Emma Kennedy

Elizabeth Emma Williams (born 28 May 1967), known professionally as Emma Kennedy, is an English actress, lawyer, comedian, travel writer, television presenter and author. Early life and education The daughter of teachers, she was educated at Hitchin Girls' School, and St Edmund Hall, Oxford. At Oxford in 1987, she worked with (among others) Richard Herring and Stewart Lee in comedy troupes the Seven Raymonds and The Oxford Revue. After graduating she trained and practised as a solicitor, including work in corporate law, human rights law, and intellectual property law. Acting career Kennedy first met close friend Mel Giedroyc, who was appearing with the Cambridge Footlights, at the Edinburgh Festival in 1988. Later she became a script editor for Giedroyc's double act with Sue Perkins, and worked as a writer for the Mel and Sue series Late Lunch. Kennedy presented the last series of The Real Holiday Show on Channel 4 in 2000. She has since made appearances in TV comedies Goodness Gracious Me, This Morning With Richard Not Judy, Jonathan Creek,, People Like Us and the BBC comedy The Smoking Room, along with appearing in several of The Mark Steel Lectures, as well as in several plays and radio shows. She was also a movie reviewer on Five's Terry and Gaby Show. In addition to this, she has made several appearances on Big Brother's Little Brother.