1. Emily Hampshire's best known roles include Angelina in the 1998 romantic comedy Boy Meets Girl, Vivienne in the 2006 film Snow Cake, Jennifer Goines in the Syfy drama series 12 Monkeys, and Stevie Budd in the CBC comedy series Schitt's Creek, as well as the voice role of Misery in the YTV animated series Ruby Gloom.
Emily Hampshire became interested in acting at age 11 after attending a performance of Les Miserables with her mother.
Emily Hampshire's interests were solidified by the vice principal of her all-girls Catholic school, who praised her performance during a school theatre production.
Emily Hampshire was accepted into the American Academy of Dramatic Arts shortly after high school but never attended, as it conflicted with a film opportunity.
Emily Hampshire has been professionally active in the Canadian film and television industry since 1996.
Emily Hampshire played Margaret in The Life Before This, a feature film directed by Jerry Ciccoritti, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1999.
Emily Hampshire has done voice-acting, voicing the character Misery on the animated series Ruby Gloom, Diana Barry in Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series, Chloe Crashman in Carl Squared, Starr in 6Teen, and Alyson Malitski in Braceface.
In 2014, Emily Hampshire was cast in the Syfy series 12 Monkeys in the recurring role of Jennifer Goines, a reimagined version of Brad Pitt's character from the film on which the series is based; in 2015, she was upped to a series regular for the show's second season.
In late 2015, Hampshire was cast in Xavier Dolan's independent film The Death and Life of John F Donovan, which stars Natalie Portman, Kathy Bates, and Susan Sarandon.
In September 2018, it was confirmed that Emily Hampshire was in a relationship with singer-songwriter Teddy Geiger; they became engaged in November 2018.
Emily Hampshire was briefly attached that year to the indie Sparkle Dark, but the project wasn't made.
Emily Hampshire became a naturalized US citizen in September 2014; currently, she divides her time between Los Angeles and Toronto.