Jacqueline Emerson | |
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Born | Jacqueline Bonnell Marteau Emerson Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Other names | Jackie Emerson [lower-alpha 1] |
Education | Stanford University |
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Years active | 2004–present |
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Musical career | |
Genres | Pop |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, keyboard |
Labels | Walt Disney (2006–2007) |
Website | jackieemerson |
Jacqueline Bonnell Marteau Emerson [lower-alpha 2] is a multi-hyphenate actor, writer, composer, voiceover artist, and musician, who has been performing since the age of 6. She is best known for portraying Foxface in the film The Hunger Games , which was her first film audition ever. Though she is most known for her work in film, she has also performed with notable theater companies Reprise LA, Theaterworks, and Ensemble Studio Theater -- in a show for which she became an Ovation Award nominee (2020).
After performing in The Hunger Games, she attended and graduated Stanford University. [2] [3] Since then, she has performed in numerous other films and television shows, as well as sung at the Hollywood Bowl, with the Los Angeles Opera, and at The Ford Amphitheater. Recently, she lent her voiceover talents to Disney's Fantasia: Music Evolved, and Bethesda's Starfield. She is a former member of the teenage pop band Devo 2.0, which was active from 2005 to 2007. In 2011, she recorded her first single "Peter Pan", and in 2012, her song "Catch Me If You Can" was released on YouTube. [4] Since then, her music has amassed more than a million views online, and she has released singles "What If," "Na Na Na (Na)" and "Glass Fire in a Jar." She also has created, directed and starred in multiple award-winning short films, both musical and dramatic, which can be found on her website.
Jacqueline Bonnell Marteau Emerson [ citation needed ] was born in Washington D.C., U.S. to Kimberly Marteau, an attorney, and John B. Emerson, an attorney, and former White House aide who worked for both Clinton and Obama.
From a young age, Jacqueline pursued an interest in both acting and singing, though never on-camera until she was of age. As a child and young adult, she participated in numerous radio commercials for film and television. She also performed in numerous professional productions with Reprise, the Los Angeles Opera, and L.A. Theater Works. [5] She attended Marlborough School in Los Angeles. [6]
After filming The Hunger Games, Emerson graduated from Stanford University, where she studied Mandarin and Communications with a focus on Media Psychology. [5] [7] [8]
Emerson was a member of Disney's Devo 2.0 (a.k.a. DEV2.O), a Devo tribute band of teen performers. Emerson played keyboards in the project, which spawned a DVD and CD combo and was fully supported by the original Devo band members. In 2007, the novelty act broke up, when lead singer Nicole Stoehr and lead guitarist Nathan Norman quit and said they would never make music again because the album flopped. Emerson continued to write songs and perform music, where she started a YouTube Channel and released the music video of her single, "Peter Pan" and in the next year, "Catch Me If You Can". [9] She later released an acoustic song, "Glass Fire In a Jar", in which she co-wrote with Adrianne Duncan. Since then, she has released multiple other singles, and has parlayed her talents into musical theater composition [10]
She made her television debut providing the voice for a set of Tiger Twins in the 2004 animated CGI sitcom Father of the Pride .
In 2012, Emerson made her film debut in the science fiction adventure, The Hunger Games as the District 5 tribute, Foxface. In a 2013 interview, Emerson announced that she would be working on Son of the South. [11] She appeared in the Video ETA's list of ten up and coming stars predicted to be A-listers by 2015. [12]
Since then, Emerson has lent her voice to projects from Disney, Dreamworks and Bethesda.
She also starred, directed, composed and created multiple shorts which now exist online, or on her website.
As an actor, she has performed in numerous films and television shows, including FBI, The Night is Ours, The Last Survivors, and The Curse of Downer's Grove.
Upcoming films she stars in include the recently released Wine Club (2024), and award-winning film Art Thief (2024). She also can be seen in the upcoming film Winter Spring Summer or Fall and is set to act in the film Kent State about the Kent State protests for Briarcliff.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012 | The Hunger Games | Foxface | |
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games | Herself | ||
2015 | The Night Is Ours | Olivia | Short film |
The Last Survivors | Skye | ||
2016 | The Curse of Downers Grove | Eyde | |
2018 | Nineteen on Fire | Krista | Short film |
2020 | Far From Phoenix | Lydia | Short film |
2021 | Darby Hoskins | Darby | Short film |
2023 | Wine Club | Tovah | Also executive producer |
2024 | Art Thief | Olympia | WON - Best Actress at Orlando Film Festival |
TBA | Kent State | Ruth | (pre-production) |
TBA | Winter Spring Summer or Fall | Robyn | (post-production) |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Father of the Pride | Tiger Twins (voice) | |
2020 | Wayward Guide for the Untrained Eye | Rebecca | YouTube web series |
2022 | FBI |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | Fantasia: Music Evolved | Scout (voice) | |
2023 | Starfield | Autumn MacMillan (voice) |
Song | Year | Artist | Director | Reference(s) |
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"Peter Pan" | 2011 | Herself | — | — |
"Catch Me If You Can" | 2012 | |||
"Glass Fire in a Jar" | 2014 | |||
"Na Na Na (Na)" | 2017 | |||
"Impact: The Musical (What If)" | 2019 |
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