Emily McKnight

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Emily McKnight is a Sydney based actor, musician and children’s entertainer. She is known as the children’s singer, Emily Who, and recently released her fourth album of songs. As Emily Who she has performed in Darling Harbour, at Sydney Zoo and for Inner West Kids Fest, among other performance venues. She writes and presents annual children’s and educational performances for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Youth Orchestras and Kur-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra. Her work with Sydney Symphony includes presenting the 2023 family show in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall. In 2023 Emily received the award for Best Children’s Performer NSW - overall winner and people’s choice at the Whats on 4 Kids Awards. She was also nominated for Best Album at the Major Minor Music Awards. In March 2024 she performed and participated at the Visioni Children’s festival in Bologna, Italy, and toured to preschools across the UK. As an actor, her theatrical credits include; A Christmas Carol (Ensemble Theatre), As You Like It (Sport For Jove), Macbeth (SheShakespeare), TickTickBoom (subtlenuance), Gravity Guts (Company of Rogues), and she has also toured Australia with Poetry in Action. Her television credits include; Jay’s Jungle (Ambience Entertainment) and Black Comedy (ABC). She is also a voice over actor and is the voice of the audio tour at the Hyde Park Barracks Museum, Sydney. Emily is the creator of the podcast: An Actor Survives.