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Emma Swan
Played by Jennifer Morrison
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Emma Swan

Emma Swan

Played by Jennifer Morrison

Emma 101
- Daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming

- Biological mother of Henry

- Broke The Dark Curse

- Skeptical; knows when people lie

Character Bio
Admittedly, Emma Swan may seem like a rather unlikely savior. Raised in foster-care, she has struggled most of her life just trying to track down who she is herself, let alone rescue anyone else. However, her strong moral compass and uncanny ability to know when others are lying lead her to always try to do what is right. When her son Henry, who she gave up for adoption as an infant, arrived and brought her to the town of Storybrooke, there was no way she was going to abandon him again. Although absent for most of his life, she is fiercely protective of Henry, and would go to the end of the earth to care for him. And while she might not have believed her son about magic at first, she certainly does now. Fighting a dragon will do that. Now, finally reunited with the parents she has spent her whole life searching for, Emma is finding it harder than she thought to let her emotions out after a lifetime of keeping them bundled away. Still, so long as she lets her heart be her guide, she will never lose her way.

 

Jennifer Morrison on playing Emma Swan:

"Emma Swan is a deeply damaged woman, and a deeply conflicted woman. She is a survivor, and used to being a loner, and therefore a sucker for the underdog. Against her better judgement, she will compromise herself to fight for what is right and to help those in need. She is strong and aggressive, but her brokenness and her emotions are not buried far beneath her tough exterior. He first reaction to most things is anger, but she has spent her life trying to manage her temper. She is both rash and calculated, and is forced to deal with her instincts to protect her child, a child she believes she is not capable of mothering. In the simplest form, Emma is a list of contrasting qualities: She is hard and soft; she is intense and easy going; she is strong and vulnerable; she is safe and dangerous; she is logical and impulsive. It is exciting to play a character that is so deeply conflicted and fiercely compelled to fight for what she believes is right."

Actor Bio

Jennifer Morrison currently has her plate full with an number of projects. In September 2011 she can be seen in the upcoming feature Warrior, directed by Gavin O'Connor and starring opposite Nick Nolte and Joel Edgerton. The film centers on the world of mixed martial arts. In October 2011 she can be seen in the Lifetime TV Movie 5 for the Cure, written by Stephen Godchaux. This two-hour movie brings together five short films on the topic of breast cancer. Morrison recently completed shooting the independent film Knife Fight, directed by Bill Guttentag and produced by Guerrino De Luca. She also stars in the short film Charlotte, directed by Demi Moore.

On television Morrison was recently seen on How I Met Your Mother as Zoey, the newest love interested to Ted, played by Josh Radnor. She is best known for her work as Dr. Allison Cameron on the critically acclaimed drama House M.D., in which she was nominated for a 2008 WIN Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series.

Other film credits include J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Surviving Christmas, starring Ben Affleck and Christina Applegate, and the independent film Flourish, which she starred in and produced.

Now residing in Los Angeles, Morrison hails from Chicago, where she studied with the celebrated Steppenwolf Theatre Company and earned a degree in Theater from Loyola University.

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