Emily Symons

Australian actress

Emily Symons

Symons at the Myer Fashion Parade

Born|  (1969-08-10) 10 August 1969 (age 54)

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Occupation| Actress
Years active| 1988–present
Notable work|

* Richmond Hill
* Home and Away
* Emmerdale

Spouses|

Nick Lipscombe

(m. 1992; div. 1994)​

Lorenzo Smith

(m. 2003; div. 2005)​

Children| 1

Emily Symons (born 10 August 1969) is an Australian actress, active on both Australian and British television. She is known for playing Anne Costello in the short-lived soap opera Richmond Hill in 1988 and when that series ended in 1989, she started playing Marilyn Chambers-Fisher in Home and Away. After almost ten years in that role, Symons moved to the UK and was immediately cast as Louise Appleton in the British soap Emmerdale. She also took part in the British show Dancing on Ice in 2007. She then returned to Australia in 2010 to reprise her role as Marilyn in Home and Away.

## Life and career[edit]

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Emily Symons's mother remarried when she was just four years old and Symons did not see her biological, English father[1] again until ten years later. She left school before finishing her exams and launched herself into the acting world. For nearly a year, she worked in shops before getting a break in a post office training video.

Her first high-profile role was in Australian soap opera Richmond Hill. After Richmond Hill, Symons auditioned for another Australian drama, Home and Away, for which she won the role of Marilyn Chambers whom she played from 1989 until 1992, reprising the role in 1995 until 1999—with a brief appearance in 2001. She also hosted the Channel 7 music programme Video Smash Hits.

After starring in a string of pantomimes in England, Symons decided to move there. She played the role of barmaid Louise Appleton in the ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale from 2001 to 2008. She was also a contestant in the 2007 series of Dancing on Ice, but was voted out in the semi-final following a skate-off against Blue's Duncan James.

Symons has now returned to Australia permanently, and again resumed playing Home and Away's Marilyn Chambers from episode 5035 which aired 19 March 2010 in Australia and has remained ever since.

## Personal life[edit]

Symons was married to Lorenzo Smith, a son of Viscount Hambleden and descendant of English stationery tycoon W. H. Smith, for two years, from 2003 to 2005. Symons said in an interview that her need for children and the resultant cycles of IVF eventually 'killed' the marriage.[2]

She was engaged to footballer Matt Le Tissier.[3] She dated her Emmerdale co-star Matt Healy, who played Matthew King. They broke up just before she took part in Dancing on Ice.[4]

On 3 August 2015, Symons gave birth to her first child with her then-partner Paul Jackson.[5]

## Filmography[edit]

Year  | Title  | Role  | Type

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1988 | Richmond Hill | Anne Costello | Season 1 (main role)
1988 | Computer Ghosts | Anya | Feature film
1989–92,
1995–99,
2001,
2010–present | Home and Away | Marilyn Chambers | Season 2–5, 8–12,
23–present (main role, 2400+)
Season 14 (guest role, 4 episodes)
1990–1994  | Video Smash Hits | Presenter  | TV series
1990  | TV Celebrity Dance Party | Herself with Farmhouse band Georgie Parker, Matt Day & Michael Horrocks pperform "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'  | TV special
1991  | Celebrity Family Feud | Herself - Contestant with Home And Away cast Mat Stevenson, Rebekah Elmaloglou & Greg Benson  | TV series, 1 episode "Home And Away v The Four Kinsmen"
1992  | Celebrity Wheel Of Fortune | Herself - Contestant with George Kapinaris & Derek Rucker  | TV series, 1 episode
2001–2008 | Emmerdale | Louise Appleton | (main role, 330 episodes)
2007 | Dancing on Ice | Contestant | TV series
2022 & 2023 | The Morning Show | Herself - Guest | TV series, 1 episode
2022 | This Is Your Life: Ray Meagher | Herself with Home And Away Cast | TV series, 1 episode
2023 | The Morning Show | Herself - Guest with Ray Meagher | TV series, 1 episode
2023 | Seven News | Herself with Home And Away cast | TV series, 1 episode
2023 | The 63rd TV Week Logie Awards | Herself & Lynne McGranger | TV special
2023 | The Morning Show | Herself & Home And Away cast | TV series, 1 episode

## Discography[edit]

### Albums[edit]

List of albums, with Australian chart positions  Title  | Album details  | Peak chart
positions

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AUS
[6]
Farmhouse
(as part of Farmhouse)  |

* Released: November 1991
* Format: CD, Cassette
* Label: RCA (VPCD 0845)

| 95

## Awards and nominations[edit]

Year  | Award  | Category  | Work  | Result  | Ref.

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2002 | National Television Awards | Most Popular Newcomer  | Emmerdale | Nominated  | [7]
2014  | Equity Ensemble Awards | Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (shared with cast) | Home and Away (Season 26)  | Nominated  | [8]
2023 | Logie Awards | Most popular Actress | Home and Away (Season 35)  | Nominated  | [9]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Interview on Notnet.co.uk". Archived from the original on 1 July 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
2. ^ "Sunday Mirror article". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
3. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: ICE EMILY'S LOVE SPLIT". Sunday Mirror. 4 February 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
4. ^ "News: latest stories, exclusives, opinion & analysis - Mirror Online". sundaymirror.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 November 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
5. ^ Brennan, Bella (8 December 2021). "Her little summer babe! Inside Home And Away star Emily Symons' beautiful bond with her "miracle" son Henry". TV Week. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
6. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 99.
7. ^ "National TV awards: 2002 shortlist". bbc.co.uk. 15 October 2002. Archived from the original on 24 October 2002. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
8. ^ "EQUITY ENSEMBLE AWARDS 2014 – VOTING NOW OPEN!". equityfoundation.org.au. 1 April 2014. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
9. ^ Knox, David (30 July 2023). "Logie Awards 2023: winners". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 30 July 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

## External links[edit]

* Emily Symons at IMDb

*[m.]: married
*[div.]: divorced
*[Ref.]: Reference