Emma Swan

Emma Swan
Once Upon a Time character
Promotional photograph of Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan.
First appearance	"Pilot"
Created by	Adam Horowitz & Eddy Kitsis
Portrayed by	Jennifer Morrison Abby Ross (teenager) Mckenna Grace (child)
Information
Nickname(s)	Swan Dark Swan (briefly)
Aliases	Princess Leia Princess Emma (alternate reality)
Occupation	Savior Sheriff Bail bond agent (formerly) Deputy (formerly) Princess (alternate reality)
Title	The Savior The Dark One (formerly)
Family	David Nolan/Prince Charming (father) Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard (mother) Neal Nolan (brother)
Significant other(s)	Neal Cassidy (ex-boyfriend, deceased) Graham Humbert (brief love interest, deceased) Walsh (ex-boyfriend, deceased) Killian Jones (boyfriend)
Children	Henry Mills (son)
Relatives	Ruth (paternal grandmother, deceased) Robert (paternal grandfather, deceased) Albert Spencer (paternal adoptive grandfather) Prince James (paternal uncle, deceased) King Leopold (maternal grandfather, deceased) Queen Eva (maternal grandmother, deceased)
Nationality	American
Born	22 October 1983 The Enchanted Forest
Abilities	Light Magic Dark Magic (Season 5) Lie detection (self-proclaimed)
Status	Alive
Type	Enchanted Forest character
Centric episodes
Season Two "Tallahassee" Season Three "The Heart of the Truest Believer" "Going Home" "Snow Drifts" "There's No Place Like Home" Season Four "Breaking Glass" "Shattered Sight" "Lily" Season Five "The Dark Swan" "Dreamcatcher" "Birth" "Broken Heart" "Firebird" Season Six "The Savior" "Wish You Were Here"

Emma Swan is a fictional character in ABC's television series Once Upon a Time. She is portrayed by Jennifer Morrison, by Abby Ross as a teenager, and Mckenna Grace as a child. Emma first appeared in the series's pilot as a bail bond agent in Boston, Massachusetts until she meets her biological son Henry, whom she gave up for adoption 10 years before, and learns she is the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming. Henry urges Emma to go to the fictional town of Storybrooke, Maine, to break a curse enacted by the Evil Queen and to restore the fairy tale characters' happy endings.

The daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming, an ex-bail bonds collector, and Henry Mills' biological mother. Morrison described her character at the beginning of the first season as "broken, damaged and worldly". During the fourth season finale, "Operation Mongoose", Emma absorbs the power of the Dark One into herself to save Storybrooke. In order to successfully create a dark version of Emma, Morrison explained that "In order to build Dark Emma, I've been doing a bunch of research there with some of their mythology books and old fairy tale books and just looking back through the history of swans and the etymology of 'Swan'" and explained that Emma's rate of evolution "challenged [her] on a daily basis".

Morrison's portrayal of Emma has received praise, with some reviewers noting a feminist twist in the depiction of fairy tales and a strong female lead. She is loosely based on the title character of the fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling", a swan which was lost and raised by ducks, before finding its birth family and recognizing its true nature.