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

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, growing up in

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. Booth studied for three

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and a BA in Media and Film

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. While she was a student, she earned money

busking Street performance or busking is the act of performing in public places for gratuities. In many countries, the rewards are generally in the form of money but other gratuities such as food, drink or gifts may be given. Street performance is pra ...

playing the

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and sang on '' Eurotrash''.

Career

Booth is known for her roles in

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s ''

Pervirella ''Pervirella'' is a 1997 adventure-comedy film which was directed by Alex Chandon, the film stars Emily Booth in the lead role and featured brief cameos from Jonathan Ross and Mark Lamarr. Pervirella harbors a sex demon within her. Plot In the ...

'', ''

Cradle of Fear ''Cradle of Fear'' is a 2001 British horror film, directed by Alex Chandon. It was released direct-to-video on 4 July 2001. Taking inspiration from the anthology films produced by Amicus Productions in the 1970s, it features three separat ...

'', ''

Evil Aliens ''Evil Aliens'' is a 2005 British slapstick horror-comedy film directed by Jake West. It was the first full-length British horror film to be filmed using Sony HD (High Definition) cameras. Plot The film begins with the alien abduction on Scalle ...

'' 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:

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's ''Blue Review'', paintball-challenge show, ''Mission: Paintball'' (2001–2), ''Threesome'' (1999) and ''Demolition'' (2002). Booth has presented several television programmes related to

s, including ''OUT There'' on five (2002) and ''Shock Movie Massacre'' on

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. 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 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 ''VideoGaiden'' is a Scottish computer games television show that was broadcast by BBC Two Scotland. Its creators and presenters, Robert Florence ("Rab") and Ryan Macleod, were responsible for the internet-distributed videogaming show '' Cons ...

'' (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