Emily Beecham Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Emily Beecham (b. May 1984 in Manchester, England) is an English film, television and stage actress who, since the start of her career in 2006, has amassed over thirty credits, including the leading role of a postulant nun entering an unconventional convent depicted in The Calling, a film which, following its premiere in June 2009 at the Edinburgh Film Festival, resulted in her being chosen as one of the recipients of that year's Skillset Trailblazer Award, bestowed upon a select group of young actors considered "new discoveries" and potential stars. Born in Manchester to an English... MORE

Emily Beecham (b. May 1984 in Manchester, England) is an English film, television and stage actress who, since the start of her career in 2006, has amassed over thirty credits, including the leading role of a postulant nun entering an unconventional convent depicted in The Calling, a film which, following its premiere in June 2009 at the Edinburgh Film Festival, resulted in her being chosen as one of the recipients of that year's Skillset Trailblazer Award, bestowed upon a select group of young actors considered "new discoveries" and potential stars. Born in Manchester to an English airline pilot, and his American wife (from Arizona), Emily Beecham has dual citizenship and holds an American passport (as does her brother who moved to Seattle to pursue a career as a musician). Due to her father's profession the family did not stay in one place for long: "we were always moving so I went to about ten schools, and I was constantly missing syllabuses and redoing them", she told an interviewer. She also laughed about her "early career" as an amateur actress: " I used my imagination a lot and it was something that came naturally to me." In 2003, she enrolled at the London Academy of Music LESS