Ema Horvath

Ema H. Horvath was born and raised in the United States by her parents, who were Slovak immigrants.[1] Horvath's first experience with acting was at the age of five, in her debut acting role as a tulip at her local theatre.[1] Horvath studied acting for two years at the Interlochen Center for the Arts.[1] She received a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from Harvard University.[1] One of her first roles as a freshman was playing the lead character of Katerina in an all-female production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.[1] Horvath graduated from Harvard in 2016 and pursued her acting career,[1] having already secured her first screen role in the film Like.Share.Follow.[2]

Horvath's first screen role was as Shell in the Blumhouse Productions 2017 psychological horror film Like.Share.Follow. which had its world premiere at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival on October 18, 2017.[3] In 2019, Horvath landed the starring role of Auna Rue in the supernatural horror film The Gallows Act II.[4] The same year, Horvath starred in the 2019 American anthology horror film The Mortuary Collection, which was featured at the Fantasia International Film Festival.[5] In 2020, Horvath continued her run of appearances in the horror genre when playing a 16 year old teenager in the horror film What Lies Below.[6] The same year, Horvath starred in the Quibi television series Don't Look Deeper.[7]

In 2022, Horvath joined the cast of the Prime Video fantasy television series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,[2] which is based on the works of J. R. R. Tolkien.[8] She plays the Númenórean Eärien, sister of Isildur, and daughter of Elendil.[9] Although her character does not appear in the books, Horvath was keen to learn more about the world of Tolkien, engaging with the fans.[10] Horvath attended both the New York premiere[11] and the London premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power in Leicester Square on August 30, 2022.[12]

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