Emma Rigby
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Rigby in October 2016
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Emma Catherine Rigby 26 September 1989 St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actress, model |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Emma Catherine Rigby (born 26 September 1989) is an English actress. She is best known for playing the role of Hannah Ashworth in long-running soap opera Hollyoaks, Gemma Roscoe in BBC One drama series Prisoners' Wives and as the Red Queen in American fantasy-drama Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.
Rigby was born in St Helens, Merseyside to her Carole and Steven Rigby. She has an older sister called Charlotte. Rigby attended De La Salle High School where she gained 9 A* at GCSE.
Rigby's first acting role was Lisa Gunstone in Born and Bred. Before getting the role as Hannah Ashworth in Hollyoaks, she had a few minor roles and appeared in popular soap Brookside as Elena Jones.
Hollyoaks
In 2005, Rigby got the role as Hannah Ashworth in Hollyoaks at the age of 15. She was given praise and recognition for her anorexia storyline, in which she was nominated for various awards.
In November 2008, Rigby announced she was leaving Hollyoaks to pursue other projects, and would remain on-screen until June 2009. However, after meetings with soap bosses, it was later confirmed that Rigby had extended her contract for an additional six months and would remain on-screen until February 2010. Her final episode was broadcast on 11 February 2010.
2010-present
For a brief time Emma turned from acting to modelling shooting a campaign with Rory Lewis Photographer in Late February 2010. From 2009-2011 she starred in several short films, including the award winning 'Talk'.
In July 2010, Rigby made her debut in the West End psycho-sexual thriller musical Wolfboy. She had a non-singing part, playing the role of nurse Cherry. She received positive feedback from critics.
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