Emily Richardson is an actor/writer/comedian based in Toronto. Her most recent position was as a Quiz Producer/Writer on the CTV game show, Battle of the Generations. She wrote articles for the pop culture blogs Pajiba and DListed, and scripts for the hit YouTube series, Animalogic, as well as Animalogic’s BBC Earth documentary, Strange Creatures of the Arctic.

Emily was the head writer and a performer in The Sketchersons, a former member of the Second City Education & Family Companies, an understudy for the Second City Mainstage, one half of the sketch duo Jovani, and a stand up comedian and improviser all over the city.

As an actress, Emily has made appearances on What We Do in the Shadows, Fellow Travelers, and Haunted Hospitals. She was a regular on Season 3 of AMI’s sketch series Blind Sighted, and a former member of Bad Dog Theatre Company's Featured Players. She also hosted and produced Trash Box: A Real Housewives Podcast from 2021-2023.

In 2019 Emily wrote and starred in the musical comedy It Girls at the Toronto Fringe Festival. Here are some glowing reviews of the feminist pop musical hit:

My Entertainment World
Sesaya Magazine
Mooney on Theatre