Emily Holder was born in North Kansas City, MO and grew up in Shawnee, Kansas ("No place like home!") until she moved to Dallas. There, she found her passion in film and acting. She quickly got representation and started doing TV shows like Murder Made Me Famous and Dead Silent until booking a role in Chris Landon's film Freaky with Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton. In addition to acting, she has many hobbies and interests, such as traveling internationally, illustrating children's books, Metalsmithing, painting artwork that has been accepted into galleries, and flying drones as a UAS drone pilot. Recently, she studied figure drawing and printmaking in Florence, Italy and finished starring in the film Rage.