Emma Catherwood

Emma Catherwood (born 7 December 1978) is a Welsh actress and former model best known for her role as Jo in My Kingdom and for her role in Holby City. She studied the Meisner technique in London, and has degrees in English literature and Art History. Emma Catherwood began her career with Models 1, where she modelled for short time before quitting after a family crisis. Soon after, she made her first major television appearance in Little Bird for ITV, playing a downtrodden Mancunian mother of five. At the same time, she made her feature film debut in Large for FilmFour. This led to a role starring opposite Richard Harris in My Kingdom. Harris has been quoted as saying "Emma is one of the best actresses I've worked with in my very long career". My Kingdom is based upon Shakespeare's play King Lear. It was one of the last projects made by Harris. Catherwood played Joe his daughter (Cordellia), an ex-heroin addict. In preparation for this role the young actress spent time in Liverpool, where she worked on the accent and visited recovery centres. Emma appeared as a young prostitute, Sandra, in the ITV series The Vice. She starred opposite Ken Stott and James Frain. For the thriller Spirit Trap Catherwood lost weight and cut a severe fringe to portray the drug abusing, narcissistic character of Adele. She starred in another thriller as Mel in The Reeds, which is part of the After Dark Horrorfest.