# Emma Booth (actress)

Emma Booth (born 28 November 1982) is an Australian model and actress from Perth, Western Australia. The former teen model and TV actress played a significant role in the film Clubland (2007).

## Television and film career

After Clubland was screened at the Sundance Film Festival, many talent agencies solicited Booth for roles in upcoming films.
Booth appeared in the 2009 horror film Blood Creek, directed by Joel Schumacher. She worked on the unreleased 2007 production Hippie Hippie Shake, an account of the Schoolkids OZ obscenity trials in the United Kingdom. In 2010, she appeared in Underbelly: The Golden Mile and had a supporting role in the 2013 Parker. In 2017, she appeared in Hounds of Love, as the partner of a serial killer.
In July 2017, Booth joined the hit ABC series Once Upon A Time in a recurring role for its rebooted season seven. She played the main antagonist, Mother Gothel, a powerful witch who is the leader of the Coven of the Eight.

## Modelling career

At thirteen, Booth was cast in The Adventures of the Bush Patrol, and at fourteen became a finalist in Girlfriend magazine's cover girl competition. By fifteen, Booth had modelled in Tokyo, Milan, Paris and New York. She later held the title of Western Australia's Model of the Year and Face of Fashion Week, for Sydney and Melbourne.

## Personal life

In March 2015, Booth stated on Instagram that she had married musician Dominick Joseph Luna in 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Alex's Party | Christie | Short |
| 2007 | Hippie Hippie Shake | Germaine Greer | Unreleased |
| 2007 | Introducing the Dwights | Jill | AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role FCCA Award for Best Actress – Supporting Role |
| 2009 | The Boys Are Back | Laura | |
| 2009 | Blood Creek | Liese Wollner | |
| 2010 | Pelican Blood | Stevie | |
| 2011 | Swerve | Jina | |
| 2013 | Parker | Claire | |
| 2013 | Scene 16 | India | Short |
| 2013 | Tracks | Marg | |
| 2014 | Tango Underpants | Carolyn | Short |
| 2016 | Gods of Egypt | Nephthys | |
| 2016 | Hounds of Love | Evelyn White | AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Brussels Film Festival (BRFF) Grand Prix for Best Actress |
| 2018 | Extinction | Samantha |
| 2019 | H is for Happiness | Claire Phee | |
| 2020 | Proxy | Victoria | Short |
| 2023 | Where All Light Tends to Go | Josephine | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996–97 | The Adventures of the Bush Patrol | Dana Drysdale | Recurring role |
| 2003 | The Shark Net | Roberta Ainslie | TV miniseries |
| 2006 | Small Claims: The Reunion | Annie | TV film |
| 2007 | All Saints | Ruby Sparrow | Episodes: "Smoke and Mirrors", "Back on Track" |
| 2007 | The Circuit | Nicola | TV miniseries |
| 2009 | 3 Acts of Murder | Sarah Corbett | TV film |
| 2010 | Underbelly: The Golden Mile | Kim Hollingsworth | Main role |
| 2011 | Cloudstreet | Rose Pickles | TV miniseries |
| 2012 | Jack Irish: Bad Debts | Isabel Irish | TV film |
| 2013 | Gothica | Madeline Usher | TV film |
| 2014 | Jack Irish: Dead Point | Isabel Irish | TV film |
| 2015–19 | Glitch | Kate Willis | Main role |
| 2017–2018 | Once Upon a Time | Mother Gothel/Eloise Gardener | Recurring role (season 7) |
| 2020 | The Gloaming | Molly McGee | Main Role |
| 2021 | Jack Irish | Isabel Irish | 3 episodes |
| 2023 | Paper Dolls | Margot Murray | 8 episodes |