Emily Hampshire[note 1] is a Canadian actress. Her best known roles include Angelina in the 1998 romantic comedyBoy Meets Girl, Vivienne in the 2006 film Snow Cake, Jennifer Goines in the Syfy drama series 12 Monkeys (2015–2018), and Stevie Budd in the CBC comedy series Schitt's Creek (2015–2020), as well as the voice role of Misery in the YTV animated series Ruby Gloom (2006–2008). Hampshire has held leading roles in the series Chapelwaite (2021) and The Rig (2023–present).
Early life
Hampshire was born in Montreal.[3][6] She became interested in acting at age 11 after attending a performance of Les Miserables with her mother.[7][8] Her interests were solidified by the vice principal of her all-girls Catholic school, who praised her performance during a school theatre production.[8][9] At age 16, she moved to Toronto to pursue roles in TV and film.[7] She was accepted into the American Academy of Dramatic Arts shortly after high school but never attended, as it conflicted with a film opportunity.[9]
In 2014, Hampshire was cast in the Syfy series 12 Monkeys in the recurring role of Jennifer Goines, a reimagined version of Brad Pitt's character from the film on which the series is based;[15] in 2015, she was upped to a series regular for the show's second season.[16] From 2015 to 2020, she played Stevie Budd in the CBC television series Schitt's Creek.[17]
In 2006, Hampshire married Matthew Smith, a former soccer player turned agent-in-training at the William Morris talent agency.[3] They divorced shortly before she was cast in Schitt's Creek in 2014.[20][7] In September 2018, it was confirmed that Hampshire was in a relationship with singer-songwriter Teddy Geiger; they became engaged in November 2018.[21] They ended their engagement on June 10, 2019.[22]
In 2007, Hampshire moved to Los Angeles.[8] She became a naturalized U.S. citizen in September 2014 and currently divides her time between Los Angeles and Toronto.[23]
^Her birth year is disputed. Many sources claim her birth year to be 1981.[1][2] However in a October 2009 interview with Toronto Star she talks about how she recently turned 30 and that she's three years older than Jay Baruchel who was born in 1982. Which implies a 1979 birth year.[3] Articles published by The Globe And Mail in September 2012 and National Post in December 1999 list ages which imply a 1979 birth year as well.[4][5]
^Anderson, John (2 October 2012). "Review: 'My Awkward Sexual Adventure'". Variety. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2015. ...helmer Sean Garrity's briskly paced farce does offer a winning performance by Emily Hampshire, who, despite playing a financially bankrupt culinary genius and pole dancer, is the most believable performer here.
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