Emily Kinney

Emily Rebecca Kinney (born August 15, 1985) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She is known for her role as Beth Greene on AMC's horror drama television series The Walking Dead (2011–2015, 2018). Kinney has also appeared on several other television series, including Showtime's critically acclaimed Masters of Sex and The CW's The Flash and Arrow. She has an older sister, Sara. She and her family frequently moved during her youth, including to Nevada, Oregon, and other parts of Nebraska. Kinney attended New York University for a semester. In 2006, she graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University She was then cast as Emily on Showtime's The Big C. Later, Kinney appeared on NBC's Law & Order: Criminal Intent, where she guest starred as Jeannie Richmonds. Kinney made her film debut with Aunt Tigress playing Gina. Kinney continued acting in a variety of recurring guest and cameo roles in various films and television shows.

In 2011, Kinney was cast as the recurring character Beth Greene on The Walking Dead, an AMC television horror drama. Although she was actually 25 at the start of production, her character Beth was the 16-year-old sister of Maggie in Season 2. Greene is one of a small group who must find a way to not only survive a zombie apocalypse, but who must also cope with other survivors who are even more dangerous than the undead. She contributed to The Walking Dead: Original Soundtrack – Vol. 1, in which she collaborated with Lauren Cohan on the single, "The Parting Glass". Kinney finished her role on The Walking Dead as Beth in 2014, but made one final appearance in 2015 in the ninth episode of the fifth season.

Kinney reprised her role of Beth Greene in November 2018 through voiceover, which is heard in Andrew Lincoln's final episode asking his character Rick Grimes what is his wound.

Kinney returned to the Law & Order franchise in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, in the role of Haley Cole.

Kinney's new single, “Rockstar”, was released December 9, 2014. After her departure from The Walking Dead, she made guest appearances on several television shows, including a starring role in the sixteenth episode of ABC's Forever titled "Memories of Murder" and a co-starring spot in the eighteenth episode of The CW's The Flash titled "All-Star Team-Up". She also landed recurring television roles on Cinemax's The Knick and Showtime's critically acclaimed Masters of Sex for four episodes. Kinney starred in the music video for the Train song "Bulletproof Picasso". Kinney released her new studio album, This Is War, on October 2, 2015. As well as “This Is War”, the album featured another single, “Birthday Cake”.

In 2016, Kinney played the main character in Hallmark Channel's Love On The Sidelines. On February 12, 2016, it was announced that Kinney would be joining the main cast of ABC's Conviction alongside Hayley Atwell. On Conviction, Kinney played Tess Larson, "the paralegal for the Unit team who[, although] extremely bright, [was] a bit naive and occasionally, an underlying dark sadness emerge." On March 30, 2016, Kinney made a guest appearance as Brie Larvan/Bug-Eyed Bandit on Arrow, a role she previously played on The Flash. On October 28, 2016, her new single, "Back on Love", was released.

On January 26, 2017, it was announced that Kinney would join the cast of ABC's Ten Days in the Valley alongside Kyra Sedgwick. Kinney, it was reported, would play Casey, "Jane's hip and upbeat young assistant who looks up to her boss as a role model". In October 2017, Kinney's single, Mermaid Song, was released. On August 24, 2018, Kinney released her solo album, Oh Jonathan, which included a single released earlier that month, “Boy Band Hero”. Kinney announced a tour in support of the album, marking her second tour.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2007 Aunt Tigress Gina Short film 2009 It's Complicated Waitress 2013 Concussion The Girl 2016 Papa Caroline 2021 The Enormity of Life JessTBABad EggsTBA

Television Year Title Role Notes 2007 Hot for Teacher Tamara Bailey Short The Gamekillers The Swarm Special 2008 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Jeannie Richmonds Episode: "Contract" 2009 The Unusuals Amanda Maint Episode: "The Apology Line" 2010 The Good Wife Milla Burchfield Episode: "Bad Girls" 2011 The Big C Emily 3 episodes 2011–2015; 2018 The Walking Dead Beth Greene 37 episodes Recurring (seasons 2–3) Also Starring (season 4) Main cast (season 5) Uncredited voice role (Episode: "What Comes After") 2012 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Haley Cole Episode: "Hunting Ground" 2014 The Following Mallory Hodge Episode: "Teacher's Pet" 2015 Forever Jennifer Schroeder Episode: "Memories of Murder" Masters of Sex Nora Everett 4 episodes The Knick Nurse Daisy Ryan 3 episodes 2015; 2019 The Flash Brie Larvan / Bug-Eyed Bandit 2 episodes 2016 Arrow Episode: "Beacon of Hope" Love on the Sidelines Laurel Welk Television film (Hallmark) 2016–2017 Conviction Tess Larson 13 episodes 2017 Ten Days in the Valley Casey 5 episodes 2020 Messiah Staci Hardwick 5 episodes 2022 Santa Bootcamp Emily Strauss 2023 Alert: Missing Persons Unit. Shannon Steerman/Georgia LaCava Episode: "Shannon" 2026 The Walking Dead: Dead City Beth Greene Episode: "Genesis"

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2023 The Walking Dead: Destinies Beth Greene

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