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Emily VanCamp
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About Emily VanCamp
Emily VanCamp is a television actress popularly known for her performance in the American drama televisions series called Everwood as Amy Abbot. She is also known for her role in the series of Marvel superhero film Captain America. She is also the star of hit drama series, The Resident.
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| Full Name | Emily Irene VanCamp |
| Date of Birth | May 12, 1986 |
| Birth Place | Port Perry, Ontario, Canada |
| Parent(s) | Robert VanCamp (father) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) | Josh Bowman (m. 2018) |
| Net worth | US $8 million |
Early life
VanCamp was born on 12th May of 1986 in the town community called Port Perry of Ontario province in Canada. Thus, she belongs to Canadian nationality as she was born and raised there. Her full name is Emily Irene VanCamp, and she is the daughter of an animal nutritionist Robert VanCamp. She has a younger sister Molly VanCamp who is a veterinarian and other two sisters Alison and Katie VanCamp. She follows Roman Catholicism.
Growing up, Emily VanCamp wanted to become a professional ballet dancer, so she was practised dancing when she was three years old and took the dance training in Ecole Superieure de ballet de Montreal in Montreal of Quebec. But eventually changed her interest to an acting career in the following year after watching her sister, who is an actress Katie VanCamp.
Career
Film:
Emily VanCamp made her film debut in 2001. She appeared in the Canadian film Lost and Delirious portraying the character of Allison Moller. Following year, she appeared in Bob Rafelson’s American crime thriller film called No Good Deed showing the character of Connie. In 2004, she landed another small role in the drama film A Different Loyalty as Jen Tyler.in 2005, she appeared in the short American horror film called Rings and later in the supernatural psychological horror film The Ring Two as the same character.
In 2007, Emily VanCamp landed the leading role in Brad Gann’s American independent drama film Black Irish portraying the character of Kathleen McKay. She then starred in Alex and David Pastor’s post-Apocalyptic film Carriers as Kate in 2009. In 2010, VanCamp starred in Jonathan Segal’s drama film Norman as Emily Harris alongside co-stars Dan Byrd, Richard Jenkins and Adam Goldberg. She won her first Breckenridge Festival of Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast and San Diego Film Festival of Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast in 2010.
In 2014, Emily VanCamp made her breakthrough after playing the role of fictional character an Agent 13, Sharon Carter in the Marvel superhero film Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Following year, she starred in the Marya Cohn’s film The Girl in the Book portraying the character of Alice Harvey. In 2016, she again appeared in the movie Captain America: Civil War, and she won the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie: Liplock which she shared with star Chris Evans in 2016. The same year, she starred in the Canadian drama film Boundaries portraying the character of Emily Price.
Television:
Emily VanCamp made her television earlier in 2000 where she starred in the television film, Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis as Jackie Bouvier. The same year, she made her appearance in the Canadian horror anthology series Are You Afraid of the Dark as Peggy Gregory. She then appeared in other series like Radio Active, All Souls, Dice and Redeemer before landing the central role in the American mystery drama series Glory Days in 2002.
In the series, she portrayed the character of Sam Dolan after which she started gaining fame. The same year, she played another leading role in the series Everwood as Amy Abbott. The series was highly successful and for her performance received a countless number of nominations including 4 Teen Choice Awards, a Young Artist Award and a Prism Awards.
In 2007, Emily VanCamp dropped her another significant role in the drama series Brothers & Sisters as Rebecca Harper and her performance earned the Golden Derby Awards nomination in 2008. The series ended in 2010 and the same year, she appeared in the miniseries Ben Hur portraying the character of Esther and once again earned the ACTRA Awards nomination in 2011.
In 2011, she appeared in the American drama television series Revenge portraying the character of Emily Thorne as Amanda Clarke. Her performance was highly praised. In 2018, she dropped a significant role in the American medical drama series portraying the lead character Nicolette “Nic” Nevin. The series is still running as of 2020. For her performance, she earned three teen Choice Awards nomination with additional TV Guide Awards and People’s Choice Awards nomination.
Personal life
Talking about her love life, VanCamp is living her happy married life with actor Josh Bowman whom she met in the filming set of television series Revenge un 2011. They were engaged in 2017 and tied their knot a year after in 2018 after seven years of dating. The couples do not have any children yet, but there is a possibility that we might hear from them soon.
Emily VanCamp is active in both Instagram and Twitter. She has over 495k followers on Twitter and over 1 million followers on Instagram. She is quite open regarding her love life and everything else. She has dated and caught in rumours with few stars in the past. She was in a relationship with actor Ben McKenzie, Chris Patt, Joseph Morgan and finally Joshua Bowman.
VanCamp is fluent in Quebec, Spanish and French besides English and she is also a talented dancer. She excels in tap dancing, hip-hop, jazz and ballet. Her hobby includes watching ice hockey.
Physical statistics & others
Emily VanCamp is a beautiful lady and possesses an attractive slim body. She has a height of 5 feet and 8 inches with bodyweight around 56 kg. She has naturally blonde hair and dark brown eye colour, which happens to be her distinctive features. Her total body measurements are 34-24-35 inches. One would wonder how she has such a beautiful body, but it happens to know that she is a fitness freak. She goes to Yoga and Pilates to stay fit.
VanCamp belongs to white ethnicity. Her sexual orientation is straight, and her zodiac sign is Taurus.
Net worth
As of 2020, Emily VanCamp’s net worth is estimated to be 8 million dollars. she is successful in her television career; thus, she earns about 5 thousand dollars per episodes. Still, her net worth is expected to rise in coming years. She also earns extra from various brand endorsements and commercials.
