Emma Lau

Emma Chung Yi Lau is a British actress. On television, she is known for her role in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks (2021–2023). Her films include The School for Good and Evil.

Early life Lau grew up in Greater Manchester. She took a foundation course at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) before going on to graduate from the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Career Lau began her career working with the Yellow Earth Theatre Company on The Last Days of Limehouse in 2014 and O Deptford in 2016. Also in 2016, Lau made her television debut as Lucy in "Zero", an episode and installment of the BBC One drama anthology Moving On. This was followed by her feature film debut in Trial and Error.

In 2018, Lau appeared in Foreign Goods 3 at the Arcola Theatre and Table at the New Vic. She played Drusilla in the original cast of the stage musical adaptation of The Worst Witch, which premiered at the Royal & Derngate in Northampton, went on tour, and had a run at London's Vaudeville Theatre, marking Lau's West End debut. In 2020, she was cast in the Storyhouse productions of The Suicide, Miss Julie, and Signal Fires. She had small roles in the films Artemis Fowl in 2020 and Venom: Let There Be Carnage in 2021.

Lau made what was initially meant to be a guest appearance in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks in September 2021 before officially joining the main cast as Serena Chen-Williams in November 2021. She exited the soap in January 2023. She also played Kiko in the 2022 Netflix film The School for Good and Evil and Miranda in The Tempest at the 2023 Salisbury International Arts Festival. She starred in Glacier at the Old Fire Station in Oxford.

In 2024, Lau had a recurring role as Amelia in the Paramount+ series The Agency. She played Beth Cope in the 2025 thriller film Past Life with Aneurin Barnard.

Personal life Lau is in a relationship with MMA fighter and fitness trainer Daniel Crooks-May.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2017 Trial and Error Willow 2020 Artemis Fowl Goblin Disney+ film 2021 Venom: Let There Be Carnage Reveler 2022 The School for Good and Evil Kiko Netflix film 2025 Past Life Beth Cope

Television Year Title Role Notes 2016 Moving On Lucy Episode: "Zero" 2021 Lagging Presenter Episode: "The Ticket" 2021–2023 Hollyoaks Serena Chen-Williams 76 episodes 2024 The Agency Amelia 4 episodes

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2022 Sifu Fighter 2022 Total War: Warhammer III

Stage Year Title Role Notes 2014 The Last Days of Limehouse Jenny Tzeto Yellow Earth Theatre / Limehouse Town Hall, London 2016 O Deptford Thuy Yellow Earth Theatre / Albany Theatre 2018 Foreign Goods 3 Leah Arcola Theatre, London 2018 Table Su-Lin / Aisha / Jess New Vic, London 2018–2019 The Worst Witch Drusilla Royal & Derngate, Northampton / UK tour / Vaudeville Theatre, London 2020 The Suicide Florence / Seren Storyhouse, Chester 2020 Miss Julie Christine 2020 Signal Fires Helen New Earth Theatre 2023 The Tempest Miranda Salisbury International Arts Festival 2023 Glacier Old Fire Station, Oxford