Emma Margaret Marie Tachard-Mackey (born January 4, 1996) is a British and French actress. Her breakthrough performance in the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education (2019–2023) earned her a British Academy Television Award nomination. Mackey has since starred in the mystery film Death on the Nile (2022) and portrayed Emily Brontë in the drama film Emily (2022). She won the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2023. Description above from the Wikipedia article Emma Mackey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 4, 1996 (30)
- Le Mans, France
- Actor
- 9 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Emma Mackey's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 4
Grounded 2 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 2
Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 2
Steady 3 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 4
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 3
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 3 of 7 analyzed roles.
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- Shapeshifteras Maeve Wiley in Sex Education (2019)
- Heraldas Adrienne Bourgès in Eiffel (2021)
- Shapeshifteras Adrienne Bourgès in Eiffel (2021)
- Heroas Emily Brontë in Emily (2022)
- Heroas Sofia in Hot Milk (2025)
- Heroas Ella McCay in Ella McCay (2025)
- Shadowas ? in Alpha (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet7
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Emma Mackey's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Emma Mackey's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
16 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
The Great Beyond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
Narnia: The Magician's Nephew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
Full Phil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Ella McCay(2025)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Alpha(2025)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Hot Milk(2025)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Hotel Fantasma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Barbie(2023)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Emily(2022)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Death on the Nile(2022)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Eiffel(2021)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
The Winter Lake(2020)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Tic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Sex Education(2019)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Badger Lane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Peaked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 16 titles, 13 of them dated from 2016 to 2026; peak year 2025.
Film career
Peak 2025 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2019Screen debut· Sex Education
- 2019BAFTA Award nomination· Sex Education
- 2020First film· The Winter Lake
- 2022First top-billed film· Emily
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
Awards
a BAFTA Award from 2 major nominations, 2021–2023.
- BAFTA Award, won
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Female Performance in a Comedy Programme
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Emma Mackey's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 45th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 54. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Emma Mackey's work okay for kids?
Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films and violence & gore lighter.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.