Emma Harrison

Emma Harrison is an actress, model and dancer, best known for the role of Joanna Hartman in the Australian soap-opera Neighbours.

Early life Harrison was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, and raised in Australia. She began performing in ballet and school plays from a young age. Harrison studied Business at Bond University in Queensland, before dropping out as it was not for her, and moving to Sydney to pursue her acting career. She also served as a feature model for many hair and beauty lines, including Remington.

Harrison auditioned for a role on Neighbours in 1995. She was initially unaware the character she was reading for would be Annalise Hartman's (Kimberley Davies) long lost sister, Joanna. The character was Harrison's first major television role. In February 1997, producers told Harrison they were writing her out of Neighbours. She departed on screen on 15 April 1997.

In cinema, Harrison appeared in the Coen Brothers' Intolerable Cruelty, Robert Altman's The Company, and in Street Fighter as Nicola.

In 2007, she appeared in an episode of McLeod's Daughters as Susan.

Presenting Harrison travelled to England where she was already known due to Neighbours.

While in the UK, she hosted two television programmes and was selected as a presenter for the BAFTA Awards.

Harrison's hosting jobs in the United States included fronting the reality show "Butler Bootcamp" for Wealth TV and appearing as a recurring host on Comcast's Vista TV.

Adverts She has appeared on commercials for Budweiser, Taco Bell, Subway, ABC Sports and TNT.

Other appearances In 2004 Harrison appeared in eight instalments of E!'s Style Network's "Style Court".

In 2006 she appeared in Take Home Chef with Curtis Stone on The Learning Channel.

Personal life Emma Harrison currently resides in Los Angeles and Burleigh Heads, Queensland, Australia.