13 Facts About Emily Symons

Emily Symons was born on 10 August 1969 and is an Australian actress, active on both Australian and British television.

Emily Symons is known for playing Anne Costello in the short-lived soap opera Richmond Hill in 1988 and when that series ended in 1989, she started playing Marilyn Chambers in Home and Away.

Emily Symons took part in the British show Dancing on Ice in 2007.

Emily Symons then returned to Australia in 2010 to reprise her role as Marilyn in Home and Away.

Emily Symons's mother remarried when she was just four years old and Symons did not see her biological, English father again until ten years later.

Emily Symons left school before finishing her exams and launched herself into the acting world.

Emily Symons hosted the Channel 7 music programme Video Smash Hits.

Emily Symons played the role of barmaid Louise Appleton in the ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale from 2001 to 2008.

Emily Symons was a contestant in the 2007 series of Dancing on Ice, but was voted out in the semi-final following a skate-off against Blue's Duncan James.

Emily Symons has now returned to Australia permanently, and again resumed playing Home and Aways Marilyn Chambers from episode 5035 which aired 19 March 2010 in Australia and has remained ever since.

Emily Symons said in an interview that her need for children and the resultant cycles of IVF eventually 'killed' the marriage.

Emily Symons dated her Emmerdale co-star Matt Healy, who played Matthew King.

On 3 August 2015, Emily Symons gave birth to her first child with her then-partner Paul Jackson.