Emma Jill Appleton (born 11 December 1991) is an English actress and model. She starred in the Channel 4 spy thriller Traitors (2019) and the BBC adaptation of Everything I Know About Love (2022). Her films include LOLA (2022). She also appeared in the BBC Three thriller Clique (2017), the Netflix fantasy series The Witcher (2019), and the Hulu miniseries Pistol (2022).
Early life and education
Emma Jill Appleton was born and raised in Witney, Oxfordshire. She attended West Witney Primary School and then Wood Green School.[1] She was a contemporary of Dan Tomlinson. Appleton was interested in drama from an early age and participated in it at school.[2]
Appleton went into acting in 2016 when she appeared as Pixie in the short film Dreamlands.[5] This was followed by her television debut with a recurring role as Fay Brookstone in the first series of the BBC Three thriller Clique.[6] She also made guest appearances in the first series of the Channel 4 comedy-drama The End of the F***ing World[7] and an episode of the ITV detective drama Grantchester.
In 2019, Appleton was cast in her first lead role as Feef Symonds in the Channel 4 spy thriller Traitors.[2] Later that year, Appleton played Princess Renfri[9] in the first season of the Netflix fantasy series The Witcher.[10] Appleton made her feature film debut in the 2021 romantic drama The Last Letter from Your Lover, also on Netflix. She guest starred as Mya Miller in two episodes of the Sky One science fiction series Intergalactic.[11]
