Emilie de Ravin(as Tess Harding) Date of Birth: 12/27/81 |
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Biography
Emilie de Ravin first garnered the attention of international audiences with her performance on the popular television series Beastmaster: The Legend Continues. Within one month of moving to Los Angeles from her home in South Melbourne, Australia, she landed the series regular role of Tess Harding on Roswell. Soon after, she starred in the television remake of Stephen King's classic horror film, Carrie.
Emilie recently finished shooting the lead role in the feature film Santa's Slay. In addition she recently completed work on the film Brick. She also recurred on the series The Handler.
Emilie's rising stardom is based upon many years of performance experience and intensive training. She has studied ballet since the age of nine. At the age of 15 she was accepted into the prestigious and highly selective Australian Ballet School. She performed in productions of the Australian Ballet Company, as well as Danceworld 301.
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- High Noon (2009) as Lt. Phoebe McNamara
- Public Enemies (2009) as ?
- Ball Don't Lie (2008) as ?
- The Perfect Game (2008) as Frankie
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- Brick (2006) as Emily Kostich
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- The Hills Have Eyes (2006) as Brenda Carter
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- Santa's Slay (2004) as Mary "Mac" Mackenzie
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- Carrie (2002) as Christine Hargensen
Television
- "Lost" (2004-current) as Claire
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- "CSI:Miami" (2004) as Venus Robinson
- "The Handler" (2003-2004) as Gina
- "NCIS" (2003) as Nancy
- Roswell (2000-2001) as Tess Harding
- "BeastMaster" (1999) as the demon Curupira
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Trivia
Ever wonder what the name Emilie means?
The name Emilie is a variation of the name Emelie and is derived from 'Aemilius'. This is a Latin name that is brought into connection with the Greek '(h)aimulos' which means 'soft, friendly' or with the Latin 'aemulus' which means 'rival'.
The name Tess, Emilie's character on Roswell, comes from the name Theresa. The meaning of this name is uncertain. It could be derived from the Greek 'theros' which means
'warmth, summer' but also from the Greek 'thèraein' which means 'hunt'. The name could also mean 'inhabitant of the island Thera' (now Santorini an island of the Italian coast) or 'inhabitant of Theresia'.