Emily grew up in Utah, the youngest of six children. She has always
been involved in the arts. She began dancing at age three, drawing at
age 4, singing and acting at age 8...anything to do with art, she
loved! She started studying ballroom dancing at age 12.
Emily earned a position on the Young Ambassadors, an international
performing group for Brigham Young University. She traveled across the
United States and also to Brazil and Argentina performing a show
called, "Broadway Rhythm". She also shot her feature film debut as
Trisha in
Napoleon Dynamite (2004).
Emily graduated in April, 2005 from Brigham Young University with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration. She worked for Avalanche
Software of Disney making video games, managing artists, drawing
concept art and building 3D models for 10.5 years.
Emily is now married to Adam Dunn. She has 5 children.