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Emily Meade

American actress

Summary

American actress

Field	Value
name	Emily Meade
image	Emily Meade Sundance 2026 v2.jpg
caption	Meade at Sundance Film Festival in 2026
birth_date
birth_place	New York City, U.S.
occupation	Actress
years_active	2006–present

Emily Meade (born January 10, 1989) is an American film and television actress. She has appeared in films such as Twelve (2010), My Soul to Take (2010), Gimme Shelter (2013), That Awkward Moment (2014), Money Monster (2016), and Nerve (2016), and the television series Boardwalk Empire, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Leftovers and Broad City. She also portrayed a future version of the character Ella Blake in the third season finale of Fringe, and had a leading role in the HBO series The Deuce (2017–2019).

Life and career

In 1997, at the age of seven, she sang "Up, over, through and under" (Sottosopra) at the Italian song contest Zecchino d'Oro. The song won the Zecchino d'Argento prize for the best non-Italian song.

She then starred in My Soul to Take, directed by Wes Craven. Co-stars included Max Thieriot and Nick Lashaway. She starred in the 2010 release, Twelve as a teenage drug addict. Meade appeared in the independent drama, Bluebird, in 2013. She had a supporting role in the first season of the HBO drama, The Leftovers. In 2016, she portrayed Sydney in the film Nerve starring Dave Franco and Emma Roberts. She received considerable critical acclaim for her portrayal of sex worker and porn star Lori Madison in HBO's The Deuce, creator David Simon describing her performance as "one of the best I ever got on a show".

After the 2017 Weinstein scandal and the Me Too movement highlighted the often routine nature of sexual harassment and misconduct in the industry, Meade was one of the first performers to demand professional safeguards for their well-being on set, leading to the presence of an intimacy coordinator on film and television series.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	**	Anne
2008	Assassination of a High School President	Tiffany Ashwood
2010	Twelve	Jessica Brayson
2010	Burning Palms	Chloe Marx
2010	My Soul to Take	Leah "Fang" Hellerman
2011	Silver Tongues	Rachel
2011	Trespass	Kendra
2011	Young Adult	Denny's Waitress
2012	Sleepwalk with Me	Samantha
2012	Adventures in the Sin Bin	Suzie
2012	Thanks for Sharing	Becky
2013	Bluebird	Paula
2013	Gimme Shelter	Cassandra
2014	That Awkward Moment	Christy
2014	Gabriel	Alice
2015	Me Him Her	Gabbi
2015	Charlie, Trevor and a Girl Savannah	Savannah
2016	Money Monster	Molly
2016	Nerve	Sydney Sloane
2018	Trial by Fire	Stacy Willingham
2026	Union County		Completed

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008–2011	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Anna / Corinne Stafford	Guest role; 2 episodes
2009	Back	Shannon Miles	Television film
2010–2024	Law & Order	Bonnie Jones / Amanda Evans / Laura Kingsbury	2 episodes
2010	Boardwalk Empire	Pearl	Guest role; 2 episodes
2011	Fringe	Ella Dunham	Episode: "The Day We Died"
2013	Trooper	Eloise	Television film
2014	**	Aimee	Main role (season 1); 6 episodes
2016	Broad City	Maxanne	Episode: "Two Chainz"
2016	Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?	Pearl	Television film
2017–2019	**	Sarah / Lori Madison	Main role; 25 episodes
2023	Dead Ringers	Susan	Miniseries
2024	**	Young Francis Cobb	Miniseries; 2 episodes
2026	Tell Me Lies	Mary	TBD; TBD episodes

References

Jeffrey, Morgan. (March 24, 2011). "Emily Meade wins 'Fringe' role".
(16 November 1997). "Emily Meade - Zecchino d'Oro".
Hinson, Mark. (October 18, 2013). "Somber, well-acted 'Bluebird' pulls no punch". [[Tallahassee Democrat]].
Key, Ariel. (August 10, 2014). "Finally, An Episode for Aimee".
Sepinwall, Alan. (October 21, 2019). "David Simon and Emily Meade on What Lori Means to 'The Deuce'".
(24 October 2018). "How HBO Is Changing Sex Scenes Forever".

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