Personal Life
Emma Taylor-Isherwood had an interesting start in acting. When she was around eight years old, she asked her parents if she could have acting lessons. She was in the habit of starting a lesson (such as dance or piano) and then quickly giving it up. So her parents made a compromise: she could take acting lessons if she made the money for it herself. Taylor-Isherwood rose to the challenge and began making papier-mâché hats. The Ottawa Citizen heard of it, and wrote an article on her. After that article, she quickly made the money she needed to go to acting lessons.
She is the older sister of actress Sally Taylor-Isherwood.
Taylor-Isherwood attended Canterbury High School in Ottawa, where she graduated from the drama program in 2005. She played the part of Henry Higgins' mother in Canterbury High School's 2004 production of My Fair Lady.
Taylor-Isherwood who has dual Canadian and British citizenship is fluent in both English and French.
In 2009, she graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
After graduating from the Arts Canterbury Theatre program Emma continued performing while attending university where, in the words of one producer, “she managed to combine acting and school seamlessly.” After completing the animation pilot The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog, and performing alongside Daryl Hannah, in All the Good Ones are Married, Emma headed off to Britain where she completed third year studies in Mass Communication and Film at the University of East Anglia. Along with her film and communications courses Emma had the opportunity to study Shakespeare, British theatre and scene study.
While in England she also volunteered and performed with the Minotaur Theater Company on the university campus. Emma completed her studies in Canada and was awarded High Honours in her Bachelor of Arts, (Communication /Film) degree. After completing certification in “The Art of Directing,” through SIFT, Emma voiced both Holly Bear and Eliza, in The Adventures of Benjamin Bear, for Amberwood studios. She also enjoyed acting alongside her sister Sally, once again, in the live action series, Overruled! both of which are currently airing on the Family channel.
Emma is currently lending her voice to the feisty Wallaby in the animated detective series The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog, airing in on TVO. She is also exploring her love of accents playing the British Elspeth in the animated series Gawyan.
Now Emma teaches a class at the Orleans Young Players in a class called ActIII
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