 4, 1977 (age 49)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Snake

Origin

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Occupation

actor / film actor

University

University of British Columbia

• Official sitehttp://www.emilyperkins.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily%20Perkins
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q242842

Tags

• British Columbia
• actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.