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This article is about the actress. You may be looking for the TV Series character, the Social Game character, or the other actress.

Emily Kinney is an American actress and singer who portrayed Beth Greene in AMC's The Walking Dead.

Emily is known for her roles on The Walking Dead, The Big C, Forever, The Flash, and Masters of Sex. Kinney is a native of Wayne, Nebraska. She graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 2006.

Along with acting, Kinney is pursuing a career in music. Her EP, Blue Toothbrush, was released in 2011. Her second EP, Expired Love, was released in 2013 and re-released in 2014. Her new single Rockstar was released on 9 December, 2014. Her new studio album, This Is War, was released on 2 October, 2015. After This Is War, as a single, was initially released in April, Emily Kinney toured from May–June 2015. Kinney also portrayed Anna in the re-casting of Spring Awakening on Broadway, being an understudy for Wendla in the same show. In addition, she played Jean Fordham in August: Osage County in 2006 as well. She also played the well known Bug-Eyed Bandit/Brie Larvan in The Flash in 2015 and is set to reappear in Arrow in 2016. She is also an active blogger, writing about her experiences as a young actress in New York for Unscripted Magazine. Kinney also has a career in modeling. In 2016, Kinney stared in Hallmark Channel's Love on the Sidelines as a main cast member and will be appearing on ABC's Conviction as a series regular. On October 28, 2016, her new single, Back On Love, was released.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Spring Awakening Anna Stage
Replacement for Anna
Understudy for Wendla
2007 Hot for Teacher Tamara Bailey Short Film
Aunt Tigress Gina Short Film
The Gamekillers The Swarm TV special
2008 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Jeannie Richmond Episode: Contract
2009 The Unusuals Amanda Maint Episode: The Apology Line
It's Complicated Waitress Cameo appearance
August: Osage County Jean Fordham Stage
National tour of 2009
2010 The Good Wife Milla Burchfield Episode: Bad Girls
2011 The Big C Emily 3 episodes
2011–15 The Walking Dead Beth Greene 38 episodes
2012 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Haley Cole Episode: Hunting Ground
2013 Concussion The Girl Character secondary
2014 The Following Mallory Hodge Episode: Teacher's Pet
2015 Stages Herself Documentary
Forever Jennifer Schroeder Episode: Memories of Murder
The Flash Brie Larvan Episode: "All-Star Team Up"
Con Man N/A Web series
Masters of Sex Nora Season 3 (recurring; 4 episodes)
The Knick Nurse Daisy Ryan Season 2 (recurring; 3 episodes)
2016 Love on the Sidelines Laurel Welk TV Movie; Main cast
Arrow Brie Larvan Episode: "Beacon of Hope"
Conviction Tess Larson Series regular

Discography

Year Album Notes
2011 Blue Toothbrush EP
2013 Expired Love EP
2014 Expired Love Re-release; Additional tracks
Rockstar Single
2015 This Is War Featured singles: "This Is War" & "Birthday Cake"
2016 Back On Love Single; two songs; "Back on Love" & "Popsicles"

Trivia

  • On April 3rd, 2013, It was announced that she would be promoted to a series regular for Season 4. [1]
    • She was promoted to Main Cast for Season 5 with her name being featured in the opening credits.
  • Kinney was nominated for a Saturn Award in the category of Best Supporting Actress in Television for her portrayal of Beth Greene. [2]
  • Emily Kinney appeared in Train's music video for 'Bulletproof Picasso'. [3]
  • Kinney stated; "Beth wanted it all and made a big mistake", but that "She is a hero in her own way", in relation to Beth's death. [4]
  • In May/June 2015, Kinney went on tour after the release of her single This Is War.
  • Kinney is a vegetarian.
  • Kinney stopped watching The Walking Dead after Beth was killed off.
    • However, she started watching the show again to see her old cast mates and family.

External Links

References

  1. Goldberg, Lesley. 'Walking Dead' Promotes Three to Series Regular for Season 4 The Hollywood Reporter (April 3, 2013)
  2. Leffler, Samantha. 'The Walking Dead' Nabs Seven Saturn Award Nominations - Cast Reacts! Wetpaint (March 4, 2015)
  3. Scott, Jason. Emily Kinney Stars In Train's 'Bulletproof Picasso' Pop Dust (January 24, 2015)
  4. Leffler, Samantha. Emily Kinney Says Beth Was a Hero Wetpaint (December 4, 2014)


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