---
name: "Emily Perkins"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/emily-perkins-1511639"
fi1m_id: "emily-perkins-1511639"
imdb_id: "nm0673933"
tmdb_id: 1511639
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T20:13:28.749042+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Emily Perkins

## Identity

Emily Perkins

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/emily-perkins-1511639
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** emily-perkins-1511639
- **IMDb ID:** nm0673933
- **TMDB ID:** 1511639
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0673933/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1511639

Writer. Born in Christchurch, New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0673933/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1511639

## Biography

Emily Perkins is a New Zealand screenwriter, playwright and novelist. She trained in acting at Toi Whakaari before turning to writing, studying under Bill Manhire at Victoria University. Her screen credits include co-writing an episode of the drama series *After the Party* (2023).

She co-wrote the feature film *The Rehearsal* (2016), adapted from Eleanor Catton’s novel. For the stage she has written the original play *The Made* and adapted Henrik Ibsen’s *A Doll’s House*, both for Auckland Theatre Company. Her novels include *The Forrests* (2012) and *Lioness* (2023).

In 2017 she was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature. She has received the Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award and multiple New Zealand Book Awards.

*Sources: theagency.co.uk, en.wikipedia.org, nzonscreen.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *After the Party* (2023), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/after-the-party.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *After the Party* (2023), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/after-the-party.md)
- *The Rehearsal* (2016), Screenplay
- *Bread & Roses* (1993), as Joan

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