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Emily Katherine Booth (born April 26, 1976), also known by her stage name Emily "Bouff" Bouffante, is an English actress and television presenter.
Booth was born in Chester, England in 1976 but grew up in Hastings, East Sussex. Her paternal great grandfather built one of the first cinemas in the UK in Cornwall. It is now a garage, but still has a plaque on the wall marking its significance. Booth studied for 3 A levels and a BA in media and film degree at Goldsmiths College, University of London. While she was a student she earned money busking in the street playing the violin and sang on Eurotrash. She once worked in PR for the London based Salvation Films. She used to be an avid animal rights campaigner[citation needed] and has some rats as pets.[citation needed]
In 2011 she gave birth to her first child, Betty Seren Booth-Walters.
Booth is known for her roles in such cult films as Pervirella, Cradle of Fear, Evil Aliens, BAFTA nominated short film Inferno. She also appeared in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriquez's double header Grindhouse (2007) in the mock trailer "Don't", by Edgar Wright (director of Shaun of the Dead).