Biography
Canadian actress from the Moroccan Jewish family, famous in Hollywood - you can briefly imagine Emmanuel Shrika. Although lovers of the American TV shows in her submission do not need: roles in the TV projects "Handsome", "Mentalist", "Borgia" and others made the shrinks world famous. But the path of the dark beautiful beauty to success was not easy.Childhood and youth
On December 10, 1977, in Montreal in the family of immigrants from Morocco Alberta and Liliana Shriki, the third child was born - daughter Emmanuel. Baby since childhood was a favorite in the family: Senior Brother Serge and Sister Lawrence helped parents with her upbringing.
And it was special in the family - adults were jealously observed Jewish national traditions, adhering to orthodox views, for example, limited children from many entertainment, including from watching TV. The girl was stolen with films and transfer visiting friends and neighbors and admired the magic world of cinema and beauty actresses.
After a while, the family moved from Montreal to Toronto, more precisely, to the small town of Unionville. There Emmanuel entered the highest school and began to attend the school drama.
But it seemed to her little. And the little Em persuaded the brother to pay her children's acting courses. The effectiveness of "investments" was soon justified. At the age of 7, a talented girl was taken to the local theater, and at 10 she starred in advertising McDonald's.
School girl graduated with solid confidence becoming an actress. Parents supported her in this desire. But the mother of the future celebrity was not able to rejoice the success of his daughter - she died when Emmanuel was 16 years old. To hover the pain of loss, the girl went to Vancouver. There began to visit the castings of various TV projects, and in anticipation of the roles worked as a waitress in a cafe.
Films
Her first roles were the work in the Canadian-American TV series "Are you afraid of darkness?", "Knight forever", as well as in Kung Fu projects, "Psi factor: Chronicles of paranormal phenomena", "The Adventures of Sinbad". Further, the girl tried herself in voicing - her voice says the character of Hisai Aoki in the anime series "Princess Vampire Mia".
In search of great acting opportunities, Emmanuel in the late 90s moves to the USA, first in New York, then in Los Angeles. The calculation was true: the young actress immediately managed to get a role in the movie "Detroit - Rock City" (1999). He became the first Hollywood picture in her filmography.
After a significant debut, a new one, this time in the lead role. Em starred in a teenage picture "Snowy Day" (2000) about the life of the school girl Claire Bonner. But it is still far away. The actress is removed a lot in the movies and TV shows: Ricky 6, "100 girls and one in the elevator", "in touch", "single hearts", "Crow: Prayer of the sinner" and others.
Starry hour overtakes Emmanuel in 2005, when she is invited to the role in the TV project "Handsome" about the formation of a young actor of Vincent Chaise in Hollywood. The actress plays glamorous beauty named Sloran McKuik and enters the project from the second season.
And in 2008, Emmanuel expects a new cinematic success - the main role in the picture "Do not joke with Zohan" in Tandem with a superpopular Adam Sandler. Shrikov played a girlfriend of the main character - immigrant from Palestine, living in New York.
The popularity of Emmanuel is gaining momentum. A modest girl from an orthodox Jewish family thanks to talent and brilliant external data managed to stand in one row with recognized Hollywood beauties and models. In May 2006, Maxim magazine made it to the annual HOT 100 list.
Canada ranked 8th in the ranking of the sexual FHM girl in 2008. And in 2010, it was recognized as the most desirable woman of the planet on the results of a survey of one of the largest men's online magazines Askmen.com.
Fans find the striking similarity of the beloved actress with her colleague of the Bulgarian origin of Nina Dobrev. Girls are really similar, but the shrinkles are miniature - its growth is only 160 cm.
In 2010, Emmanuel played in the film "Thirteen", where its partners became Mickey Rourke, Jason Statham and Alexander Scarsgard.
In the same year, the actress finished shooting in the TV series "Handsome" and received an offer to be filmed in two large projects. So in 2011, EM appeared in a small role in the TV series "Borgia" about the life of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, playing the Aristocrat of Sangu Aragon.
And in 2012 - in the popular TV series "Mentalist", which has already done from the artist's major role Simon Baker world star. Shrikov embodied the image of Lorelia Martins - the associate of the Red John.
Among the latest work of the actress role in the series "Murder of the first degree" (2014-2016) and "Clearvideo" (2016). In the last shrimp played hypnoticer Gin. Also in 2015, Emmanuel starred in the Drama "Anaturazh" - a picture that is the continuation of the TV series "Handsman".
Personal life
In the biography of the actress, the status is "married" yet. She does not expose his personal life at the bottom. But it is known about her romantic connections with such artists as Jacy Shaze, Clifton Collins Jr. and Jeremy Sisto.Since 2013, Emmanuel Shriki has been in a relationship with American actor Adrian Bellany, who is famous for the role of Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald in the American Teldrama "Passion".
In the meantime, the fans are guessing whether Bellani will be an actress, a couple actively exposes joint photo in the 2017. Invest rested on Jamaica, and judging by their happy persons, in their union, contrary to rumors, everything is fine.
Emmanuel Shriki now
Now the shrinks are filmed in the Hospitality thriller in the lead role. The picture will be released in 2018-2019.
Charming Emmanuel hundreds of thousands of fans in social networks. In her "instagram" thousands of photos, including very personal - with relatives, friends, made in childhood and early youth, both glamorous and without makeup, in a swimsuit.
Filmography
- 1996 - Are you afraid of darkness? "
- 1997 - "The Adventures of Sinbad"
- 1999 - "Detroit - Rock City"
- 2000 - "100 Girls and one in the elevator"
- 2005 - "Handsaws"
- 2008 - "Do not joke with Zohan"
- 2009 - "Women in trouble"
- 2010 - "Thirteen"
- 2011 - "Borgia"
- 2012 - "Mentalist"
- 2015 - "Anaturazh"
- 2016 - "Clearvideo"