Emma Appleton

Emma Jill Appleton (born 11 December 1991) is an English actress and model. She starred in the Channel 4 spy thriller Traitors 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. She was a contemporary of Dan Tomlinson. Appleton was interested in drama from an early age and participated in it at school.

Career Appleton began her career in modelling as a teenager, appearing in gigs for Victoria Beckham, The Kooples, Margaret Howell and DAKS, and advertising brands such as Fred Perry, Toni & Guy, Rimmel and Converse. This was followed by her television debut with a recurring role as Fay Brookstone in the first series of the BBC Three thriller Clique. She also made guest appearances in the first series of the Channel 4 comedy-drama The End of the F***ing World and an episode of the ITV detective drama Grantchester.

In 2018, she appeared in two episodes of the National Geographic anthology Genius, about Picasso, who was played by Antonio Banderas.

In 2019, Appleton was cast in her first lead role as Feef Symonds in the Channel 4 spy thriller Traitors. in the first season of the Netflix fantasy series The Witcher. 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.

In 2022, Appleton portrayed Nancy Spungen in the Hulu biographical miniseries Pistol and starred alongside Bel Powley in the BBC adaptation of Dolly Alderton's Everything I Know About Love. The same year, Appleton had her first lead film role as Thomasina in LOLA along with Stefanie Martini.

Appleton has a starring role in the 2023 Paramount+ legal thriller The Killing Kind, opposite Colin Morgan.

Personal life In 2022, Appleton spoke of her partner Alex, a personal trainer she met through modelling.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2016 Dreamlands Pixie Short film 2017 The Nun Elena Uncredited role 2019 The Drink Zoe Short film 2021 The Last Letter from Your Lover Hannah 2022 LOLA Thomasina Hanbury 2025 Kotti Katya Short film The Severed Sun Magpie

Television Year Title Role Notes 2017 The End of the F***ing World Kelly 1 episode: #1.1 Grantchester Sally 1 episode: #3.6 Clique Fay Brookstone Recurring role; 6 episodes 2018 Genius Germaine 2 episodes: "Picasso: Chapters Two and Three" 2022 Everything I Know About Love Maggie Main role; 7 episodes 2023 The Killing Kind Ingrid Lewis Main role; 6 episodes 2024 The Road Trip Addie Main role; 6 episodes 2026 Gone Alana Polly Main role; 6 episodes