{{Short description|English actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{use British English|date=January 2013}} {{multiple issues|{{BLP sources|date=December 2010}}}} {{Infobox person | name = Emily Booth | image = <!--Free images only, please--> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|4|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Chester, Cheshire, England | other_names = Emily "Bouff" Bouffante | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|TV presenter|writer}} | years_active = 1997–present }}
'''Emily Katherine Booth''' (born 26 April 1976), also known by her stage name '''Emily''' "'''Bouff'''" '''Bouffante''', is an English actress and television presenter. Booth is known for her roles in cult films ''Pervirella'', ''Cradle of Fear'', ''Evil Aliens'' and the BAFTA nominated short film ''Inferno''. She appeared in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's double header ''Grindhouse'' (2007). Booth has also hosted numerous television and game shows. In 2014, she directed, produced and acted in the short film, ''Selkie.''
==Early life== While she was a student, Booth earned money busking playing the violin and sang on ''Eurotrash''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emilybooth.org/emily-booth-trivia-2.php|title=Interesting Facts about Emily Booth|access-date=26 July 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204204302/http://www.emilybooth.org/emily-booth-trivia-2.php|archive-date=4 February 2010|df=dmy-all|date=2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://filmint.nu/television-presenter-channel/ |website=Film International |first=Cleaver |last=Patterson |date=13 September 2015 |title=Emily Booth: Putting a Face to Television Horror as Presenter of Horror Channel |accessdate=17 October 2022}}</ref>
==Career== Booth is known for her roles in cult films ''Pervirella'', ''Cradle of Fear'', ''Evil Aliens'' and the BAFTA nominated short film ''Inferno''. She appeared in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's double header ''Grindhouse'' (2007) in the mock trailer, "Don't", by Edgar Wright.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nerdly.co.uk/interview-archive/emily-booth/|title=Nerdly » Emily Booth|website=www.nerdly.co.uk|access-date=26 July 2017|date=December 2009}}</ref>
Booth was also the host of several Channel 4 and satellite television shows. She co-presented and co-wrote the video-game review show, ''Bits'' for two years in 1999–2001. She was a segment presenter on Channel 4 flagship morning show, ''The Big Breakfast'' (2001), and presented on the gameshow Banzai for E4.<ref name="zonehorror">{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.zonemedia.net/Scripts/FileDownload.asp?fPath=D%3A%5CWWW_Domains%5CZONE_PRESS%5CFiles%5CPress%5CEmily+Booth+joins+Zone+Horror.pdf |title=Zone Horror Press Release |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724023504/http://newsroom.zonemedia.net/Scripts/FileDownload.asp?fPath=D%3A%5CWWW_Domains%5CZONE_PRESS%5CFiles%5CPress%5CEmily+Booth+joins+Zone+Horror.pdf |archive-date=24 July 2011 |df=dmy |date=14 August 2007}}</ref> Other shows she worked on are: L!VE TV's ''Blue Review'', paintball-challenge show, ''Mission: Paintball'' (2001–2), ''Threesome'' (1999) and ''Demolition'' (2002).
Booth has presented several television programmes related to cult films, including ''OUT There'' on five (2002) 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.<ref name="zonehorror" /> In 2007, Booth became the face of the Horror Channel,{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} and hosted a monthly highlights show, ''Horror Bites''.
Booth was among the guests at the 2009 Festival of Fantastic Films in Manchester<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fantastic-films.com/festival/|title=the Festival of Fantastic Films|first=Jim|last=Gallagher|website=fantastic-films.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830054535/http://fantastic-films.com/festival/|archivedate=30 August 2009|date=2009}}</ref> and announced the results of the Delta Film Award. She co-hosted the Frighten Brighton Classic Horror Film Festival in Brighton in August 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://frightenbrighton.wordpress.com/|website=Frighten Brighton|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105033920/http://frightenbrighton.wordpress.com/|archivedate=5 January 2012|title=Scream Queen Emily Booth Supports Frighten Brighton!|author=Cyberschizoid|date=30 November 2011}}</ref>
She directed, produced and acted in a short film, ''Selkie,'' in 2014.<ref name="whittington">{{Cite web|last=Whittington|first=James|date=10 August 2013|title=Horror Feature: Emily Booth To Produce And Star In Selkie|url=http://www.horrorchannel.co.uk/articles.php?feature=emily+booth+to+produce+and+star+in+selkie|access-date=2020-06-16|website=horrorchannel|language=en|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616101430/https://www.horrorchannel.co.uk/articles.php?feature=frightfest:+interview+with+emily+booth+writer+and+star+of+selkie|archivedate=16 June 2020}}</ref>
==Personal life== She has two children.<ref name="whittington" />
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | rowspan=2|2023 || ''Werewolf Santa'' || Carol || |- | ''Terror Toons 4'' || Female Scientist || |- | 2022 || ''Darkheart Manor'' || Hazel || |- | 2020 || ''They're Outside'' || Penny || |- | 2019 || ''Shed of the Dead'' || Harriet || |- | rowspan="2"|2016 || ''London Horror Story'' || Angry Woman || segment "Over Developed" |- | ''Blaze of Gory'' || Lea-anne || segment "Precious" |- | 2014 || ''Selkie'' || Selkie || Short |- | rowspan=2|2012 || ''Three's a Shroud'' || || Segment "Over Developed" |- | ''Inbred'' || June || |- | rowspan="3"|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 |- | rowspan="2"|2002 || ''Fallen Angels'' || Sally Munro || uncredited |- | ''Arthur's Amazing Things'' || Denise Clarington-Semi-Skimmed || Short film |- | rowspan="3"|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 |- | rowspan="2"|1997 || ''Pervirella'' || Pervirella || <ref name="mjsimpson1">{{cite web |first=M. J. |last=Simpson |author-link=M. J. Simpson |date=1997 |url=http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/interviews/emilybooth.html |title=Emily Booth (interview) |publisher=MJSimpson.co.uk |access-date=3 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418032059/http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/interviews/emilybooth.html |archive-date=18 April 2009 |df=dmy}}</ref> |- | ''Event Horizon'' || Girl on monitor screen || uncredited<ref name="mjsimpson1" /> |}
===Television=== * ''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 (2002) – presenter (Eden)<ref>{{Cite web |title=outTHERE (TV Series) |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-kavxlm/outthere/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521144056/https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-kavxlm/outthere/ |archivedate=21 May 2022 |website=Radio Times |language=en}}</ref> * ''Shock Movie Massacre'' – presenter * ''Blue Review'' – presenter * ''Threesome'' (1999) – Eve * ''Mission Paintball'' (2001–2002) – presenter * ''Demolition'' (2002) – presenter<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lewis-Smith |first1=Victor |title=Smashing time? Hardly |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108831951/smashing-time-hardly/ |access-date=3 September 2022 |work=Evening Standard |date=24 December 2002 |page=91 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> * ''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== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Instagram|id=emhorrorgirl|name=Emily Booth}} * {{IMDb name|id=0095696|name=Emily Booth}}
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