Emma Thatcher is an actor and writer from Hyde Park, Chicago. She first started acting in sixth grade at her Chicago Public School in an acting and writing mentorship program with the University of Chicago. She attended the Chicago Academy for the Arts, where she majored in Musical Theater. She was a member of the Young People's Ensemble at Piven Theatre Workshop for 3 years. Emma went on to NYU Tisch for her BFA degree, where she was in the Meisner Studio for two years and Classical Studio for a year. Emma received the "Outstanding Achievement in a Studio Award" for Tisch Drama when she graduated in 2014. She currently resides in Los Angeles.