Emily VanCamp

Emily VanCamp has been dating Josh Bowman, her co-star in ‘Revenge,’ since 2011. On May 11, 2017, they announced their engagement.

Emily Irene VanCamp was born on May 12, 1986 in Port Perry, Ontario, to Cindy and Robert VanCamp, who is an animal nutritionist. She has three sisters, Alison VanCamp, Molly VanCamp, and Katie VanCamp, a former dancer who later became a children's book writer. As a child, Emily worked for her father, delivering food materials to clients in and around her town.

When she was three years old, she started attending dance classes. Wanting to become a professional dancer, she convinced her parents to give her permission to attend a summer training dance program in Montreal when she was 11.

At the age of 12, she got admission at the École supérieure de ballet du Québec in Montréal, the dance training program of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. So she moved to Montréal and stayed with a local French Canadian family. She is fluent in French. She learned ballet, jazz, hip-hop, and tap.

Emily VanCamp was bitten by the acting bug when she visited a film set where her elder sister was performing as a ballerina. She was then just 12. After she hired an agent, she landed her first acting job in the children’s horror TV series ‘Are You Afraid of the Dark?’ when she was 13. She appeared in just one scene with Elisha Cuthbert.

In 2000, she played the teenage Jacqueline Bouvier in the television film ‘Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis’. She also appeared as Becky Sue Drummond in the episode ‘Bully for You’ of the series ‘Radio Active’, aired on Canadian television YTV.

In 2001, she bagged a role in the lesbian-themed film ‘Lost and Delirious’, where she played the role of Jessica Paré's sister Allison Moller. On the small screen, she appeared in ‘All Souls’ and ‘Dice’ that same year.

Kevin Williamson, the creator of ‘Dawson's Creek,’ cast her in his supernatural drama ‘Glory Days’, where she appeared as Sam Dolan in 2002. The show was, however, short-lived. But her performance as Amy Abbott in the American drama television series ‘Everwood’ was critically lauded. Created by Greg Berlantia, the series was aired on The WB and spanned over four seasons. ‘Everwood’ made Emily a rising star.

After the end of ‘Everwood’ in 2006, she earned a role in the American TV series ‘Brothers & Sisters’ in 2007. It aired on ABC for five seasons. She played the main role of Rebecca Harper for four seasons and appeared in a guest role in a few episodes of the fifth season.

Emily VanCamp won awards from the San Diego Film Festival and the Breckenridge Festival of Film for her role in the film ‘Norman’. Directed by Jonathan Segal, it also starred Dan Byrd, Adam Goldberg, and Richard Jenkins. The movie was about Norman Long, a self-aware teenager who has to face a lot of challenges in his young life. VanCamp played Norman’s love interest.

Playing Emily Thorne in the series ‘Revenge’ is one of the most significant works in her career so far. Despite her previous reputation for playing innocent girl-next-door roles, she convinced the producers that she could play the role of the strong and independent Ms. Thorne. She impressed the audience with her performance and earned several award nominations for her role.