Emerald O'Hanrahan

Emerald O'Hanrahan (born 1986) is an English actress best known for playing Emma Grundy in The Archers on BBC Radio 4.^[1]

Emerald O'Hanrahan
Emerald O'Hanrahan at the Triforce SFF Awards in 2014
Born	1986 (age 38–39) Cambridgeshire, England
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2009-present

Early life

She was born and raised in Cambridgeshire. Educated at St Mary's School, Cambridge, until 2002, where she took part in school and amateur productions, playing Susan in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Juliet in a tour of Romeo and Juliet around East Anglia, and at the Cambridge Arts Theatre as Miranda in The Tempest.^[2] She studied for A Levels at the Long Road Sixth Form College, then took a BA in Acting at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where she won the Carleton Hobbs Bursary.^[1]

Career

After graduation in July 2009, she joined the BBC's Radio Drama Company for five months,^[1]participating in more than 40 productions for BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extra, bringing her to the attention of the producers of The Archers who were looking to recast the role of Emma Grundy following Felicity Jones's decision to depart.^[1][3][4]

O’Hanrahan has taken to the stage in productions such as Birmingham Repertory Company 2011 double-production of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest and Tom Stoppard’s Travesties.^[5]

In 2014, she voiced Nina Taylor in Creative Assembly's survival horror game Alien: Isolation.

In 2015, she starred in Martin Delaney's short film Queen's Mile.^[6]

In 2017, she appeared in the BBC Television series Father Brown as Victoria Nicholson in episode 5.10, "The Alchemist's Secret".

Radio

Date	Title	Role	Director	Station
2009 –	The Archers	Emma Grundy née Carter		BBC Radio 4
18 September 2009	The Milk Race[7]	[Other parts]	Toby Swift	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
21 October 2009	Those Hard to Reach Places[8]	Phone voice	Toby Swift	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
18 November 2009	The Loop[9]	Dolores	Toby Swift	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
20 December 2009 – 27 December 2009	Matilda[10]	Miss Honey	Claire Grove	BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial
November 2010	Wives and Daughters[11]	Molly Gibson	Peter Leslie Wild	BBC Radio 4 Extra
16 January 2015	Take Me to the Necropolis[12]	Alice	Kirsty Williams	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play