Emma Lau | |
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Born | 1991 |
Alma mater | Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts |
Years active | 2014–present |
Emma Chung Yi Lau (born 1991) is a British actress. On television, she is known for her role in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks (2021–2023). Her films include The School for Good and Evil (2022).
Lau grew up in Greater Manchester. She took a foundation course at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) [1] before going on to graduate from the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. [2]
Lau began her career working with the Yellow Earth Theatre Company on The Last Days of Limehouse in 2014 [3] and O Deptford in 2016. Also in 2016, Lau made her television debut as Lucy in "Zero", an episode and installment of the BBC One drama anthology Moving On. [4] This was followed by her feature film debut in Trial and Error.
In 2018, Lau appeared in Foreign Goods 3 at the Arcola Theatre and Table at the New Vic. She played Drusilla in the original cast of the stage musical adaptation of The Worst Witch, which premiered at the Royal & Derngate in Northampton, went on tour, [5] and had a run at London's Vaudeville Theatre, marking Lau's West End debut. [6] In 2020, she was cast in the Storyhouse productions of The Suicide, Miss Julie, and Signal Fires. She had small roles in the films Artemis Fowl in 2020 and Venom: Let There Be Carnage in 2021.
Lau made what was initially meant to be a guest appearance in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks in September 2021 [7] before officially joining the main cast as Serena Chen-Williams in November 2021. [8] [9] She exited the soap in January 2023. [10] She also played Kiko in the 2022 Netflix film The School for Good and Evil [11] [12] and Miranda in The Tempest at the 2023 Salisbury International Arts Festival. [13] She starred in Glacier at the Old Fire Station in Oxford. [14]
Lau is in a relationship with MMA fighter and fitness trainer Daniel Crooks-May. [15]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | Trial and Error | Willow | |
2020 | Artemis Fowl | Goblin | Disney+ film |
2021 | Venom: Let There Be Carnage | Reveler | |
2022 | The School for Good and Evil | Kiko | Netflix film |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2016 | Moving On | Lucy | Episode: "Zero" |
2021 | Lagging | Presenter | Episode: "The Ticket" [16] |
2021–2023 | Hollyoaks | Serena Chen-Williams | 66 episodes |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2022 | Sifu | Fighter | |
2022 | Total War: Warhammer III |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | The Last Days of Limehouse | Jenny Tzeto | Yellow Earth Theatre / Limehouse Town Hall, London |
2016 | O Deptford | Thuy | Yellow Earth Theatre / Albany Theatre |
2018 | Foreign Goods 3 | Leah | Arcola Theatre, London |
2018 | Table | Su-Lin / Aisha / Jess | New Vic, London |
2018–2019 | The Worst Witch | Drusilla | Royal & Derngate, Northampton / UK tour / Vaudeville Theatre, London |
2020 | The Suicide | Florence / Seren | Storyhouse, Chester |
2020 | Miss Julie | Christine | |
2020 | Signal Fires | Helen | New Earth Theatre |
2023 | The Tempest | Miranda | Salisbury International Arts Festival |
2023 | Glacier | Old Fire Station, Oxford |