Jacqueline Emerson

Trained in film, theater, and improv, Jackie has been acting since the age of 6. She has performed with such theater companies as Reprise LA, TheaterWorks, the Playwrights Foundation, LAOpera, IAMA (under 30 reading series), EST/LA, and the Stanford Shakespeare Company. After filming THE HUNGER GAMES, Jackie went to Stanford, where she began developing out a large slate of film and television projects she is both writing and performing in. As of late, she just wrapped a leading role in the indie comedy feature WINE CLUB (Steve Little, Taylor Ortega), is playing one of the lead roles in THE ART THIEF (Max Deacon), then heads off to Atlanta in the upcoming months to film KENT STATE (Patrick Schwarzenegger, Mira Sorvino). She also shot an award-winning proof of concept over the pandemic that she starred in, co-directed and produced (along with creator Matthew Libby - WME, Leipzig). The 10-minute dramatic one-shot can be seen HERE. 

Along with her film acting, Jackie's theater roles include “Beatrice” in Much Ado About Nothing, “Juror #3” in 12 Angry Men, and “Evelyn Nesbit” in Ragtime; she has also performed as "Leisel" opposite Ben Platt in Reprise LA's tribute to Richard Rogers. Most recently, she starred in Ensemble Studio Theater’s critically acclaimed world premiere of the intimate and intense “Charlotte Stay Close," for which she was a 2020 Ovation Award Nominee.  

As a singer, Jackie has performed at venues like the Hollywood Bowl, sung with the LA Opera, recorded an album and toured the country with Disney music band, Dev2.0, and released multiple professionally recorded songs - her vocals have garnered over a million views on Youtube. She has also lent her voice to projects for Disney (FANTASIA: MUSIC EVOLVED), Dreamworks (FATHER OF THE PRIDE), Bethesda (STARFIELD), Legoland, Queens of the Stone Age, Wells Fargo, and Walmart. During her time at Stanford, she and a small team won a month-long residency in NYC to develop the original musical “Towers.” After that, she was commissioned to write music and co-write lyrics for the musical adaptation of “Princess Ten Ten and the Dark Skies,” which was produced with full orchestra at the University of California, Riverside in 2019. 

On the activism side, Jackie created the story-sharing platform “Let’s Get Real” while at Stanford, and traveled around the country under that banner, speaking with young women about body image and overall representation issues. She was also the cofounder of She’s So Boss—a multimedia brand that helps girls to discover their own inner boss. Because of her voice on these issues, Jackie was invited to speak at TEDx Orange Coast, was profiled in OWN's digital series, “Who Am I,” was the ambassador to the China Institute (she is conversational in Mandarin), was named one of Business Insider’s “15 Incredible Students Attending Stanford University,” and was a guest columnist for the Huffington Post and Maria Shriver’s website. 

When she’s in LA, you can find Jackie performing musical improv with various troupes on the UCB Mainstage (most recently as a guest on Baby Wants Candy, and a core player on Pinot Noir), see her act in local theater shows, and find her storyboarding her upcoming projects with a lot of post-its on the floor. 

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