Emma Mackey

Emma Mackey is one of those rare actors who feels instantly lived-in on screen — you forget she's performing. I first noticed her in Sex Education and immediately thought, this person is going to be a very big deal. She has this almost unsettling naturalism, a kind of quiet intensity that made Maeve feel like a real person rather than a TV archetype. What I find genuinely interesting is her range: she went from that sardonic British-teen voice to playing Emily Brontë with a haunted, almost feral conviction, and then showed up in Barbie with perfect comic timing. Winning the BAFTA Rising Star in 2023 felt less like a discovery and more like the industry finally catching up. She has only just turned thirty and already has three completely distinct roles under her belt that I'd argue for — that's a serious track record.

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Name (English)

Emma Mackey

Name (Japanese)

エマ・マッキー

Reading

えま・まっきー

Born

January 4, 1996 (age 30)

Origin

Le Mans, France

Occupation

actor / model / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rat

University

University of Leeds

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/emmatmackey/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma%20Mackey
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60590137

Tags

• actor
• model
• film actor

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.