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Emma Williams (born 20 May 1983 in Halifax) is a British actress of stage, screen, TV and radio. She has received two Olivier nominations for Best Actress in a musical and was a recipient of the Arts Correspondent Group Best Newcomer Award. ==Personal life == Williams was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire on 20 May 1983. Her mother, Joan is English and her father, Gordon is Welsh. She has one older brother, called John. Williams attended North Halifax Grammar School and left in 2001 with 5 A-levels. Her first film came out shortly before she received her A-level results, so she deferred university for a year in order to pursue a career as an actress. Only a few months later in November, she was announced as the leading lady of multi-million pound musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, playing opposite household favourite, Michael Ball. Williams speaks several languages including French, German and Spanish. She has been a member of Mensa, the society for people of a high-IQ. Williams also attended evening classes at Stage '84, school of performing arts in Idle, Bradford where she was the Student of the Year in 2001. She trained as a singer to Grade 8 (with Distinction) with Michael Hampshire and regularly competed in nationwide music competitions and festivals. In her teens, Williams was a prolific winner in classes for Unaccompanied Folk Music, Musical Theatre and Opera on this circuit until she turned professional. Williams is also a songwriter, musician and writer. She has written theatre programme articles for Delfont Mackintosh Theatres and is currently writing her first novel. She also regularly reviews books for online literary magazine and website, www.welovethisbook.com, under the name Emma Henaughan. In 2012 Williams graduated from the Open University with a BA Honours degree in English Literature, which she studied part-time whilst simultaneously working as an actress. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Emma Williams (actress)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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