Emily Andras is a Canadian television screenwriter, showrunner, and producer. She is known for creating the beloved cult genre television series Wynonna Earp and serving as executive producer and showrunner of Lost Girl (seasons 3 and 4).[1]
Emily Andras is the creator and showrunner of SyFy's WYNONNA EARP which ran for 4 seasons and won two E! People's Choice awards. The series was a cult hit with a fervent fanbase and dedicated comic conventions, and was especially lauded in the LGBTQ+ community. Emily created the Wynonna Earp series after her work on Lost Girl,[5] where she was a writer and consulting producer for the first two seasons, showrunner and executive producer of seasons 3 and 4, and executive consulting producer in its fifth and final season.[6][7]
Prior to Lost Girl, she served on Instant Star as showrunner and executive producer, for which she began as a junior writer on the series.[8][9] Prior to Wynonna Earp being greenlit, she was a writer and consulting producer on Killjoys during its development and first season.[10][11]
In 2008, she was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Children's or Youth's Program or Series, for Instant Star episode "Like A Virgin".[citation needed] She was nominated in 2013 for a Canadian Screen Award (CSA) for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series for Lost Girl episode "Into the Dark".[12] In 2017, she received a CSA for Best Cross-Platform Project – Fiction for Wynonna Earp Interactive, and was nominated for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series for Wynonna Earp episode "Purgatory".[13][14] In 2018, she was nominated for a CSA for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series for Wynonna Earp episode "I Hope You Dance".[15] In 2019, she received the WGC Showrunner Award by the Writers Guild of Canada.[16]
Emily is known for her quick and witty dialogue, extensive world building/mythology, powerful female characters, and juicy cliff hangers -- CNBC called her “a genre darling” with a “devoted following, who call themselves 'Fandras'".