Biography
Emily Barclay is an actress born on 24 October 1984 in Plymouth, Devon, England. Raised in Auckland, New Zealand, she began acting as a child and secured an agent at age 13.
She rose to prominence with her role as Celia in the 2004 New Zealand film In My Father's Den, for which she won the British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer and a New Zealand Screen Award. She later moved to Australia and received the AFI Award for Best Leading Actress for her performance in the 2006 black comedy Suburban Mayhem.
Barclay's other notable credits include the voice of Gylfie in Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010), roles in The Light Between Oceans (2016), Glitch (2015–2017) and Mr Inbetween (2018–2021), and Toby in Babyteeth (2019).
