Emily Booth
Encyclopedia
Emily Katherine Booth also known by her stage name Emily "Bouff" Bouffante, is an English
actress and television presenter.
, England
in 1976 but grew up in Hastings
, East Sussex
. Her paternal great grandfather built one of the first cinemas in the UK in Cornwall
. It is now a garage, but still has a plaque on the wall marking its significance. Booth studied for 3 A levels and a BA
in media and film degree
at Goldsmiths College, University of London. While she was a student she earned money busking
in the street playing the violin
and sang on Eurotrash. She once worked in PR for the London based Salvation Films. She used to be an avid animal rights
campaigner and has some rats as pets.
s as Pervirella
, Cradle of Fear
, Evil Aliens
, BAFTA nominated short film Inferno
. She also appeared in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriquez's double header Grindhouse
(2007) in the mock trailer "Don't", by Edgar Wright
(director of Shaun of the Dead
).
Booth was also the host of several Channel 4
and satellite television shows. She co-presented and co-wrote video game review show BITS
for two years. She was a segment presenter on Channel 4 flagship morning show The Big Breakfast
, and also presented on the gameshow Banzai for E4. Other shows she worked on include L!VE TV
's Blue Review, paintball challenge show Mission: Paintball, Threesome and Demolition.
Booth has presented several television programmes related to cult film
s, including OUT There on five and Shock Movie Massacre on Bravo.
Emily is a presenter on Eat Cinema
, interviewing A-list Hollywood stars on The Buzz and hosting her own show First Night Bites. She also hosted the now defunct Quiz Night Live, a premium rate call-in quiz show, shown on satellite/Freeview channel Ftn
. She is presents The Match on the on XLeague.tv
channel. In 2007 she joined Zone Horror where she works as a presenter and continuity announcer.
She was among the guests at the 2009 Festival of Fantastic Films
in Manchester and announced the results of the Delta Film Award
.
She also hosted GoreZone Magazine's Weekend of Horror and is the official poster girl for the magazine. GoreZone Magazine will launch a DVD cover mount starring Emily Booth each month from December 2009.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actress and television presenter.
Early life
Booth was born in ChesterChester
Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
in 1976 but grew up in Hastings
Hastings
Hastings is a town and borough in the county of East Sussex on the south coast of England. The town is located east of the county town of Lewes and south east of London, and has an estimated population of 86,900....
, East Sussex
East Sussex
East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...
. Her paternal great grandfather built one of the first cinemas in the UK in Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
. It is now a garage, but still has a plaque on the wall marking its significance. Booth studied for 3 A levels and a BA
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in media and film degree
Academic degree
An academic degree is a position and title within a college or university that is usually awarded in recognition of the recipient having either satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study or having conducted a scholarly endeavour deemed worthy of his or her admission to the degree...
at Goldsmiths College, University of London. While she was a student she earned money busking
Busking
Street performance or busking is the practice of performing in public places, for gratuities, which are generally in the form of money and edibles...
in the street playing the violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
and sang on Eurotrash. She once worked in PR for the London based Salvation Films. She used to be an avid animal rights
Animal rights
Animal rights, also known as animal liberation, is the idea that the most basic interests of non-human animals should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings...
campaigner and has some rats as pets.
Career
Booth is known for her roles in such cult filmCult film
A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but specific group of fans. Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside the small fanbases; however, there have been exceptions that have managed to gain fame among mainstream audiences...
s as Pervirella
Pervirella
Pervirella is a 1997 Adventure-Comedy film which was directed by Alex Chandon, the film stars Emily Booth in the lead role and featured brief cameos from Jonathan Ross and Mark Lamarr.Pervirella harbors a sex demon within her.-Plot:...
, Cradle of Fear
Cradle of Fear
Cradle of Fear is a 2001 horror film directed by Alex Chandon. Taking inspiration from the portmanteau films produced by Amicus in the 1970s it features three separate half-hour segments, linked by a fourth story. The main narrative involves imprisoned serial-killer Kemper wreaking vengeance on...
, Evil Aliens
Evil Aliens
Evil Aliens , is a British "splatstick" horror-comedy film directed by Jake West, in the tradition of films such as Braindead, House, and Evil Dead....
, BAFTA nominated short film Inferno
Inferno (2001 short)
Inferno is a 2001 28 minute long sci-fi film directed by Paul Kousoulides, featuring UK cult actress/presenter Emily Booth.-Plot:Set inside a "Quake" like video game, one of the game's cannon-fodder grunts falls for the Lara Croft-inspired heroine and, in a constantly looping game level, tries time...
. She also appeared in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriquez's double header Grindhouse
Grindhouse
A grindhouse is an American term for a theater that mainly shows exploitation films. It is named after the defunct burlesque theaters located on 42nd Street in New York City, where 'bump n' grind' dancing and striptease were featured.- History :...
(2007) in the mock trailer "Don't", by Edgar Wright
Edgar Wright
Edgar Howard Wright is an English film and television director and writer. He is most famous for his work with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost on the films Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, the TV series Spaced, and for directing the film Scott Pilgrim vs...
(director of Shaun of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead is a 2004 British zombie comedy directed by Edgar Wright, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and written by Pegg and Wright. Pegg plays Shaun, a man attempting to get some kind of focus in his life as he deals with his girlfriend, his mother and stepfather...
).
Booth was also the host of several Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
and satellite television shows. She co-presented and co-wrote video game review show BITS
BITS
BITS or bits may refer to:* Plural of bit* Background Intelligent Transfer Service, a file transfer protocol* Birla Institute of Technology and Science, a technology school in Pilani, Rajasthan, India, with campuses in Goa, Hyderabad, and Dubai...
for two years. She was a segment presenter on Channel 4 flagship morning show The Big Breakfast
The Big Breakfast
The Big Breakfast was a British light entertainment television show shown on Channel 4 and S4C each weekday morning from 28 September 1992 until 29 March 2002 during which period 2,482 shows were produced. The Big Breakfast was produced by Planet 24, the production company co-owned by former...
, and also presented on the gameshow Banzai for E4. Other shows she worked on include L!VE TV
L!VE TV
L!VE TV was a British television station that was operated by MGN on cable television from 15 August 1995 - 31 October 1999. It was later revived for Sky Digital from 2003...
's Blue Review, paintball challenge show Mission: Paintball, Threesome and Demolition.
Booth has presented several television programmes related to cult film
Cult film
A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but specific group of fans. Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside the small fanbases; however, there have been exceptions that have managed to gain fame among mainstream audiences...
s, including OUT There on five and Shock Movie Massacre on Bravo.
Emily is a presenter on Eat Cinema
Eat Cinema
My Channel is a British television channel which launched on 28 February 2006 as Eat Cinema, originally targeted at mainstream cinema audiences...
, interviewing A-list Hollywood stars on The Buzz and hosting her own show First Night Bites. She also hosted the now defunct Quiz Night Live, a premium rate call-in quiz show, shown on satellite/Freeview channel Ftn
Ftn
Ftn was a television channel from Virgin Media Television transmitting free-to-air on Freeview and Virgin Media, and as a subscription channel on Sky Digital. The channel was broadcast between 18:00 and 06:00 daily...
. She is presents The Match on the on XLeague.tv
XLEAGUE.TV
XLEAGUE.TV was a broadcast production unit owned by The New World Assembly Group, creating and providing content on its primary subject of video games...
channel. In 2007 she joined Zone Horror where she works as a presenter and continuity announcer.
She was among the guests at the 2009 Festival of Fantastic Films
Festival of Fantastic Films (UK)
The Festival of Fantastic Films is an annual non-profit celebration of cinema fantastique, held annually in central Manchester, England. It was created by Tony Edwards and the late Harry Nadler , together with their fellow enthusiast Gil Lane-Young.Past...
in Manchester and announced the results of the Delta Film Award
Delta Film Award
The Delta Film Award is presented annually at the Festival of Fantastic Films in Manchester, England.Shortly after the 2004 event, British freelance journalist Steve Green assumed the role of administrator; he'd been a judge since the early 1990s. Other judges have included the film director Norman J...
.
She also hosted GoreZone Magazine's Weekend of Horror and is the official poster girl for the magazine. GoreZone Magazine will launch a DVD cover mount starring Emily Booth each month from December 2009.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 2009 in film The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five .- Highest-grossing films :Please note... |
The Reverend: Vigilante Vampire | Tracy | |
| Terror Toons 3 | Nurse Stanley | ||
| Doghouse Doghouse (film) Doghouse is a 2009 British horror comedy and splatter film.A group of men travels to a remote village in England for a 'boys' weekend'. Upon their arrival, they found out that all the women in the town had been transformed into some kind of man-eating cannibals.-Plot:Vince is depressed over his... |
The Snipper | ||
| 2007 2007 in film This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007... |
Grindhouse | faux trailer segment Don't | |
| 2005 2005 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005... |
Evil Aliens Evil Aliens Evil Aliens , is a British "splatstick" horror-comedy film directed by Jake West, in the tradition of films such as Braindead, House, and Evil Dead.... |
Michelle Fox | |
| 2003 2003 in film The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,... |
Spiderbabe Spiderbabe SpiderBabe is a 2003 softcore pornographic parody of Spider-Man. The film was written by John Fedele and Terry West, and directed by Johnny Crash... |
Fly Girl | scenes deleted |
| 2002 2002 in film The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of... |
Fallen Angels | Sally Munro | uncredited |
| Arthur's Amazing Things | Denise Clarington-Semi-Skimmed | Short film | |
| 2001 2001 in film The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy... |
Inferno Inferno (2001 short) Inferno is a 2001 28 minute long sci-fi film directed by Paul Kousoulides, featuring UK cult actress/presenter Emily Booth.-Plot:Set inside a "Quake" like video game, one of the game's cannon-fodder grunts falls for the Lara Croft-inspired heroine and, in a constantly looping game level, tries time... |
Laura | |
| Cradle of Fear Cradle of Fear Cradle of Fear is a 2001 horror film directed by Alex Chandon. Taking inspiration from the portmanteau films produced by Amicus in the 1970s it features three separate half-hour segments, linked by a fourth story. The main narrative involves imprisoned serial-killer Kemper wreaking vengeance on... |
Mel | as Emily Bouffante | |
| Sacred Flesh Sacred Flesh Sacred Flesh is a 1999 British nunsploitation film. It is set in an indeterminate past, and consists of a series of loosely connected vignettes that depict pseudo-lesbian sexuality and some sado-masochistic activity.-Synopsis:... |
Williams girl | ||
| 1998 1998 in film -Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:... |
Witchcraft X: Mistress of the Craft | Linnaca | as Emily Bouffante |
| 1997 1997 in film -Events:* The original Star Wars trilogy's Special Editions are released.* Production begins on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.* Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1,000,000,000 at the box office making it the highest grossing film in history until Avatar broke the record in 2010.*... |
Pervirella Pervirella Pervirella is a 1997 Adventure-Comedy film which was directed by Alex Chandon, the film stars Emily Booth in the lead role and featured brief cameos from Jonathan Ross and Mark Lamarr.Pervirella harbors a sex demon within her.-Plot:... |
Pervirella | |
| Event Horizon Event Horizon (film) Event Horizon is a 1997 science fantasy horror film. The screenplay was written by Philip Eisner and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. The film stars Laurence Fishburne and Sam Neill... |
Girl on monitor screen |
Television appearances
- Forgot About The Drive-By: The Montell Jordan Story (2011) – presenter
- videoGaidenVideoGaidenVideoGaiden is a Scottish computer games television show broadcast by BBC Scotland. Its creators and presenters, Robert Florence and Ryan Macleod, are responsible for the internet-distributed videogaming show Consolevania, upon which the show is based...
(2008) - BITSBITSBITS or bits may refer to:* Plural of bit* Background Intelligent Transfer Service, a file transfer protocol* Birla Institute of Technology and Science, a technology school in Pilani, Rajasthan, India, with campuses in Goa, Hyderabad, and Dubai...
(1999–2001) – writer and presenter - The Big BreakfastThe Big BreakfastThe Big Breakfast was a British light entertainment television show shown on Channel 4 and S4C each weekday morning from 28 September 1992 until 29 March 2002 during which period 2,482 shows were produced. The Big Breakfast was produced by Planet 24, the production company co-owned by former...
: August 2001 – presenter - outTHEREOutTHEREoutTHERE was a cult half-hour show which ran between 2001 to 2003 on Five and Bravo. It was fronted by presenter Anneka Svenska for series one and two, and by Emily Booth in series three, in the alter-ego guise 'Eden'...
: season three – presenter (Eden) - Shock Movie Massacre – presenter
- Blue Review – presenter
- Threesome – Eve
- Mission Paintball (2001–2002) – presenter
- Demolition (2002) – presenter
- Eat CinemaEat CinemaMy Channel is a British television channel which launched on 28 February 2006 as Eat Cinema, originally targeted at mainstream cinema audiences...
channel – presenter - The Great Big British QuizThe Great Big British QuizThe Great Big British Quiz , which ceased operating on 4 May 2007 was an interactive quiz based channel on which viewers where invited to phone in to solve puzzles in return for cash and prizes. It broadcast from studios in Battersea, London, England, it was usually seen on Sky Digital...
– presenter - Quiz Night Live – presenter
- Make Your PlayMake Your PlayMake Your Play was a live, interactive quiz show, showing in the UK on the ITV Network, from Monday to Saturday, beginning after midnight. The show was launched on Friday September 29, 2006 on ITV and ITV Play....
– presenter - The MatchThe Match (XLEAGUE.TV series)Was the flagship show of now defunct XLEAGUE.TV, The Match was a studio based show which delivered highlights from tournament and league play from XLEAGUE.TV's club and league competition....
– presenter