Emily Swallow

Emily Swallow (born December 18, 1979) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as The Armorer in the Star Wars series The Mandalorian (2019–present) and The Book of Boba Fett. She is also known for her roles as Kim Fischer in The Mentalist (2013–2014), Amara / The Darkness in Supernatural (2015–2020), Lisa Țepeș in Castlevania (2017–2021), and Puck in Pac-Man: Circle (2024). She also had a minor role as Emily in the video game The Last of Us Part II.

Early life Swallow was born on December 18, 1979, in Washington, D.C. She grew up in Sterling, Virginia and Jacksonville, Florida. She graduated in 2001 with a BA in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Virginia and then studied for an MFA in Acting from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. and in John Patrick Shanley's musical Romantic Poetry at Manhattan Theater Club. She won the Falstaff Award for best Female Performer in 2010 for her performance as Kate in The Taming of the Shrew.

In 2012, Swallow and fellow singer/comedian Jac Huberman created a stage show called Jac N Swallow, which they performed in New York at the Laurie Beeckman Theater and Joe's Pub. The show centers on the comic misadventures of the duo as they navigate very different life challenges with varying degrees of sanity and dignity. In 2013 she collaborated with Mark Rylance and poet Louis Jenkins on the world premiere of Nice Fish at the Guthrie Theater.

Swallow's first television role was in Guiding Light, and she later played parts in Southland, Ringer, The Good Wife, NCIS, Flight of the Conchords, Medium, as series regular Dr. Michelle Robidaux on TNT's medical drama Monday Mornings In 2015 she was cast in the eleventh season of Supernatural as the new character Amara, "the Darkness".

Starting in 2019 she took on the role of Armorer in the Star Wars series The Mandalorian as the leader of the traditionalist Mandalorians. Her face has not been seen in the series as the traditionalist characters never remove their helmets in view of others. Her character got greater prominence in the third season as it focused more on the Mandalorian people and not just the titular character, Din Djarin.

Personal life Swallow married actor Chad Kimball on August 26, 2018.

Filmography Film

Television

Video games