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Trivia
Birth name: Emily Mallory Procter
Date of birth: 8 October 1968
Place of birth: Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Nickname:
Em, Emmie
Height: 5' 3" (1.60 m).
Her father, William, was a general practitioner. Her mother, Barbara,
was a volunteer. They divorced when Emily was 2.
Emily's last name is often misspelled and she is often credited as "Emily Proctor."
Emily is a graduate of Ravenscroft School in Raleigh.
She studied journalism and dance at East Carolina University. Upon
graduation she worked as the weather girl at the Greenville CBS
affiliate. She then moved to LA, where her father paid for 2 years of
acting lessons.
After she received her degrees in journalism and dance at East Carolina University, she was employed as a television meteorologist at WNCT-TV in Greenville, North Carolina.
Does regular volunteer work at All Saints' Episcopal Church soup kitchen
in Beverly Hills.
Procter has volunteered as an actress with the Young Storytellers Program.
Majored in journalism at University
Member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority at ECU
Is a model for Charriol.
She collects bugs as a hobby.
Emily's first on screen role was an extra in a television show called Great
Scott.
Emily was advised to take her role on CSI: Miami from a friend of hers. That friend was none other than one of the stars of CSI,
Jorja Fox.
Emily is a member of the Screen Actors Guild, or "SAG." She became a member the moment she moved to L.A.
Emily's most recognizable feature is her strong southern accent.
When Emily decided to go into acting, actress Sharon Lawrence, who is
from Emily's hometown, called her and gave her some helpful advice. She
told Emily to move to L.A. right away. Emily listened.
Emily keeps all the check stubs for the television work she has been
paid for.
When Emily moved to L.A., her parents supported her financially for two
years so she could focus on her acting career.
In addition to volunteering at the Beverly Hills All Saints Episcopal
Church soup kitchen, she also takes care of Kevin - a white longhair cat
she rescued from a condemned home.
She had landed a number of small roles in films such as Jerry Maguire (1996) and Breast Men (1997), where she appeared along with David Schwimmer and Chris Cooper.
Emily has stated that she likes to collect animal art pieces that she can use in her decorating.
Although she plays a character with a very serious personality on
"CSI," says that she is a very "silly, goofy" person
in real life.
Emily has stated that she enjoys going to garage sales and flea markets in her free time.
She also had a recurring guest role as Associate White House Counsel Ainsley Hayes on NBC's The West Wing.
Fronts her own 80s cover band called, "White Lighten."
Emily will be seen in the 2006 movie, Big Momma's House 2, which is a sequal to the 2000
Martin Lawrence movie.
Emily landed her breakthrough with the role of Calleigh Duquesne in the television series CSI: Miami, which has been running on American television since 2002.
According to her offical site, Emily enjoys interior decorating and has
been featured on E!'s Celebrity Homes. The work in her own home has been
shown as well as what she's done for film producer John Bertolli.
In a brief summary of the episode of CSI: Miami titled "Big
Brother" in the "TV Week" section of the New York Post on
Sunday, November 16th, 2003, her name was misspelled 'Emily Popper'.
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