Editing Emily Booth

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{{Infobox person
| name         = Emily Booth
| image        = <!--Free images only, please-->
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1976|4|26|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Chester]], [[Cheshire]], England
| other_names  = Emily "Bouff" Bouffante
| occupation   = {{hlist|Actress|TV presenter|writer}}
| years_active = 1997–present
}}

'''Emily Katherine Booth''' (born 26 April 1976), also known by her stage name '''Emily''' "'''Bouff'''" '''Bouffante''', is an English actress and television presenter.

==Early life==
While she was a student, Booth earned money [[busking]] playing the [[violin]] and sang on ''[[Eurotrash (TV series)|Eurotrash]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emilybooth.org/emily-booth-trivia-2.php|title=Interesting Facts about Emily Booth|access-date=26 July 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204204302/http://www.emilybooth.org/emily-booth-trivia-2.php|archive-date=4 February 2010|df=dmy-all|date=2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://filmint.nu/television-presenter-channel/ |website=[[Film International]] |first=Cleaver |last=Patterson |date=13 September 2015 |title=Emily Booth: Putting a Face to Television Horror as Presenter of Horror Channel |accessdate=17 October 2022}}</ref>

==Career==
Booth is known for her roles in [[cult film]]s ''[[Pervirella]]'', ''[[Cradle of Fear]]'', ''[[Evil Aliens]]'' and the BAFTA nominated short film ''[[Inferno (2001 short)|Inferno]]''. She appeared in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's double header ''[[Grindhouse (film)|Grindhouse]]'' (2007) in the mock trailer, "Don't", by [[Edgar Wright]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nerdly.co.uk/interview-archive/emily-booth/|title=Nerdly » Emily Booth|website=www.nerdly.co.uk|access-date=26 July 2017|date=December 2009}}</ref>

Booth was also the host of several [[Channel 4]] and satellite television shows. She co-presented and co-wrote the video-game review show, ''[[Bits (TV series)|Bits]]'' for two years in 1999–2001. She was a segment presenter on Channel 4 flagship morning show, ''[[The Big Breakfast]]'' (2001), and presented on the gameshow [[Banzai (television show)|Banzai]] for E4.<ref name="zonehorror">{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.zonemedia.net/Scripts/FileDownload.asp?fPath=D%3A%5CWWW_Domains%5CZONE_PRESS%5CFiles%5CPress%5CEmily+Booth+joins+Zone+Horror.pdf |title=Zone Horror Press Release |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724023504/http://newsroom.zonemedia.net/Scripts/FileDownload.asp?fPath=D%3A%5CWWW_Domains%5CZONE_PRESS%5CFiles%5CPress%5CEmily+Booth+joins+Zone+Horror.pdf |archive-date=24 July 2011 |df=dmy |date=14 August 2007}}</ref> Other shows she worked on are: [[L!VE TV]]'s ''Blue Review'', paintball-challenge show, ''Mission: Paintball'' (2001–2), ''Threesome'' (1999) and ''Demolition'' (2002).

Booth has presented several television programmes related to [[cult film]]s, including ''OUT There'' on [[Five (TV)|five]] (2002) and ''Shock Movie Massacre'' on [[Bravo (UK TV network)|Bravo]].

Booth is a presenter on [[MyTV (British and Irish TV channel)|Eat Cinema]], interviewing A-list Hollywood stars on ''[[The Buzz (Eat Cinema)|The Buzz]]'' and hosting her own show, ''First Night Bites''. She also hosted the now-defunct ''Quiz Night Live'', a premium-rate call-in quiz show, shown on satellite/Freeview channel [[Ftn (TV channel)|Ftn]]. She presents ''The Match'' on the [[XLeague.tv]]channel. In 2007, she joined Zone Horror, where she works as a presenter and continuity announcer.<ref name="zonehorror" /> In 2007, Booth became the face of the [[Horror Channel]],{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} and hosted a monthly highlights show, ''Horror Bites''.

Booth was among the guests at the 2009 [[Festival of Fantastic Films (UK)|Festival of Fantastic Films]] in Manchester<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fantastic-films.com/festival/|title=the Festival of Fantastic Films|first=Jim|last=Gallagher|website=fantastic-films.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830054535/http://fantastic-films.com/festival/|archivedate=30 August 2009|date=2009}}</ref> and announced the results of the [[Delta Film Award]]. She co-hosted the Frighten Brighton Classic Horror Film Festival in Brighton in August 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://frightenbrighton.wordpress.com/|website=Frighten Brighton|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105033920/http://frightenbrighton.wordpress.com/|archivedate=5 January 2012|title=Scream Queen Emily Booth Supports Frighten Brighton!|author=Cyberschizoid|date=30 November 2011}}</ref>

She directed, produced and acted in a short film, ''Selkie,'' in 2014.<ref name="whittington">{{Cite web|last=Whittington|first=James|date=10 August 2013|title=Horror Feature: Emily Booth To Produce And Star In Selkie|url=http://www.horrorchannel.co.uk/articles.php?feature=emily+booth+to+produce+and+star+in+selkie|access-date=2020-06-16|website=horrorchannel|language=en|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616101430/https://www.horrorchannel.co.uk/articles.php?feature=frightfest:+interview+with+emily+booth+writer+and+star+of+selkie|archivedate=16 June 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life==
She has two children.<ref name="whittington" />

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| rowspan=2|2023 || ''[[Werewolf Santa]]'' || Carol ||
|-
| ''[[Terror Toons 4]]'' || Female Scientist ||
|-
| 2022 || ''[[Darkheart Manor]]'' || Hazel ||
|-
| 2020 || ''[[They're Outside]]'' || Penny ||
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Shed of the Dead]]'' || Harriet || 
|-
| rowspan="2"|2016 || ''[[London Horror Story]]'' || Angry Woman || segment "Over Developed"
|-
| ''[[Blaze of Gory]]'' || Lea-anne || segment "Precious"
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Selkie]]'' || Selkie || Short
|-
| rowspan=2|2012 || ''Three's a Shroud'' || || Segment "Over Developed"
|-
| ''[[Inbred (film)|Inbred]]'' || June || 
|-
| rowspan="3"|2009 || ''[[The Reverend (film)|The Reverend]]'' || Tracy ||
|-
| ''[[Terror Toons 3]]'' || Nurse Stanley ||
|-
| ''[[Doghouse (film)|Doghouse]]'' || The Snipper || 
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Grindhouse (film)|Grindhouse]]'' || || faux trailer segment ''Don't''
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Evil Aliens]]'' || Michelle Fox ||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Spiderbabe]]'' || Fly Girl || scenes deleted
|-
| rowspan="2"|2002 || ''Fallen Angels'' || Sally Munro || uncredited
|-
| ''[[Arthur's Amazing Things]]'' || Denise Clarington-Semi-Skimmed || Short film
|-
| rowspan="3"|2001 || ''[[Inferno (2001 short)|Inferno]]'' || Laura ||
|-
| ''[[Cradle of Fear]]'' || Mel || as Emily Bouffante
|-
| ''[[Sacred Flesh]]'' || Williams girl || 
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Witchcraft X: Mistress of the Craft]]'' || Linnaca || as Emily Bouffante
|-
| rowspan="2"|1997 || ''[[Pervirella]]'' || Pervirella || <ref name="mjsimpson1">{{cite web |first=M. J. |last=Simpson |author-link=M. J. Simpson |date=1997 |url=http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/interviews/emilybooth.html |title=Emily Booth (interview) |publisher=MJSimpson.co.uk |access-date=3 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418032059/http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/interviews/emilybooth.html |archive-date=18 April 2009 |df=dmy}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Event Horizon (film)|Event Horizon]]'' || Girl on monitor screen || uncredited<ref name="mjsimpson1" />
|}

===Television===
* ''Forgot About The Drive-By: The Montell Jordan Story'' (2011) – presenter
* ''[[videoGaiden]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Bits (TV series)|Bits]]'' (1999–2001) – writer and presenter
* ''[[The Big Breakfast]]'': August 2001 – presenter
* ''[[outTHERE]]'': season three (2002) – presenter (Eden)<ref>{{Cite web |title=outTHERE (TV Series) |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-kavxlm/outthere/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521144056/https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-kavxlm/outthere/ |archivedate=21 May 2022 |website=[[Radio Times]] |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Shock Movie Massacre'' – presenter
* ''Blue Review'' – presenter
* ''Threesome'' (1999) – Eve
* ''Mission Paintball'' (2001–2002) – presenter
* ''Demolition'' (2002) – presenter<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lewis-Smith |first1=Victor |title=Smashing time? Hardly |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108831951/smashing-time-hardly/ |access-date=3 September 2022 |work=[[Evening Standard]] |date=24 December 2002 |page=91 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
* ''[[MyTV (British and Irish TV channel)|Eat Cinema]]'' channel – presenter
* ''[[The Great Big British Quiz]]'' – presenter
* ''Quiz Night Live'' – presenter
* ''[[Make Your Play]]'' – presenter
* ''[[The Match (XLEAGUE.TV series)|The Match]]'' – presenter
* ''[[Horror Channel]]'' – presenter/voiceover

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Instagram|id=emhorrorgirl|name=Emily Booth}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0095696|name=Emily Booth}}

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