Emma Handy

Emma Handy (Born 24 March 1974) is a British actress best known for her West End stage work and her role as DC Paula McIntyre in the ITV1 award-winning drama series Wire in the Blood in which she appeared for five series.

Emma trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). During the summer of her second year Emma was invited to Hungary to play the leading role in the first English translation of Csongor és Tünde by Peter Zollman at the Merlin International Theatre, Budapest.

During her final year at drama school Emma was offered the part of Yuliya in a new translation of Chekov's 'The Wood Demon' by Frank Dwyer at the Playhouse Theatre in London's West End. Emma went straight onto the Royal Shakespeare Company to play Jessica in Merchant of Venice and to create the role of Rhona in the premiere of Robert Holman's Bad Weather.

Much of Emma's stage work has been involved with new writing creating many roles including Anna Van Gogh in Nicholas Wright's multi award-winning play Vincent in Brixton directed by Richard Eyre for the Royal National Theatre; Rhona in Robert Holman's Bad Weather directed by Steven Pimlott for the Royal Shakespeare Company; Lou in Murray Gold's 50 Revolutions directed by Dominic Dromgoole for the Trafalgar Studios and Cathy in Polly Teale's award-winning Speechless for Shared Experience at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.

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