Pepita Emmerichs is an Australian musician and actress. She co-founded the music group
Oh Pep!
Oh Pep! are an Australian band formed in Melbourne, Australia by Olivia Hally (vocals, guitar) and Pepita Emmerichs (violin, mandolin). Their debut album, ''Stadium Cake,'' was released on 24 June 2016.
Emmerichs characterised her band's music ...
with Olivia Hally, and appeared in the 2009 film ''
Where the Wild Things Are
''Where the Wild Things Are'' is a 1963 children's picture book written and illustrated by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, originally published in hardcover by Harper & Row. The book has been adapted into other media several tim ...
''.
Life and career
Pepita "Pepi" Emmerichs was born and raised in
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropol ...
. She attended the
Victorian College of Arts Secondary School, where she began collaborating with fellow student Olivia Hally in 2009.
[Christine Campbell]
"Interview: Oh Pep!"
''Lip Magazine'' (3 December 2012). Retrieved 10 April 2015["Q&A, with PEPI"](_blank)
''The Melting Pot''. Retrieved 10 April 2015 Emmerichs and Hally later co-founded the band
Oh Pep!
Oh Pep! are an Australian band formed in Melbourne, Australia by Olivia Hally (vocals, guitar) and Pepita Emmerichs (violin, mandolin). Their debut album, ''Stadium Cake,'' was released on 24 June 2016.
Emmerichs characterised her band's music ...
, whose musical style Emmerichs has characterised as "
folk/
pop
Pop or POP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Pop music, a musical genre Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Albums
* ''Pop'' (G ...
/
country with
bluegrass instrumentation".
Emmerichs also appeared in
Spike Jonze's 2009 film ''
Where the Wild Things Are
''Where the Wild Things Are'' is a 1963 children's picture book written and illustrated by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, originally published in hardcover by Harper & Row. The book has been adapted into other media several tim ...
'', in which she played Claire, the protagonist's older sister.
''Where the Wild Things Are'' review
Philippa Hawker, ''The Age'', 3 December 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2015
Manohla Dargis, ''New York Times'', 15 October 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2015
Filmography
References
External links
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Living people
Australian film actresses
Australian child actresses
Actresses from Melbourne
Year of birth missing (living people)
Australian country singers