Emily O'Brien

Emily Roya O'Brien (born 28 May 1985) is an English three-time Daytime Emmy-nominated actress and writer who is known for her five-year series regular role of Jana Hawkes Fisher on The Young and the Restless from 2006–2011. She also portrayed Julia in the 2014 film Pernicious and provided the voices of Camille in League Of Legends, and Y'shtola in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Emily also voiced Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series and Special Agent Iman Avesta in the 2017 video game Batman: The Enemy Within. In 2018, she became part of the main cast of the animated film Dagon Troll World Chronicles. She also voiced Amelie and young Bridget Strand in the 2019 game Death Stranding. O'Brien recently joined the cast of Days of Our Lives and currently portrays the character Gwen on the daytime drama. [1]

For the member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, see Emily O'Brien (politician).

Emily O'Brien
O'Brien at the 2008 Daytime Emmy Awards
Born
Emily Roya O'Brien

(1985-05-28) 28 May 1985
Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
OccupationActress
Years active2003–present
RelativesNatalie O'Brien (sister)

Life and career
Emily O'Brien, right, with people from the 2015 film Pernicious.

Emily O'Brien was born on May 28, 1985, in Bedfordshire, England, but moved with her family to Carlsbad, California, when she was nine years old. She was in plays at Carlsbad High School, where she graduated in 2003, and at MiraCosta College, where she completed a theater major in 2005. In 2005, she graduated with a degree in theater from Mira Costa College.

She was named a finalist in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival’s Irene Ryan Acting Competition in 2005, where she was pitted against several hundred students from colleges and universities across the country. She attended Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, England and wrote, produced and directed her first project Beatrice in 2011 which won best film at BIFF.

She portrayed Jana Hawkes Fisher in The Young and the Restless. O'Brien was nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards for her performance in The Young and the Restless. She portrayed the role again in November 2008, when a parody of the show was the theme of the 1st showcase on The Price Is Right. O'Brien portrayed the role initially on a recurring status from May 11 to September 5, 2006,[2] and then on contract from October 10, 2006 to February 20, 2007,[3] when the character disappeared from the canvas temporarily until her return on June 15, 2007.[4] O'Brien earned two Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Younger Actress in 2008 and 2009.[5][6] In March 2011, news broke that O'Brien had been let go from The Young and the Restless,[7] with her final airdate on May 6, 2011. Prior to her firing, O'Brien was pre-nominated for another Daytime Emmy in the same category.[8]

O’Brien is in much demand as a voice actor, and provided the voices of Y'Shtola in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, Camille in League Of Legends, Faris Scherwiz in World of Final Fantasy, and Veruca Salt in Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.[9]

Emily then portrayed Julia in the 2014 supernatural horror film Pernicious, directed by James Cullen Bressack.[10]

She also voiced Gamora in the Telltale video game, Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series.[11] She has received wide recognition for her portrayal of Special Agent Iman Avesta in Batman: The Enemy Within, a fan of Batman.[12] O'Brien is partially deaf, and teared up having to voice a scene where the character could be rendered deaf by the Riddler. While the game itself was moderately received, her performance was generally praised by critics.

In 2018, she briefly played Jillian Marshall in the Focus on the Family radio program Adventures in Odyssey. That same year, she provided the voice of Renee Chandler in the CW Seed animated series Constantine: City of Demons.[13] She also appeared as the suspicious Portia in the thriller Dangerous Matrimony, then signed on to play the voice of Ruth the human mother and wife of the Ambassador of Earth in the upcoming dark fantasy motion comic Dagon Troll World Chronicles that is set to be released in 2019. She reprised the role of Gamora in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order.

O'Brien appeared in Hideo Kojima's 2019 game Death Stranding[14] as the voices of Amelie and the young Bridget Strand, characters using the likeness of Lindsay Wagner. She has several projects in hand that are currently in post-production, like Vampire Dad, Iris, and Beautifully Flawed.

In May 2020, it was announced that O'Brien had joined the cast of Days of Our Lives in the role of Gwen; she made her first appearance on 1 June of the same year.[15]

Personal life

Her mother is Persian and her father is British. Emily's parents, Flora and Michael, say, “Acting is the only thing she wanted to do.” She has a sister named Natalie. O'Brien speaks Persian fluently and has studied French and Spanish. Born and raised in England and capable of multiple British dialects plus various other European accents. She also sings professionally and is currently the national narrator for the eBay and PayPal campaign. O'Brien describes herself as a feminist.[16] O'Brien is partially deaf.

Filmography
Film performances
Year Title Role Notes
2003Champagne SocietyShort film
2004Rock & Roll Eulogy
2005South of HellMabel
2006SéanceGirl
2006ComaNurseVideo short
2010New GlassesShort film
2011MatchupHis SweetheartShort film
2011BeatriceBeatriceShort film; also writer and producer
2012SuperWannabeHeroesSuper SallyShort film
2014Edgar Allan Poe's the CaskShort film
2014PerniciousJulia
2014The Janus Project PreviewLexiShort film
2014On the RunAmyShort film
2016RestorationRebecca Jordan
2016Honey Jar: Chase for the GoldAnn Jordan
2016The Bad BatchDream Girl
2017The Bigfoot ProjectJamie Kerrigan
2017Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate FactoryVeruca Salt (voice)Direct-to-video
2018Get Married or DieSandi
2018Too CloseThe GirlShort film
2018Vampire DadNatasha
2018Dangerous Matrimony Portia
2018Constantine: City of Demons – The MovieRenee Chandler (voice)
2019IrisIrisShort film
2019Dagon Troll World ChroniclesRuth
2019The CloudMargerie
Television performances
Year Title Role Notes
2006 What About Brian Girl at Club Episode: "Two in Twenty-Four"
2006–2011 The Young and the Restless Jana Hawkes Series regular
2016 Rock in a Hard Place Young Debbie Unknown episodes
2017 One Day at a Time VO Operator Episode: "Hold, Please"
2018–2019 Constantine: City of Demons Renee Chandler (voice) 2 episodes; web series
2019 Love, Death & Robots Zawora (voice) Episode: "The Witness"
2019 Beautifully Flawed Susan TV Movie
2020 Days of Our Lives Gwen Recurring role
Video game performances
Year Title Role Notes
2013Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm RebornY'shtolaEnglish dub
2014Middle-earth: Shadow of MordorEryn
2015The Order: 1886Additional Voices
2016World of Final FantasyFaris ScherwizEnglish dub
2016League Of LegendsCamille[17]
2017Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale SeriesGamora
2017–2018Batman: The Enemy WithinIman Avesta / Bartender / Agency Female #3
2017Paranormal Activity: The Lost SoulThe Witch
2017Dishonored: Death of the OutsiderRats Whisperers
2018God of WarAdditional Voices
2018Call of Duty: Black Ops 4Additional Voices
2018Thief of ThievesTaraneh Jamshidi
2019Elder Scrolls OnlineKhamira / Additional Voices
2019Days GoneAdditional Voices
2019Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black OrderGamora
2019IndivisibleMary
2019Death StrandingAmelie, young BridgetLindsay Wagner as model
2019Apex LegendsAdditional Voices

Other
  • 2009: She is featured as the test subject in a TED talk about recreating human faces in digital, photo-realistic quality.[18]
  • 2016: She voiced Scout Three in Rogue One: Recon A Star Wars 360 Experience.[19]
  • 2018: She briefly played Jillian Marshall on Adventures in Odyssey.

Awards
  • ACTF Irene Ryans Theater festival Finalist and 2006 Nominee (2005)
  • CHS Film Festival: Best Actress of 2003 Best Film (Pleasant Dreams) of 2003 (2003)
  • DTASC Shakespeare Festival : 3rd place award for Othello (2003)
  • BEST FEST San Diego Film Festival (2003) 3rd place award for Pleasant Dreams
  • Team Power Award Don't Drink the Water from the city of Carlsbad (2002)
  • Daytime Emmy Award Nomination: Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series (2008 Nominee)
  • Daytime Emmy Award Nomination: Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series (2009 Nominee)
  • Daytime Emmy Award Nomination: Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series (2011 Nominee)

References
  1. https://www.soapoperanews.net/2020/05/emily-obriens-first-days-of-our-lives.html
  2. The Young and the Restless recap (May 11, 2006) - TV.com
  3. The Young and the Restless recap (February 20, 2007) - TV.com
  4. The Young and the Restless recap (June 15, 2007) - TV.com
  5. Kroll, Dan J. (30 April 2008). "2008 Daytime Emmys - Nominations". SoapCentral. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  6. Kroll, Dan J. (14 May 2009). "AMC tops all Emmy tallies, DAYS has a big showing". SoapCentral. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  7. Kroll, Dan J. (22 March 2011). "Emily O'Brien let go from Y&R". SoapCentral. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  8. Kroll, Dan J. (26 February 2010). "2010 Daytime Emmys - Pre-Nominations Announced". SoapCentral. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  9. "Faris Scherwiz Voice - Final Fantasy franchise | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 5 June 2019. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.
  10. "Production: Pernicious" (PDF). Film in Thailand. Thailand Film Office.
  11. Yin-Poole, Wesley (10 March 2017). "Nolan North is Rocket in Telltale's Guardians of the Galaxy game".
  12. https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/catching-emily-obrien/
  13. Wickline, Dan (March 24, 2018). "Constantine: City of Demons Recap and Review". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on March 24, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  14. Bell, Brian (22 February 2018). "Troy Baker, Emily O'Brien Join Cast of Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding". Paste. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  15. SOD (27 May 2020). "Exclusive! Emily O'Brien to DAYS". Soap Opera Digest. United States: American Media, Inc. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  16. https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/catching-emily-obrien/
  17. https://twitter.com/emilyXObrien/status/842513903338713088
  18. Debevec, Paul. "Animating a photo-real digital face". Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  19. https://www.starwars.com/news/ilmxlabs-mark-miller-on-rogue-one-recon-and-putting-fans-in-x-wings
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