Emma Hendrix

Emma Hendrix is the sister of Luthando Kuran and was born Emma Kuran but changed her name to Hendrix after marrying Kurist Hendrix in 2007. Emma is a well-known politician and was Deputy Prime Minister between 2009 and 2021. She joined C&U in 2009 but due to government instability and a shift in her beliefs she left and joined P&D and after winning her seat in the 2022 Legislative Election. in 2007 she announced that she was indeed Lesbian and proud of it in response to death threats sent to her because of her marriage to Kurist Hendrix. Emma also identifies as Christian.

## Early Life, Sexuality & Rape: 1985 - 2003

Emma Hendrix was born on the 6th of April 1985 to David Nastra who was originally from South Africa and was called Dumisani. Hendrix's dad changed his name when he moved to Sheaman to fit in to the country's culture. David was very dark-skinned whereas Emma's mother, Kayleigh Hendrix was a light-skinned south African. Kayleigh and David met in 1983 and married in 1984 and then after marriage they planned on having a child and moved to Sheaman to make money to bring up the child. Emma was born in 1985 and surprisingly had light-brown almost white skin. David said in an interview in 2016 that "Emma was a sweet child when she was younger and had little to no interest in being a girl and from our eyes we were horrified by this. Being such a young girl all we could think about was not letting her turn into something we didn't like or thought could hurt her. Back then a girl not being a girl wasn't safe and we heard they were killed all the time for being who they were. Emma hated dresses and hated anything girly, she wore boys clothes and made friends with boys and me and my wife were horrified."

Emma attended Primary School in 1990 at a christian public school called St Albert's Primary School in British North Sheaman. She befriended many boys to the horror of their parents who have now stated that they were overreacting to befriending boys. Emma expressed interest in Art & Drama in primary school and was very creative according to her parents. Emma attended St Albert's Secondary school in 1996 and joined the school's Drama club as well as the school's Art club. She said in an interview in 2019 that she wanted to be an actor in the future but was rejected many times leading to her taking her second option which was politics.

In a 2018 interview Hendrix talked about sharing her first kiss with Kurist Hendrix 1997 and how she didn't realize for so long that she was actually lesbian. She said "I couldn't understand boys and boys didn't understand me, back then i was practically a boy with lady's parts and i could never love a boy. My mother said that it was just a phase and i would like boys soon but only a week later i went up to my wife and asked her if i could kiss her and she said yes and so i kissed her. I mean it just felt right and felt amazing, i knew then that i liked girls not boys and now I'm married to my first lover.

### Rape Experiences

In 1999 Hendrix was sexually assaulted and raped by James Keane at the age of 14. Hendrix said in 2009 that in late 1999 James Keane,a fellow student took Hendrix into a disabled bathroom that was no longer in use, locked the door and began touching her sexually and confessed his love to her. Emma said she began shaking and said that she didn't want to be with him which led to James Keane to sexually assault Emma and then rape her. Emma says that, that day killed her power to stand up for herself and she was so petrified that she thought of killing herself. She said that James Keane threatened to kill her if she told anybody. Emma would continue being forced to meet Keane most days after school and this continued all the way up to May 2001 when she became impregnated by Keane two months earlier and Emma's father, David realized she was pregnant and confronted Emma. Emma revealed that she was being raped and David immediately called the police on James Keane. Although Emma's parents were Christian and pro-life they decided to let Emma get an abortion which she was very relieved to hear from her father. Keane was arrested and sentenced to 20 years in prison and tried as an adult. Emma went through therapy for a year but was permanently traumatized by Keane. Emma says that the moment she found out James Keane was arrested was the moment she realized she was safe now and she just needed to step up and tell somebody all along.

On the 1st of October 2002 Emma was drugged by a man called Darren Paul whilst she was in a bar and she was taken by the man to his flat and had sex with an unwilling Emma. Emma tried to kill the man and blamed her drunkenness for her trying to kill him but the man stabbed Emma in the arm leaving a permanent scar. Emma's mother who was worried about Emma not returning home that night called the police reporting her missing as she wouldn't answer her phone. She was kept by her rapist and abductor in his flat for three days until police tracked her down and shot Darren Paul who tried to stab the police officer. Emma was taken out of the flat and once again was traumatized and once again went to therapy. She says theta she still goes to therapy today in 2018 as she feels much safer to continue therapy.

## Failed Acting Career, Marriage, Pregnancy & Politics: 2003 - 2012

In 2003 Emma left school and intended to do a course in college for acting but instead decided to go into the acting career immediately. Her parents were extremely disappointed in her jumping the gun and heading straight into acting and urged her to go to college and improve her acting and they even offered to pay for college but she insisted that she was ready. She was turned down by her local theater and was turned down by other theaters so she tried getting into a movie instead of the theater but once again failed to impress anyone. In this time she grew a passion for politics after hearing the death of Sophie White. Although not a supporter of her she expressed interest in her and two years later joined S&L and stood for MP of British North Sheaman in the regional seats. She would go on to win a seat in parliament. She opposed the Presidential System Act that would instate a Presidential system in Sheaman and ran mostly on that issue believing that Lethabo Doema was trying to become president for life (a dictator).

On the 15th of June 2007 Emma would marry Kurist Hendrix and take on the name Emma Hendrix. Emma was sent death threats for being lesbian and marrying a women and when she was supposed to make a speech for gay rights in the North City of Shriel Pride Parade in June when she was sent a death threat. The person threatened to kill her whilst she made the speech but instead of not making the speech she instead decided to go on with the speech and she in the middle of her speech she was shot at and rushed to the hospital. Sam Jake Smith who shot her was arrested whilst Emma was rushed to the hospital. Luckily Hendrix survived the shot as it had hit her leg but she stated that she was glad to make that speech as she joked in an interview in 2022 that it put more attention on herself and surely got her point across. The same year Emma won her seat again in parliament and would win again in 2008 and 2009. Emma left S&L for the 2009 election and joined C&U and continued to win her seat for the fourth time. After the election Hazel Willow who had become the Prime Minister appointed Hendrix to the position of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Healthcare.

In 2010 Emma announced that she became pregnant through IVF and expects a child in March 2011 and said that she and her wife, Kurist are very excited about they pregnancy.

Emma gave birth to a baby boy on the 19th of March 2011, Kurist and Emma both agreed on naming him Kaiata Hendrix.

Throughout 2009-2012 Emma slowly gained popularity in the public and she even stepped out of her comfort zone in 2011 by proposing the Rape Offenses Bill 2011 that intended to make it safer for both men and women in the prevention of rape and he bill also included increasing the time in prison for rape. The bill was passed in parliament and signed into law in early 2012.

## Late Career in Politics, Father's Death & Resignation from parliament: 2012 - 2021

In the 2012 election Hendrix kept her seat again but was replaced as Minister for Healthcare by the new Prime Minister. In 2014 she kept her seat once again and became the Minister for Equality in 2014 by Hazel Willow who became Prime Minister again. Around this time in late 2014 and early 2015 Emma and Hazel became good friends and shared a bond with each other and are still friends today. Emma kept her seat once again in 2017 after ten years of being in the Chamber of Representatives and a year later she was replaced as Minister for Equality and instead became Minister for Education. Later that year in 2018 Hendrix's father developed Colon Cancer and died on the 15th of December 2018 at the age of 56 with Emma beside him when he died. Emma and Kurist both attended the funeral with other family members including, Luthando and Kayleigh (she also invited Hazel Willow to the funeral). Emma remarked about her father being a strong and inspiring man who led her to where she was today. She said that she wouldn't be here today without him as he helped her through depression and suicide. Hendrix would not appear in parliament until the 30th of January 2019 after taking a very long break after her father's death to refresh and reflect.

## Acting Career: 2021 - Present

Emma would win her seat in 2021 but after being replaced as Minister for Women & Equality and as Deputy Prime Minister after 12 years she said that after long consideration and her loss of popularity that she would resign as MP and pursue a career in acting. After resigning she tried being a part of the new reboot film "Murder in Paradise" and she was subsequently given the main role of Jessy in the movie. The movie performed extremely well and she was given the National Sheaman Golden Film Award for best actress of the year due to the amazing acting she displayed. In 2022 she would continue her acting career and star in movies such as Patricia Simple, Come as You Are or until you drop dead, and Stop Crying your heart out son. All of theses films did very well at the box office and once again Hendrix was nominated for best actress of the year and came 2nd place in 2022.

## Humanitarian Work

### Hendrix Rape Foundation

Hendrix would create the Hendrix Rape Foundation with her wife, Kurist that aimed to help those who were victims of rape financially and emotionally. On the opening day on the Hendrix Rape Foundation she said "As a victim of rape, as somebody who had been raped at least over 500 times i believe god told me to follow my heart and he told me that i can't stand here in silence and that i can't look back in anger (referencing the oasis lyric) to when and why i was raped or when or why you were raped. Instead God told me to do something about the poor souls who don't have a voice or have lost it from the devil by helping rape victims and supporting them till the day i die."