Miriam McDonald

Miriam Katherine McDonald (born July 26, 1987) is a Canadian actress best known for playing the lead role Emma Nelson on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation. Career McDonald focused on acting, playing a role in the series, System Crash, in 1999. McDonald found a job as a voiceover actress, after she was cast in 2001 in John Kricfalusi's series The Ripping Friends. She has done a total of 39 characters. In 2001, she was cast as Emma Nelson in the CTV/The N drama Degrassi: The Next Generation, a spin-off of the successful Degrassi series. She starred for all nine seasons that bore the title. In 2004, she played Dawn Gensler in the made-for-television movie She's Too Young. She also had a guest role on the Family Channel show Naturally, Sadie as Heidi.