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Emma Nelson is an American actress known for "Where'd You Go Bernadette" (2019) and "The Unforgiveable" (2021). Emma was born and raised in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. She started her career in semi-professional theater prior to being cast as Cate Blanchett's daughter Bee in "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" when she was 12 years old.
- January 1, 1
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- USA
- Overview
- Character History
- Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Degrassi: Next Class
- Mentions
- Appearances
Emma Nelson is a Class of 2007 graduate of Degrassi Community School in Toronto, Canada, who also attended Smithdale University along with Manny and Liberty. She is the lead character and main protagonist of Degrassi: The Next Generation, born during season 2 of Degrassi Junior High. She was originally portrayed as an idealist and environmentalist who consistently voices her own opinions. Having originally been known for being responsible and mature, yet uptight, she would later evolve into much more of a three-dimensional character.
Emma is the daughter of Christine Nelson and Shane McKay. Her stepfather is Archie Simpson, the principal and former Media Immersions teacher of Degrassi Community School, and her half-brother is Jack Simpson.
She is the longtime best friend of Manny Santos. She is also best friends with Liberty Van Zandt and her husband Spinner Mason. She is close friends with and Toby Isaacs and was also close friends with J.T. Yorke (before his death). Additional friends of hers include Darcy Edwards, Chantay Black, Jay Hogart, Holly J. Sinclair, Craig Manning, Peter Stone, her godbother Connor DeLaurier, and her ex-boyfriend, Sean Cameron. She was enemies with Alex Nuñez.
She married Spinner Mason, a former student of Degrassi, in the summer of 2008.
Original Degrassi: Seasons 1–5
Near the end of the first season of Degrassi Junior High, Emma was conceived by Spike and Shane McKay, Spike's ex-boyfriend, at a junior high school party in Lucy Fernandez's house in the season one episode, It's Late. In June 1989, Spike eventually went into labor at the grade 8 graduation dance at the end of season 2, in the episode, Pass Tense. Both of them were 14 when Christine, who goes by Spike, got pregnant. Shane and Spike broke-up, but Shane paid child support. Emma's first on-screen appearance was at the school's Christmas party in the season 3 episode, Season's Greetings, when Spike's babysitter cancelled on her so Spike had to take care her at school. With Spike a teen mother, Emma was a semi-regular on the series with various on-and-off appearances as an infant and toddler. In Taking Off (1), Shane goes to a Gourmet Scum concert, which he bought the tickets for using Spike's child support money, Shane took acid, got high and then proceeded to jump off a bridge, it is not known if this was an intentional suicide attempt or an accident. After the accident, his parents placed him in a hospital permanently, which resulted in a distant separation between him and Emma. At age three, Emma visited her father at the hospital he was staying at. After that, Spike kept Emma away. She is spoken of twice by Spike in the television film, School's Out!, and in the film's closing shot, Spike is seen dancing with a young blonde girl consistent with Emma's then age of four years. Emma and Spike would later appear in Degrassi: The Next Generation.
Interim (1993–2001)
In Venus (2), it was revealed that Emma had been best friends with Manny Santos since daycare. The two girls seemingly befriended J.T. Yorke in elementary school, as they are revealed to already be friends in the series' premiere episode Mother and Child Reunion (1). Spike also takes Emma to the wedding of Spike's old friend Joey Jeremiah to Julia Manning, and Emma dances with the bride's son, Craig Manning, as revealed in When Doves Cry (1). Although the best man is Emma's future teacher and stepfather Archie Simpson, the two will not have seen each other for quite some time prior to the start of her grade 7 enrollment, as neither recognizes the other on sight in the first Next Generation episode, Mother and Child Reunion (1).
Character Background
Emma was born in June 1989. (The Degrassi Junior High episode in which she was born had actually aired on 28 March 1988, but Emma’s birth year was retconned in Degrassi: The Next Generation to have her be 12 when the sequel series started in 2001. Because she was aged down one year, this allowed Emma to be in the same grade as four of her fellow original characters in D:TNG, Manny Santos, Toby Isaacs, J.T. Yorke and Liberty Van Zandt.) She is the daughter of original Degrassi characters Christine Nelson and Shane McKay, and is the only youth in Degrassi: The Next Generation to have been depicted as a child in the earlier series. She is known as the school's "cause girl" known for arranging many protests and boycotts for various causes. She has evolved from a good, simple character to a complex one over the course of the series. For example, since season 1, she was a fairly undramatic character, having only a few dramatic experiences, until season 4 when she was held at gunpoint by classmate Rick Murray, had became anti-social with PTSD and had Oral Sex Jay Hogart, contracting gonorrhea as a result. In season 5, she was diagnosed with Anorexia nervosa. Emma broke the Nelson women's multi-generational cycle of unplanned teen-age motherhood and beautician careers, Emma graduates from high school having never been pregnant (despite a momentary scare in season 6) and is bound for university. Despite the fact that Degrassi has an ensemble cast, Emma is usually considered the protagonist of the show for the first seven seasons.
Character Development
When the writers came up with the idea for a reunion special, they realized Emma would be starting middle school, and made the planned reunion special into a pilot for a new series. Emma is, therefore, literally the title character of The Next Generation and one of the two title characters of the show's pilot episode, Mother and Child Reunion. In addition to serving as a tie-in to Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High, teenage Emma was initially written as The Next Generation's counterpart to the earlier series' character Caitlin Ryan (played by Stacie Mistysyn). Both rabidly pursue various environmental and social causes, and Emma's first boyfriend, Sean Cameron began as a near-duplicate of Caitlin's first, Rick Munro (very similar back-story, abusive parents, nearly identical wardrobe, interest in motorcycles, interest in the girl's causes only as it let him be close to her). Moreover, Caitlin's father was a teacher, as would be Emma's stepfather, beginning in the second season. Emma's interaction with Rick Murray and his demise strikingly parallel Claude Tanner's reaction to Caitlin's rejection. As is normal for television series characters, however, Emma soon grew into a unique individual, a collaboration of Miriam McDonald and the series' writers. In addition, due to Degrassi: The Next Generation having had a longer run than either of its two parent series, Emma receives far more screen time in D:TNG than her mother Spike or Caitlin had collectively in either predecessor series.
Season 1
In Mother and Child Reunion (1), Emma is seen with Manuella Santos reading a love email from a boy named Jordan. Later her mother Spike Nelson asks if she's ready to go. Emma tells her to wait. Her mom comes into her room and tells her to turn off the computer. Emma tells her that she was just showing Manny her reunion website. Emma's mom tells Emma to go. Manny leaves while Emma lingers to read another email from Jordan. Emma walks away from the computer when new email pops on her computer. Emma stops, looks at it, hears her mom telling to go with them, and leaves. Later when they arrive at Degrassi, she is seen with Manny and J.T., carrying boxes to the school. Emma tells Manny that her mother rushed her out of house so fast that she didn't get to read her new email. She says she hopes it's from Jordan. They then talk about the email Jordan sent to her last night. She explains that Jordan said, "I got over six thousand names on my petition to keep the polar wildlife refuge untouched. Thanks for your help with all this Em, and for your great idea. You're the best." Leaving Manny to smile at how cute her growing online relationship with Jordan is becoming. Emma said that she suggested the petition and Jordan did all the work. Emma says that Jordan is so committed. But while Emma and Manny are so deep into conversation, they don't notice J.T. behind them struggling with the big box he has, eventually falling over causing the box to burst open and everything flies, and Emma and Manny run over to him. Rather than putting everything back in the box and getting up and leaving, and they look at all the '80s merchandise that her mother owned, such as a photo from the '80s with The Zit Remedy in crazy wigs, leaving them all to laugh and Emma explain that people in the '80s were weird. After they help J.T., the three of them continue walking with the boxes. They meet Mr. Simpson. And Archie is wowed at much Emma has grown up, but tells them to go have fun. The trio leave the boxes on the ground for Mr. Simpson to reminisce with and leave the hallway. They all run around the school knocking on the lockers, and come across the Media Immersion room, and Emma obviously wants to go in to check the newest email from Jordan. They then meet J.T.'s friend, Toby Isaacs, who was checking out the school with his father. Emma then decides to sneak into the Media Immersions room to read her emails. Emma brings Manny with her and tells J.T. and Toby to stand guard. Later, Emma tells Manny to calm down and if they get caught, she'll say she forced her. Emma reads her email and tells Manny that Jordan is coming here and wants to meet her tomorrow. Emma, Manny, J.T., and Toby leave Degrassi and go play in the playground. Emma tells Manny that she want to meet Jordan, but told him that she's in high school. Toby tells Emma that it could be really dangerous meeting someone off the net. Emma says that he's not a stranger and that he emailed her his picture. She then says she's known Jordan a lot longer than she's known him, after all the hostility, they have a short water fight. Manny explains that Jordan is 16 and is coming here on a school trip. J.T. says it's summer. Emma says he organized it back in the spring and tells J.T. to quit making this into something that is not. After the conversation, the four of them have more fun a water gun fight. Emma leaves her friends and returns home to her room, when she sees her mother and a lady at her computer. Emma asks her mother why she's on her computer. Spike tells Emma that it's our computer. Emma asks if next time she could ask before trespassing. Spike then tells her to next time be more polite to her guest. Emma notices that the lady next to her mother is Caitlin Ryan. Emma is then excited and talks many facts about Caitlin. Spike and Caitlin are both shocked and leave her room. Emma and Manny then checks all of Emma's e-mails to see if she could find any flaws about Jordan before he comes. Manny advises Emma that it might be dangerous. Emma says they'll meet in public. Manny also advises Emma to talk to her mother. Emma asks if Manny doesn't think that she should meet Jordan. Manny responds by bumping her on the forehead. Later in the night, Emma is asleep but wakes up when she hears Spike, Caitlin, and Lucy Fernandez coming in the house and singing Everybody Wants Something by The Zit Remedy. The three spot Emma coming downstairs and Caitlin talk to her. They talk about Jordan and Emma asks if she should be with him. Caitlin tells her to take a chance... go for it. even if her friends don't think it's right. Emma goes to the computer in her room and replies back to Jordan saying she is totally into meeting him. Repeating what Caitlin said; "Sometimes you gotta take a chance... go for it." In Mother and Child Reunion (2), Emma is waiting for her mother to leave the house so she could go see Jordan. Before she goes, she calls Manny. Emma lies and says she's not going to see Jordan. Manny says she's so relieved. Emma says maybe she can meet him when she's older. Manny agrees and asks if she wants her to come over. Emma lies again and says that there's this show about the wildlife refuge and she really wants to watch it for Jordan. Manny says she can help her research, but Emma says it's okay and that she really needs to concentrate. Emma says she'll call Manny tomorrow. The call ends. Later, Emma goes to a hotel by cab. She goes inside, waits in the lobby, and calls Jordan. She leaves a message says she's a little early so she'll just wait down here. Also in the message, she almost says what she's wearing but instead says he knows what she looks like. She finishes leaving the message. Emma meets a man holding a box of pizza named Mr. Nystrom. He explains that one of his students was supposed to be meeting a girl. He asks if she's the girl. Emma says yes. Mr. Nystrom says that he's Jordan's teacher. The man says Jordan is so excited to meet you. Emma says she's excited to meet him. Mr. Nystrom invites Emma to come to his room to have dinner. Emma looks worried. Mr. Nystrom says that he could sent Jordan down after he eats. Mr. Nystrom says that Jordan wanted her to sign his petition. Emma decides to go with him. While they're walking to his room, Mr. Nystrom says that next week Jordan will send the petition to the United Nations. Emma is amazed and says that's incredible. Mr. Nystrom says Jordan is a pretty impressive kid. They then enter his room. Mr. Nystrom knocks on another room and tells the guys that pizza is here. Emma sits down with Mr. Nystrom. Mr. Nystrom takes out a video camera and explains that he and the guys are going to be making a video journal of this trip. Mr. Nystrom says that the guys are going to be back in here any minute, and shares the pizza with Emma. Mr. Nystrom says that Jordan talks about her all the time, and says he hears that Emma's a fellow hiker. Emma starts to get uncomfortable and leaves. She finds out the door is locked and goes into the nearby bathroom and locks the door. Emma realizes that Mr. Nystrom is Jordan. Emma says that she wants to go home. Mr. Nystrom tells Emma that he'll go down to the lobby so she can leave. Emma then unlocks the door leaves the bathroom. She tries to open the room door a second time, but Mr. Nystrom comes from behind her and closes the door. He threatens to tape her mouth if she makes a noise. Meanwhile, Manny has tried to get a hold of Emma and realizes that she must have lied and gone to meet Jordan after all. Manny runs to Degrassi and tells Spike and Snake about what had happened to Emma. Snake and Spike drive to the hotel and run to the room. Emma hears knocking on the door and realizes that her mother is at the door. She escapes the man and leaves the room. She leans against the wall facing Mr. Nystrom's room. Spike asks if she's okay. Emma watches as Mr. Nystrom is caught. Emma finds out the next day that Mr. Nystrom was a repeat offender and loses her computer's tower for the time being. She and her mother argue about how Emma kept Jordan a secret from her for eight months and about last night. Emma tells her mother that she didn't tell her about Jordan because she doesn't understand her problems. Spike tells Emma that she does and they have to keep talking about their issues. Emma adds that she was so scared and she and Spike hug. Emma began crushing on new boy, Sean Cameron when he moves to Toronto with his brother, Tracker. He is unhappy due to being held back in 7th grade and longed to go to eighth grade with his classmates. It is revealed that he had been there for a few months last year, and evidently was friends with Jimmy Brooks. But Sean grows do dislike Jimmy because Jimmy constantly teases Sean about being held back. At the dance that night, Emma has to go without it, but she comes alone, and finds Sean has come too. Jimmy again makes fun of Sean by deciding that he could come to the "8th graders only party" Sean shoves him against a wall. As their principal is about to walk by, Emma comes to Sean's rescue. Emma asks Sean to dance, he agrees and they hold hands. The next day, Emma tells Manny that although he may seem tough and mean on the outside, he was really sweet on the inside. In the episode, Coming of Age, Emma has her first period, embarrassingly, at school. Luckily, Manny discovered the blood leak before anyone else did, dragging her best friend into the bathroom and tracking down a pair of oversized gym shorts for Emma to wear the rest of the day. Unfortunately, Emma was slated to present a book report in English in front of the entire class that day. While awkwardly trying to explain the book and hold up the large pants, J.T. scoffs and asks if Emma wet her pants. Emma announces matter-of-factly that she got her period, stunning everyone. In the episode, Parents' Day, Emma protests about N.A.K. (News About Kids) and she writes an article about recruiting against it for The Grapevine. Sean thinks it's stupid, and during Parents' Day, she gets into a fight with his brother. He confirms her article as "Looks like garbage, smells like garbage" and crumples it up. Sean is a bit annoyed, as he does like Emma. The next day, the two call a truce. The year went by, and Sean and Emma had been friends for a while, but she still liked him more than just a friend. When he finally asks her to hang out, she doesn't know if it's just a "friend thing or a couple thing". After consulting with Paige, she eventually figures out it is a date, and when they finally go out, it turns out to be one disaster after another. The next day, Sean tells Emma that he had a great time and doesn't want to stop seeing her. In the episode, Rumours and Reputations, Emma witnesses Coach Armstrong's arm around Liberty. Emma begins to suspect Armstrong is sleeping with Liberty when she sees Armstrong pass the girl a note outside of school. Emma tells Manny who is overheard by Terri, and rumor is spread through the school. Just after a student council meeting, Ashley lets Liberty know why everybody is talking behind her back. The next day, Liberty hears Emma and the gang talking about her and she runs into the bathroom. Emma promises her to track down the source and thus, finish the rumor. Emma tracks the sources down to Terri, who tells Emma she was the one who started it by talking to Manny. Emma, ashamed and embarrassed, tries to tell Liberty but math class has started. Everybody begins to laugh when Armstrong asks Liberty a question. Principal Raditch demands Armstrong and Liberty see him outside when Emma tells them it was she who started the rumor. Once again in the bathroom, a humiliated Liberty tells Emma she has a learning disability that Armstrong was helping her with, and is tired of Emma always trying to scope out an issue, when she should just stay out of people's business, and "go back to saving dolphins and whales, cause when it comes to helping you people, she sucks." In Under Pressure, fearing he failed his midterms, Sean let his stress and anger get the better of him and got into a fight outside of the school with Jimmy Brooks. Emma followed him out to the alley, where both boys were about to fight. Emma begged Sean to stop it. Both Sean and Jimmy told her to leave. The boys began the fight, and Emma stepped between them. Sean told Emma to get out and accidentally pushed her to the ground, then after that Emma leaves. The next day Emma breaks up with Sean, leaving them both heart-broken. In Jagged Little Pill, Sean attended Ashley Kerwin and Toby's disastrous party at the end of the year, but only because J.T. mentioned Emma would be there. Though he attempted to talk to her, Emma paid no attention. She ran out of Toby's bedroom, with Sean and Manny at her heels. As Sean repeats her name over and over, she told him that if she knew that he was coming, she would have stayed home. Ashley takes Sean into her room. When she finds him crying, she tells him how everyone expects her to be a good girl, and for him to be a bad boy. They kiss. Jimmy finds out and attempts to talk to Sean. When Sean walks outside, he finds Emma crying. Just as he is about to comfort her, she turns to Toby and hugs him, crying harder. Sean walks away sadly. Emma becomes a feminist at Degrassi Community School. She berated the Spirit Squad as "sexist," and chided Manny for wanting to try out, though her real motive was that she hated the idea of Manny being more popular than her. Emma also started to favor the extreme group PETA.
Season 2
In #ThrowbackThursday, Emma walks up and greets Liberty asking what was going on and Liberty is shocked that Simpson didn't tell and Emma says it didn't come up during Sunday dinner with her, Spinner and her parents. Lola explains to her that this is a protest because her boyfriend Tiny was suspended unfairly. Emma says she loves Lola's passion and tells her and Shay about the time she went naked for a protest. When Lola asks did if it worked, Shay tells Lola it's not the same situation. Grace gives Emma a sign and she joins the protest and walks with Liberty catching up with her. Emma and Liberty were standing behind Tiny when police tries to stop them made a comment about Lola and Shay demanding and apology.
Season 13
In Barely Breathing, Margaret asks Archie how he would feel if people started spreading lies about [his daughter].
Season 14
In Firestarter (1), Snake tells Clare that Spike was pregnant with Emma while she was at junior high.
Next Class Season 2
In #ToMyFutureSelf, Spinner mentions to Maya Matlin that he and Emma are planning on buying a house.
Degrassi Junior High (Season 3)
•Season's Greetings No Lines
•Bye-Bye, Junior High
Degrassi High (Season 1)
•A New Start (1)
•A New Start (2)
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Emma Nelson is an American actress known for "Where'd You Go Bernadette" (2019) and "The Unforgiveable" (2021). Emma was born and raised in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. She started her career in semi-professional theater prior to being cast as Cate Blanchett's daughter Bee in "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" when she was 12 years old.
- June 4, 2004
16 ago 2019 · Richard Linklater. Writers. Richard Linklater. Holly Gent. Vincent Palmo Jr. Stars. Cate Blanchett. Billy Crudup. Emma Nelson. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. RENT/BUY. from $3.59. search Amazon.
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13 ago 2019 · The Texas-born director’s new movie, Where’d You Go, Bernadette? (in theaters Friday, August 16), features the film debut of another promising young actress, 15-year-old Emma Nelson. Nelson...
In conversation with Emma Nelson. Emma Nelson's powerful performances have established her as a young actress on the rise. She can be seen in the Netflix drama film 'The Unforgiveable' alongside Oscar winners Sandra Bullock and Viola Davis. The film opened for a limited release in theaters on November 24th and then premiered on Netflix on ...
