Emily Katherine Booth (born 26 April 1976), also known by her stage name Emily "Bouff" Bouffante, is an English actress and television presenter.

Early life

Booth was born 26 April 1976 in Chester, Cheshire, growing up in

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, East Sussex. Booth studied for three A levels and a BA in Media and Film degree at

Goldsmiths College, University of London Goldsmiths, University of London, officially the Goldsmiths' College, is a constituent research university of the University of London in England. It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the Wor ...

. While she was a student, she earned money busking playing the

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and sang on '' Eurotrash''.

Career

Booth is known for her roles in cult films '' Pervirella'', ''

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'', '' Evil Aliens'' and the BAFTA nominated short film ''

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''. She appeared in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's double header ''

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'' (2007) in the mock trailer, "Don't", by

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. Booth was also the host of several

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and satellite television shows. She co-presented and co-wrote the video-game review show, '' Bits'' for two years in 1999–2001. She was a segment presenter on Channel 4 flagship morning show, ''

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'' (2001), and presented on the gameshow Banzai for E4. Other shows she worked on are: L!VE TV's ''Blue Review'', paintball-challenge show, ''Mission: Paintball'' (2001–2), ''Threesome'' (1999) and ''Demolition'' (2002). Booth has presented several television programmes related to cult films, including ''OUT There'' on five (2002) and ''Shock Movie Massacre'' on Bravo. Booth is a presenter on Eat Cinema, interviewing A-list Hollywood stars on '' The Buzz'' and hosting her own show, ''First Night Bites''. She also hosted the now-defunct ''Quiz Night Live'', a premium-rate call-in quiz show, shown on satellite/Freeview channel Ftn. She presents ''The Match'' on the XLeague.tvchannel. In 2007, she joined Zone Horror, where she works as a presenter and continuity announcer. In 2007, Booth became the face of the

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, and hosted a monthly highlights show, ''Horror Bites''. Booth was among the guests at the 2009

Festival of Fantastic Films The Festival of Fantastic Films is an annual non-profit celebration of ''cinema fantastique'', held annually in central Manchester, England. It was created by Tony Edwards and the late Harry Nadler (both members of the Delta Film Group, an amateur ...

in Manchester and announced the results of the Delta Film Award. She co-hosted the Frighten Brighton Classic Horror Film Festival in Brighton in August 2012. She directed, produced and acted in a short film, ''Selkie,'' in 2014.

Personal life

She has two children.

Filmography

Television

* ''Forgot About The Drive-By: The Montell Jordan Story'' (2011) – presenter * '' videoGaiden'' (2008) * '' Bits'' (1999–2001) – writer and presenter * ''

'': August 2001 – presenter * '' outTHERE'': season three (2002) – presenter (Eden) * ''Shock Movie Massacre'' – presenter * ''Blue Review'' – presenter * ''Threesome'' (1999) – Eve * ''Mission Paintball'' (2001–2002) – presenter * ''Demolition'' (2002) – presenter * '' Eat Cinema'' channel – presenter * ''

The Great Big British Quiz The Great Big British Quiz (TGBBQ), which ceased operating on 4 May 2007 was an interactive quiz based channel on which viewers where invited to phone in to solve puzzles in return for cash and prizes. It broadcast from studios in Battersea, Lon ...

'' – presenter * ''Quiz Night Live'' – presenter * '' Make Your Play'' – presenter * '' The Match'' – presenter * ''

'' – presenter/voiceover

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Booth, Emily 1976 births Living people Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London English television presenters Actors from Chester Actresses from Cheshire