Emily Hampshire is a Canadian film and television actress, best known for her role as Angelina to Sean Astin's Michael in the 1998 romantic comedy Boy Meets Girl, and Vivienne in the 2006 film Snow Cake.

Early life

Hampshire was born in c. 1979 at Montreal, Quebec.
Personal life

In 2006, she married Matthew Smith, a former soccer player turned agent-in-training at William Morris talent agency. She moved to Los Angeles soon after filming Snow Cake.

Career

Emily Hampshire is most widely known to international audiences for her role as Angelina to Sean Astin's Michael in the 1998 romantic comedy Boy Meets Girl, and Vivienne in the 2006 film Snow Cake, in which she starred opposite Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman.

Having been professionally active in the Canadian film and TV industry since 1996, Hampshire is also notable for her role as Siobhan Roy on Made in Canada. More recently, she has starred in the Canadian series This Space For Rent, Carl² and Northern Town. She also starred alongside Kevin Zegers and Samaire Armstrong in the 2006 romantic comedy It's a Boy/Girl Thing, in which she played the character Chanel. She played Margaret in The Life Before This, a feature film directed by Jerry Ciccoritti, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1999. She also voiced Starr/Nebula on the animated Canadian sitcom 6Teen. Most recently, she appeared in The Trotsky as Leon Trotsky's love interest Alexandra; in the Canadian indie film, Good Neighbours as Louise; and in David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis as Jane Melman.

Hampshire has also done voice-acting, voicing the character Misery on the animated series Ruby Gloom, Diana Barry in Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series, Chloe Crashman in Carl Squared and Alyson Malitski in Braceface.

On 23 May 2012 in Cannes, France, Birks presented the first Birks Canadian Diamond award to Hampshire and fellow actress Sarah Gadon during Telefilm Canada's inaugural Tribute To Canadian Talent press event and reception. Also in 2012, Hampshire co-starred in Sean Garrity's comedy film My Awkward Sexual Adventure for which she received positive critical notice. The same year she was cast in the futuristic-zombie film The Returned.

In 2014 Hampshire was cast in the Syfy series 12 Monkeys in the recurring roles as Jennifer Goines, a reimagined version of Brad Pitt's character from the film on which the series is based; in 2015, she was upped to a series regular for the show's second season. She also plays Stevie Budd on CBC Television's Schitt's Creek. In late 2015, Hampshire was cast in Xavier Dolan's independent film The Death and Life of John F. Donovan which also stars Jessica Chastain, Kathy Bates, and Susan Sarandon.

Awards and nominations

Hampshire has won a Gemini Award in Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series for Made in Canada.

She has thrice been nominated for Canadian Genie Awards. She was a Best Supporting Actress nominee at the 24th Genie Awards for the movie A Problem with Fear, a Best Leading Actress nominee at the 25th Genie Awards for the movie Blood, and a Best Supporting Actress nominee at the 27th Genie Awards for the movie Snow Cake.

In 2015, Hampshire was nominated and won a Golden Maple Leaf award for her roles on both 12 Monkeys and Schitt's Creek.

Filmography
Film
1997 Dead Innocent
1998 Boy Meets Girl
1999 The Life Before This
2001 Chasing Cain
2002 Dad
2003 Posers
2003 In Shadow
2003 A Problem with Fear
2003 Twist
2004 Blood
2006 Snow Cake
2006 Couldn't Be Happier
2006 It's a Boy Girl Thing
2007 The Cradle
2009 The Trotsky
2010 What's the Harm?
2010 Die
2010 Good Neighbors
2010 Good Neighbors
2012 My Awkward Sexual Adventure
2013 All the Wrong Reasons
2013 The Returned

Television

1994 Are You Afraid of the Dark?
1996 Are You Afraid of the Dark?
1997 The Last Don
1997 Every 9 Seconds
1997 Earth: Final Conflict
1998 Made in Canada
1999 Seasons of Love
1999 Love Letters
1999 Happy Face Murders
1999 Mythic Warriors
2000 Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series
2000 Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
2000 Twice in a Lifetime
2000 La Femme Nikita
2000 The Ride
2000 Scorn
2001 Doc
2001 The Associates
2001 Braceface
2001 MythQuest
2002 Chasing Cain: Face
2002 Mutant X
2002 A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2002 The Eleventh Hour
2003 Foolish Girl
2003 The Atwood Stories
2003 Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids
2004 This Is Wonderland
2004 Puppets Who Kill
2004 Atomic Betty
2004 Earthsea
2004 6teen
2004–05 Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends
2005–06 Carl²
2006 6teen
2006 Northern Town
2006–07 Ruby Gloom
2007 This Space for Rent
2011 Republic of Doyle
2012 Hitched for the Holidays
2013 Rookie Blue
2015 Man Seeking Woman
2015–present 12 Monkeys
2015–present Schitt's Creek