Pepita Emmerichs
Australian musician and actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Australian musician and actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pepita Emmerichs is an Australian musician and actress. She co-founded the music group Oh Pep! with Olivia Hally, and appeared in the 2009 film Where the Wild Things Are.
Pepita Emmerichs | |
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 Pepita Emmerichs (left) performs with Olivia Hally as Oh Pep! at the 2015 CMJ Music Marathon in New York | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. |
| Genres | folk, pop, country, bluegrass |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, actress |
| Instrument(s) | violin, mandolin |
| Years active | 2005–present |
Pepita "Pepi" Emmerichs was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia. She attended the Victorian College of Arts Secondary School, where she began collaborating with fellow student Olivia Hally in 2009.[1][2] Emmerichs and Hally later co-founded the band Oh Pep!, whose musical style Emmerichs has characterised as "folk/pop/country with bluegrass instrumentation".[2]
Emmerichs also appeared in Spike Jonze's 2009 film Where the Wild Things Are, in which she played Claire, the protagonist's older sister.[3][4][5]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Blue Heelers | Ally Shaw | Episode: Everything a girl could want |
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | Claire | Film |
| 2010 | Stony Point[6] | Amelia | Short film |
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