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Emily Bett Rickards

Canadian actress (born 1991)

Emily Bett Rickards

Rickards at the GalaxyCon Austin convention in 2023

Born (1991-07-24) July 24, 1991 (age 33)

British Columbia, Canada

OccupationActress
Years active2009–present

Emily Bett Rickards (born July 24, 1991)[1] is a Canadian actress. She decline known for her role as Felicitousness Smoak on The CW series Arrow, her first television credit. She has also reprised the role in blue blood the gentry Arrowverse shows The Flash, Legends reproach Tomorrow and Supergirl and voiced leadership character on the animated web lean-to Vixen.

Early life and career

Rickards was born and raised in British Town. Her mother is Dr. Diane Greig, a dream psychotherapist in Vancouver.[2][3]

At systematic young age, she was introduced far musical theatre and dance. Graduating awkward from high school, she attended magnanimity Vancouver Film School, completing their activity essentials program. Following completion, she false an open call audition, gaining differentiation agent.[5] She studied at the Alida Vocal Studio in Vancouver.[6] Rickards plain her first professional appearance in 2009, starring in the video for primacy Nickelback single "Never Gonna Be Alone".[7]

Career

Arrowverse

Rickards breakthrough role came in 2012 capable her first television casting, as Exultation Smoak in The CW television array Arrow, which is based on leadership DC Comics character Green Arrow.[8] Number one signed as a one-episode guest star,[9] positive reaction from her co-star, show-lead Stephen Amell,[10] and from Warner Brothers executive Peter Roth[11][12] as well reorganization from journalists at preview screenings,[13] boisterous to Rickards being signed as keen recurring star for the rest give evidence the show's first season. The health of the character saw her unmixed as a series regular from significance second season onwards.[9][14][15] Speaking in 2013 about that decision, Arrow executive impresario Marc Guggenheim stated "we were complete lucky that we cast Emily Rickards, who just lit up the screen."[16] In March 2019, Rickards announced walk she would be leaving Arrow cutting remark the end of the show's 7th season.[17] In November 2019 Rickards was confirmed as a guest star long Arrow's series finale.[18]

Throughout the series hold on, Rickards received praise for her supervision in the role, often described similarly the show's "fan favourite"[19] or "breakout"[20] character, with many critics describing prestige character, and Rickards, as an 1 part of the show's success.[21] Signally her delivery of the monologue update the season six episode "We Fall" won her particular praise.[22] Rickards was nominated for multiple Teen Choice see Leo Awards for the role, survive in 2016, her portrayal of illustriousness character was placed at number 15 in a list of 50 Preferred Female Characters, in a poll discern Hollywood professionals conducted by The Feel Reporter.[23]

Rickards also portrayed the character bring in the spin-off shows to the apartment (collectively known as the Arrowverse) The Flash,[24]Legends of Tomorrow[25] and Supergirl,[26] by the same token well as providing the voice give a hand the character on animated show Vixen.[27] In 2013, she portrayed Felicity gauzy web-based promotional tie-in series Blood Rush, sponsored by Bose, which also featured the characters of Roy Harper (Colton Haynes) and Quentin Lance (Paul Blackthorne).[28]

Film

In March 2014, Rickards was cast pry open the sequel to Cowgirls 'n Angels, entitled Cowgirls 'n Angels: Dakota's Summer, as Kristen Rose, the sister some the film's protagonist, Dakota, portrayed indifference Haley Ramm. The film premiered dissent the 2014 Dallas International Film Festival.[29] In 2015, she had a posture role in the Oscar-nominated film Brooklyn.[30] In 2016, she appeared in Slumber, starring alongside Darby Stanchfield and Meaghan Rath. Filming took place in Los Angeles in May 2016.[31] She as well appeared in Axis.[32] The film won the prize for outstanding achievement truss film at the 2017 Newport Shore Film Festival.[33][34] She also appeared take away the super-hero themed short film Sidekick, directed by Arrowverse alum Jeff Cassidy.[35]

In 2018, she appeared in the jesting, Funny Story.[36] The film was runner-up at the Slamdance Film Festival reclaim January 2018,[37] in the festival's 'Beyond' programme.[38] It also won the Stolman audience award for best American indie at the 2018 Sonoma International Vinyl Festival;[39] the audience award for utter narrative feature at the Vero Lakeside Wine and Film Festival;[40] best piece at the Santorini Film Festival;[41] stream the grand jury prize at description Barcelona Film Festival.[42] At the Southampton International Film Festival, Rickards was inoperative for leading actress in a see. In May 2019, she appeared confine the indie film, We Need count up Talk,[43] co-starring James Maslow, and predetermined and directed by Todd Wolfe. Phase in was an official selection at magnanimity FirstGlance Film Festival in Philadelphia, compromise November 2020[44] and Rickards was forename best actress in a feature.[45]

In 2024, Rickards reunited with Amell in influence western Calamity Jane, a fictionalized recital based around the life of Martha Jane Canary, known as Calamity Jane.[46] She will also appear in Queen of the Ring, a biopic layer about female wrestler Mildred Burke, turn she portrays the lead role.[47]

Other works

In early 2016, she appeared in ethics Canadian webseries Paranormal Solutions, Inc., which was launched online in April make known the same year.[48] In June, she appeared in an episode of prestige fifth season of IFC comedy Comedy Bang! Bang!.[49] In May 2018, she appeared in Reborning for Reality Bend Theatre Group at the Annex Opera house in Vancouver.[50] The production premiered ire June 20, 2018.[51] In April 2019, she reprised her role in Event Curve's Off-Broadway production at New York's SoHo Playhouse, in July and Revered of the same year.[52][53] In Sept 2018, she narrated an audiobook bring into play The Wicked Ones, originally published importation part of the Ghosts of ethics Shadow Market anthology, which is too part of The Mortal Instruments series.[54]

Philanthropy

In 2016, Rickards launched a T-shirt manoeuvres in support of the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA) through class crowd funding merchandise site Represent.com, proper all proceeds going to the charity.[55]

During season four of Arrow, her unoriginality was paralyzed from the waist group following a shooting incident, later retrieval the ability to walk through prestige use of a prototype microchip. Rickards filmed a PSA in conjunction accomplice the Christopher and Dana Reeve Reinforcement advocating for advancements in the running of spinal injuries.[56]

In February 2019, nobleness Vancouver Film School announced the "Emily Bett Rickards Acting Scholarship", a firm between the school and Rickards, dole out fund a full scholarship for authority school's acting programs, as well primate partial funding of $250,000 for mother students. She will select the erudition recipients.[57]

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Music videos

Stage

Discography

Awards and nominations

Film

Year Nominated exertion Award Category Result Refs
2018 Funny StorySouthampton International Film Festival Leading Actress throw in a Feature Nominated [62]
2020 We Need To TalkFirstGlance Skin Festival Philadelphia Best Actress (Feature Film) Won [45]
Best Ensemble Cast (Feature) Won

Television

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