Emily VanCamp's Real Name: Emily Peyton VanCamp

Quick answer: Emily VanCamp's documented full name is given as Emily Peyton VanCamp by Encyclopedia.com, which dates her birth to May 12, 1986, in Port Perry, Ontario, Canada. The Television Academy lists the same birthday and birthplace under the name Emily VanCamp (Encyclopedia.com; Television Academy).

Real name and early life

She is known professionally as Emily VanCamp. Encyclopedia.com says her father was an animal nutritionist and that she attended L'École Supérieure de Danse de Québec, also listing early interests in ice hockey, photography, and horses. The Television Academy likewise calls her an accomplished dancer and says that school is the official training program of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens.

Career highlights

Encyclopedia.com lists early television work including the miniseries Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000), in which the Television Academy says she played a young Jacqueline Kennedy (Encyclopedia.com specifies Jackie at age 13), plus guest roles on Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Radio Active, the miniseries Dice (2001), as Johanna Wilson, the movie Redeemer (2002), and the WB series Glory Days (2002), as Sam Dolan. She starred as Amy Abbott on the WB family drama Everwood (2002–06), a role that brought three consecutive Teen Choice Award nominations, in 2003, 2004, and 2005, both sources record, along with a Young Artist Award nomination in 2004, Encyclopedia.com adds. The Television Academy says she later starred as Rebecca Harper on Brothers & Sisters and as Emily Thorne on ABC's Revenge. Encyclopedia.com also lists an uncredited appearance in No Good Deed (2002), A Different Loyalty (2004), as Jen Tyler, the short Rings (2005), Black Irish (2006), and Carriers (2007), as well as a 2005 Teen Choice nomination for chemistry with Everwood co-star Gregory Smith. Film credits noted by both sources include Lost and Delirious (2001) and The Ring Two (2005). The Television Academy adds Captain America: The Winter Soldier, in which she played Kate, and the film Norman. Encyclopedia.com also describes her as a former ballet dancer who appeared in television commercials, and notes that she was billed as Emily Vancamp on Lost and Delirious.

Name notes for searchers

Encyclopedia.com gives Emily Peyton VanCamp; the Television Academy uses Emily VanCamp. The professional name is Emily VanCamp. Searchers looking for Amy Abbott on Everwood, Emily Thorne on Revenge, or Kate in Captain America: The Winter Soldier are usually aiming at the same person.