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Emily Katherine Booth (born 26 April 1976),[citation needed] also known by her stage name Emily "Bouff" Bouffante, is an English actress and television presenter.
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Biography
Early life
Booth was born in Chester,[citation needed] Cheshire in 1976 but grew up in Hastings, East Sussex.[citation needed] Her paternal great-grandfather built one of the first cinemas in the UK in Cornwall. It is now a garage, but still has a plaque on the wall marking its significance. Booth studied for 3 A levels and a BA in media and film degree at Goldsmiths College, University of London. While she was a student she earned money busking in the street playing the violin and sang on Eurotrash.[1] Booth once worked in PR for the London-based Salvation Films, has been an avid animal rights campaigner[citation needed] and has some rats as pets.[1][citation needed]
In 2011 she gave birth to a daughter.[citation needed]
Career
Booth is known for her roles in such cult films as Pervirella, Cradle of Fear, Evil Aliens and the BAFTA nominated short film Inferno. She also appeared in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's double header Grindhouse (2007) and in the mock trailer "Don't", by Edgar Wright[2] (director of Shaun of the Dead).
Booth was also the host of several Channel 4 and satellite television shows. She co-presented and co-wrote video game review show Bits for two years. She was a segment presenter on Channel 4 flagship morning show The Big Breakfast, and also presented on the gameshow Banzai for E4.[3] Other shows she worked on include L!VE TV's Blue Review, paintball challenge show Mission: Paintball, Threesome and Demolition.
Booth has presented several television programmes related to cult films, including OUT There on five and Shock Movie Massacre on Bravo.
Booth is a presenter on Eat Cinema, interviewing A-list Hollywood stars on The Buzz and hosting her own show First Night Bites. She also hosted the now defunct Quiz Night Live, a premium rate call-in quiz show, shown on satellite/Freeview channel Ftn. She presents The Match on the XLeague.tvchannel. In 2007, she joined Zone Horror where she works as a presenter and continuity announcer.[3] In 2007, Booth became the face of the Horror Channel,[citation needed] and hosted a monthly highlights show, Horror Bites.
Booth was among the guests at the 2009 Festival of Fantastic Films in Manchester [4] and announced the results of the Delta Film Award. She co-hosted the Frighten Brighton Classic Horror Film Festival in Brighton in August 2012.[5]
Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Three's a Shroud | Segment "Over Developed" | |
| Inbred | June | ||
| 2009 | The Reverend | Tracy | |
| Terror Toons 3 | Nurse Stanley | ||
| Doghouse | The Snipper | ||
| 2007 | Grindhouse | faux trailer segment Don't | |
| 2005 | Evil Aliens | Michelle Fox | |
| 2003 | Spiderbabe | Fly Girl | scenes deleted |
| 2002 | Fallen Angels | Sally Munro | uncredited |
| Arthur's Amazing Things | Denise Clarington-Semi-Skimmed | Short film | |
| 2001 | Inferno | Laura | |
| Cradle of Fear | Mel | as Emily Bouffante | |
| Sacred Flesh | Williams girl | ||
| 1998 | Witchcraft X: Mistress of the Craft | Linnaca | as Emily Bouffante |
| 1997 | Pervirella | Pervirella | [6] |
| Event Horizon | Girl on monitor screen | [6] |
Television appearances
- Forgot About The Drive-By: The Montell Jordan Story (2011) – presenter
- videoGaiden (2008)
- Bits (1999–2001) – writer and presenter
- The Big Breakfast: August 2001 – presenter
- outTHERE: season three – presenter (Eden)
- Shock Movie Massacre – presenter
- Blue Review – presenter
- Threesome (1999) – Eve
- Mission Paintball (2001–2002) – presenter
- Demolition (2002) – presenter
- Eat Cinema channel – presenter
- The Great Big British Quiz – presenter
- Quiz Night Live – presenter
- Make Your Play – presenter
- The Match – presenter
- Horror Channel – presenter/voiceover
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Interesting Facts about Emily Booth". http://www.emilybooth.org/emily-booth-trivia-2.php. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ↑ "Nerdly » Emily Booth". http://www.nerdly.co.uk/interview-archive/emily-booth/. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Zone Horror Press Release" (PDF). Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110724023504/http://newsroom.zonemedia.net/Scripts/FileDownload.asp?fPath=D:%5CWWW_Domains%5CZONE_PRESS%5CFiles%5CPress%5CEmily+Booth+joins+Zone+Horror.pdf.
- ↑ Gallagher, Jim. "the Festival of Fantastic Films". http://fantastic-films.com/festival/. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ↑ "Frighten Brighton". http://frightenbrighton.wordpress.com/. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Emily Booth interview". MJSimpson.co.uk. 1997. Archived from the original on 18 April 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090418032059/http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk:80/interviews/emilybooth.html. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
