Emily Booth

Emily Katherine Booth (born 26 April 1976), also known by her stage name Emily "Bouff" Bouffante, is an English actress and television presenter. Booth is known for her roles in cult films Pervirella, Cradle of Fear, Evil Aliens and the BAFTA nominated short film Inferno. She appeared in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's double header Grindhouse (2007). Booth has also hosted numerous television and game shows. In 2014, she directed, produced and acted in the short film, Selkie.

Emily Booth
Born	(1976-04-26) 26 April 1976 (age 49) Chester, Cheshire, England
Other names	Emily "Bouff" Bouffante
Occupations	Actress TV presenter writer
Years active	1997–present

Early life

While she was a student, Booth earned money busking playing the violin and sang on Eurotrash.^[1][2]

Career

Booth is known for her roles in cult films Pervirella, Cradle of Fear, Evil Aliens and the BAFTA nominated short film Inferno. She appeared in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's double header Grindhouse (2007) in the mock trailer, "Don't", by Edgar Wright.^[3]

Booth was also the host of several Channel 4 and satellite television shows. She co-presented and co-wrote the video-game review show, Bits for two years in 1999–2001. She was a segment presenter on Channel 4 flagship morning show, The Big Breakfast (2001), and presented on the gameshow Banzai for E4.^[4] Other shows she worked on are: L!VE TV's Blue Review, paintball-challenge show, Mission: Paintball (2001–2), Threesome (1999) and Demolition (2002).

Booth has presented several television programmes related to cult films, including OUT There on five (2002) and Shock Movie Massacre on Bravo.

Booth is a presenter on Eat Cinema, interviewing A-list Hollywood stars on The Buzz and hosting her own show, First Night Bites. She also hosted the now-defunct Quiz Night Live, a premium-rate call-in quiz show, shown on satellite/Freeview channel Ftn. She presents The Match on the XLeague.tvchannel. In 2007, she joined Zone Horror, where she works as a presenter and continuity announcer.^[4] In 2007, Booth became the face of the Horror Channel,^{[citation needed]} and hosted a monthly highlights show, Horror Bites.

Booth was among the guests at the 2009 Festival of Fantastic Films in Manchester^[5] and announced the results of the Delta Film Award. She co-hosted the Frighten Brighton Classic Horror Film Festival in Brighton in August 2012.^[6]

She directed, produced and acted in a short film, Selkie, in 2014.^[7]

Personal life

She has two children.^[7]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2023	Werewolf Santa	Carol
	Terror Toons 4	Female Scientist
2022	Darkheart Manor	Hazel
2020	They're Outside	Penny
2019	Shed of the Dead	Harriet
2016	London Horror Story	Angry Woman	segment "Over Developed"
	Blaze of Gory	Lea-anne	segment "Precious"
2014	Selkie	Selkie	Short
2012	Three's a Shroud		Segment "Over Developed"
	Inbred	June
2009	The Reverend	Tracy
	Terror Toons 3	Nurse Stanley
	Doghouse	The Snipper
2007	Grindhouse		faux trailer segment Don't
2005	Evil Aliens	Michelle Fox
2003	Spiderbabe	Fly Girl	scenes deleted
2002	Fallen Angels	Sally Munro	uncredited
	Arthur's Amazing Things	Denise Clarington-Semi-Skimmed	Short film
2001	Inferno	Laura
	Cradle of Fear	Mel	as Emily Bouffante
	Sacred Flesh	Williams girl
1998	Witchcraft X: Mistress of the Craft	Linnaca	as Emily Bouffante
1997	Pervirella	Pervirella	[8]
	Event Horizon	Girl on monitor screen	uncredited[8]

Television

• Forgot About The Drive-By: The Montell Jordan Story (2011) – presenter
• videoGaiden (2008)
• Bits (1999–2001) – writer and presenter
• The Big Breakfast: August 2001 – presenter
• outTHERE: season three (2002) – presenter (Eden)^[9]
• Shock Movie Massacre – presenter
• Blue Review – presenter
• Threesome (1999) – Eve
• Mission Paintball (2001–2002) – presenter
• Demolition (2002) – presenter^[10]
• Eat Cinema channel – presenter
• The Great Big British Quiz – presenter
• Quiz Night Live – presenter
• Make Your Play – presenter
• The Match – presenter
• Horror Channel – presenter/voiceover