Emma Corrin
Emma-Louise Corrin is an English actor. They portrayed Diana, Princess of Wales, in the fourth season of the Netflix historical drama The Crown, for which they won a Golden Globe and were nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. They subsequently starred in the 2022 romantic drama films My Policeman and Lady Chatterley's Lover and in the 2023 thriller miniseries A Murder at the End of the World. In 2024, they played Cassandra Nova in the superhero film Deadpool & Wolverine and featured in the horror film Nosferatu.
Early life and education
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-girls 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.
Career
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 Diana, Princess of Wales 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, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Personal life
Corrin came out as queer in April 2021, and by July, they had added she/they pronouns to their Instagram account. That August, they spoke about being queer and non-binary in an interview with The New York Times Trisha Bendix, crediting Diana, Princess of Wales for facilitating their "journey" regarding their gender identity by being "so openhearted" and supportive of the LGBTQ community during her lifetime. In another interview with ITV Granada's Victoria Grimes published the same day, they said that "visibility is key" when it comes to LGBTQ issues and that their personal "journey has been a long one and has still got a long way to go"., Corrin uses they/them pronouns exclusively.Corrin was in a relationship with actor Rami Malek from 2023 to 2025.