Emma Corrin

Emma-Louise Corrin was born on 13 December 1995 in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. They have two younger brothers, Richard and Jonty. Their father, Chris Corrin, is a businessman and their mother, Juliette Corrin, is a speech therapist from South Africa. Their family is based in Seal, Kent, near Sevenoaks.

Corrin attended the Roman Catholic Woldingham School in Surrey, an all-girl boarding school where they developed an interest in acting and singing. They took a gap year, during which time they took a Shakespeare course at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and volunteered as a teacher at a school in Knysna, South Africa. They studied drama at the University of Bristol, but left to study Education, English, Drama and the Arts at St John's College, Cambridge from 2015 to 2018. Corrin made their television debut in 2019 with a guest appearance in an episode of the ITV detective drama Grantchester and a recurring role as Esme Winikus in the first season of the Epix DC series Pennyworth. This was followed by their feature film debut as Jillian Jessup in Misbehaviour.

Corrin was cast as Princess Diana in Season 4 of the Netflix historical drama series The Crown, which was released in November 2020. Corrin's performance received universal acclaim and earned them the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series, in addition to nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series. They were also a part of the ensemble cast that won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. They have also featured on six tracks on Little Simz's 2021 album Sometimes I Might Be Introvert.

Corrin was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress for their 2021 West End debut in Anna X at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Corrin starred in the 2022 films My Policeman and Lady Chatterley's Lover. They starred in the title role of Orlando at the West End's Garrick Theatre, and received good reviews for their performance.

In 2022, Corrin became Vogue magazine's first non-binary cover star. The following year, they made their runway debut at Paris Fashion Week for Miu Miu. Corrin starred as Cassandra Nova in Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.