Location: Auckland
Age Range: 18 - 30
Ethnicity: New Zealand
Hair Colour: Light Brown, Brown
Eye Colour: Hazel, Green
View on ShowcastEmma Cushing is an actor, writer, producer, and director working across the stage and screen. She trained at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied Drama, a program consistently regarded as one of the best drama schools in the world. While in New York, Emma loved her experiences performing in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, playing Oberon/Hippolyta, and in The Lee Strasberg Institute’s production of You on the Moors Now, playing the literary heroine, Jane Eyre. She also worked for the Tony Award-winning team at P3 Productions in NYC, producing theatre on Broadway and beyond. Emma recently premiered and performed in her new one-woman show My Name is Moo at the Q Theatre in Auckland. Following the success of the sold-out run, the show is set to play in other venues around the country. Emma is passionate about creating emotionally rich, character-driven work, with a particular focus on stories that amplify female voices.
| Year | Role | Production | Company | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Meg | My Name is Moo - Auckland | An Emma Cushing Production | Isabelle Hoskyn |
| 2026 | Meg | My Name is Moo - Christchurch | An Emma Cushing Production | Isabelle Hoskyn |
| 2025 | Ella | Inked | EC | |
| 2024 | Tess | FISHY | An Emma Cushing Production | Carley Lovito |
| 2024 | Restaurant Guest | Kinda Pregnant | Netflix | Tyler Spindel |
| 2023 | Sarah | Ben and Sarah | The Lee Strasberg Institute New York | Dan Winerman |
| 2023 | Missy | The Departure | The Lee Strasberg Institute New York | Dan Winerman |
| 2023 | Jane Eyre | You on the Moors Now | The Lee Strasberg Institute New York | Jackob G. Hofmann |
| 2023 | Bella | The Girl’s Guide to Saving the World | The Lee Strasberg Institute New York | |
| 2022 | Oberon/Hippolyta | A Midsummer Night's Dream | NYU Tisch Mainstage | Doug Paulson |
| 2022 | Athena | Athena | The Lee Strasberg Institute New York | |
| 2021 | Marlene | Top Girls | NYU Experimental Theatre Wing, NYC | |
| 2018 | Principal Role | Girls Like That | NZ One Act Play Winner | Peter Rutherford |
| 2018 | Hero | Much Ado About Nothing | Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival | Peter Rutherford |
| 2017 | Hippolyta | Revenge of the Amazons | Rangi Ruru | Peter Rutherford |