---
name: "Emma Bates"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/emma-bates"
fi1m_id: "emma-bates"
imdb_id: "nm1092509"
tmdb_id: 1005114
roles: []
born: "19 May 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-21T21:04:27.716262+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."
---

# Emma Bates

## Identity

Emma Bates

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/emma-bates
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** emma-bates
- **IMDb ID:** nm1092509
- **TMDB ID:** 1005114
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1092509/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1005114

Actor. Born 19 May 1978 in Houston, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 19 May 1978, Houston, Texas, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1092509/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1005114

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Much Ado About Nothing*](https://film.one/film/much-ado-about-nothing-2013.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Emma Bates is an American actress. She was born on 19 May 1978 in Houston, Texas.

She trained in the professional theatre programme at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and performed with Milwaukee theatre companies, including at the American Players Theatre, before moving to Los Angeles. Bates is known for her role as Ursula in Joss Whedon's *Much Ado About Nothing* (2012) and for guest appearances in television series such as *NCIS* (2005), *Monk* (2003), *Cold Case* (2004) and *Without a Trace* (2009).

*Sources: onmilwaukee.com, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Much Ado About Nothing* (2013), Fi1m 76, as Ursula — [page](https://film.one/film/much-ado-about-nothing-2013.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *South Dakota* (2017), as Cat
- *Much Ado About Nothing* (2013), as Ursula — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/much-ado-about-nothing-2013.md)
- *So NoTORIous* (2006), series, as Tina
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Egan
- *American Dreams* (2002), series, as Moira
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, as Stacy Haber
- *For the People* (2002), series, Actor
- *Monk* (2002), series, as Michelle
- *Design* (2002), as Waitress
- *Crossing Jordan* (2001), series, as Emma Curaco / Carolyn Anderman

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