Jacqueline Emerson

Jacqueline Emerson
Jacqueline Emerson
	Emerson at The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 premiere in November 2015.
Born	Jacqueline Bonnell Marteau Emerson; Washington, D.C., U.S.
Other names	Jackie Emerson
Education	Stanford University
Occupations	Actress; singer;
Years active	2004–present
Parents	John B. Emerson (father); Kimberly Marteau (mother);
	Musical career
Genres	Pop
Instrument(s)	Vocals, keyboard
Labels	Walt Disney (2006–2007)
Website	jackieemerson.com

Jacqueline Bonnell Marteau Emerson^[b] is an actress, writer, composer, voiceover artist, and musician, who has been performing since the age of 6. She is best known for portraying Foxface in the film The Hunger Games, which was her first film audition ever. Though she is most known for her work in film, she has also performed with notable theater companies Reprise LA, Theaterworks, and Ensemble Studio Theater - in a show for which she became an Ovation Award nominee (2020).

After performing in The Hunger Games, she attended and graduated Stanford University.^[2]^[3] Since then, she has performed in numerous other films and television shows, as well as sung at the Hollywood Bowl, with the Los Angeles Opera, and at The Ford Amphitheater. Recently, she lent her voiceover talents to Disney's Fantasia: Music Evolved, and Bethesda's Starfield. She is a former member of the teenage pop band Devo 2.0, which was active from 2005 to 2007. In 2011, she recorded her first single "Peter Pan", and in 2012, her song "Catch Me If You Can" was released on YouTube.^[4] Since then, her music has amassed more than a million views online, and she has released singles "What If," "Na Na Na (Na)" and "Glass Fire in a Jar." She also has created, directed and starred in multiple award-winning short films, both musical and dramatic, which can be found on her website.

Early life

Jacqueline Bonnell Marteau Emerson ^{[citation needed]} was born in Washington D.C., U.S. to Kimberly Marteau, an attorney, and John B. Emerson, an attorney, and former White House aide who worked for both Clinton and Obama.

From a young age, Jacqueline pursued an interest in both acting and singing, though never on-camera until she was of age. As a child and young adult, she participated in numerous radio commercials for film and television. She also performed in numerous professional productions with Reprise, the Los Angeles Opera, and L.A. Theater Works.^[5] She attended Marlborough School in Los Angeles.^[6]

After filming The Hunger Games, Emerson graduated from Stanford University, where she studied Mandarin and Communications with a focus on Media Psychology.^[5]^[7]^[8]

Career

Music

Emerson was a member of Disney's Devo 2.0 (a.k.a. DEV2.O), a Devo tribute band of teen performers. Emerson played keyboards in the project, which spawned a DVD and CD combo and was fully supported by the original Devo band members. In 2007, the novelty act broke up, when lead singer Nicole Stoehr and lead guitarist Nathan Norman quit and said they would never make music again because the album flopped. Emerson continued to write songs and perform music, where she started a YouTube Channel and released the music video of her single, "Peter Pan" and in the next year, "Catch Me If You Can".^[9] She later released an acoustic song, "Glass Fire In a Jar", in which she co-wrote with Adrianne Duncan. Since then, she has released multiple other singles, and has parlayed her talents into musical theater composition^[10]

Acting

She made her television debut providing the voice for a set of Tiger Twins in the 2004 animated CGI sitcom Father of the Pride.

In 2012, Emerson made her film debut in the science fiction adventure, The Hunger Games as the District 5 tribute, Foxface. In a 2013 interview, Emerson announced that she would be working on Son of the South.^[11] She appeared in the Video ETA's list of ten up and coming stars predicted to be A-listers by 2015.^[12]

Since then, Emerson has lent her voice to projects from Disney, Dreamworks and Bethesda.

She also starred, directed, composed and created multiple shorts which now exist online, or on her website.

As an actress, she has performed in numerous films and television shows, including FBI, The Night is ours, The Last Survivors, and The Curse of Downer's Grove.

Upcoming films she stars in include the recently released Wine Club (2024), and award-winning film Art Thief (2024). She also can be seen in the upcoming film Winter Spring Summer or Fall and is set to act in the film Kent State about the Kent State protests for Briarcliff.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	The Hunger Games	Foxface
2012	The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games	Herself
2015	The Night Is Ours	Olivia	Short film
2015	The Last Survivors	Skye
2016	The Curse of Downers Grove	Eyde
2018	Nineteen on Fire	Krista	Short film
2020	Far From Phoenix	Lydia	Short film
2021	Darby Hoskins	Darby	Short film
2023	Wine Club	Tovah	Also executive producer
2024	Art Thief	Olympia	WON - Best Actress at Orlando Film Festival
TBA	Kent State	Ruth	(pre-production)
TBA	Winter Spring Summer or Fall	Robyn	(post-production)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Father of the Pride	Tiger Twins (voice)
2020	Wayward Guide for the Untrained Eye	Rebecca	YouTube web series
2022	FBI

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Fantasia: Music Evolved	Scout (voice)
2023	Starfield	Autumn MacMillan (voice)

Discography

DEV2.0 (2006)

Music videos

Song	Year	Artist	Director	Reference(s)
"Peter Pan"	2011	Herself	—	—
"Catch Me If You Can"	2012
"Glass Fire in a Jar"	2014
"Na Na Na (Na)"	2017
"Impact: The Musical (What If)"	2019

Notes

^ Jackie is her nickname deriving from her actual first name, Jacqueline. Emerson has also publicly token this nickname, also shown on her social media accounts (Twitter,^[1] Instagram, TikTok, etc.)
^ Jacqueline seemed to assume both of her parents surnames, her mother, Kimberly Marteau, and her father, John Bonnell Emerson.