Emily Schooley

Emily Schooley is an award-winning actor and filmmaker who is known for blending genres and pushing boundaries in her work. She is also the founder of Laughing Cat Productions, a Toronto-based production company that focuses on telling intelligent, women-driven stories. Acting is her first true love, and Emily appeared in her first lead role - as the Country Mouse, in Aesop's Fables - at the young age of five. Through elementary and high school, Emily continued to perform on stage in plays and musicals; she began her formal acting training in the University of Windsor's theatre program. Her first-ever short film role, in Viktor - a student production by William Yeung - won best picture and Emily was nominated for best actress at the school's film festival. Two years later, life saw Emily relocating to Waterloo, Ontario, where she continued her studies in dramatic arts and graduated with honors in 2007 from UW Drama. Her notable early film roles include the titular, quirky Orange Gir