Emily Scott Banks A performer since childhood, Emily Scott Banks trained initially as a dancer, and transitioned into acting when she realized that a D-cup is not a great accessory on a ballerina. She’s never looked back. Since then, she attended Loyola University in New Orleans, where she had the pleasure of doing a rather nice ‘Handler’ in Jane Martin’s “Talking With…” and a spectacularly awful Lady Macbeth at the ripe old age of 20. Knowing she needed more training, Emily transitioned to one of the top undergraduate acting programs at the time, The University of Texas at Austin, where she performed in several main stage roles, and received her B.F.A. in Acting. After graduation, thanks to several bouts of summer stock and regional work, Emily promptly learned that most everything she learned in undergraduate wasn’t very useful, and so moved to the Dallas area and embarked on a decade-and-a-half long quest to not stink as an actor. She’s done alright; been nominated for lots of awards, and actually won none. This is a fact of which she, like Susan Lucci, is hoping to ride to fame, fortune and her own line of personal accessories on QVC. Emily has had the extreme honor to study and work with several masters in the field; she’s studied Meisner for several years with Terry Martin of WaterTower Theatre, and dove into the deep end with Shakespeare and Linklater Voice work at the renowned Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA, where she is now a “Teacher Trainee,” and likes the grandiose sound of that title. Interestingly enough, many local actors have found value with these credentials, and have hired Emily to coach them in auditions and Shakespeare in particular. This is a matter of extreme joy for Emily’s parents, as they are very relieved she has something to fall back on. She has also been lucky to play many beautiful roles since moving back to the area, for which she is profoundly grateful to the directors that hired her, and to the highway system, that makes it possible for her to travel the 80 mile-a-day round trip to work. Finally, she owes a huge debt of gratitude to Ron, with whom she was willing to live in sin, but he proposed and now they’re respectable; and to their sweet and wonderful son, Tucker, who much to her dismay, claims he’s going to be an actor. Maybe he’ll have something to fall back on. |