Early life and education

Born in Sydney, Lung's father is half-Chinese; his father (Emma's paternal grandfather) being born in a province near Beijing,. Lung's mother is Scottish/French. Growing up in Sydney, she attended Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, Australia before being accepted into the Professional Performing Arts School in New York City and completed her dramatic studies there.

Career

Lung played Carmelita in the short-lived Australian drama series The Cooks. She received her first breakthrough role in the film Peaches starring alongside Jacqueline McKenzie and Hugo Weaving. She starred in the movie 48 Shades alongside Victoria Thaine and Richard Wilson. Lung starred in Christopher Smith's Triangle. She starred in the 2012 psychological thriller Crave alongside Josh Lawson, Edward Furlong, and Ron Perlman, which was directed by Charles de Lauzirika. She plays Lola, the scheming wife of second son Marou Montebello in ABC's 2012 series The Straits. Emma is currently playing Colette Riger, a teacher in the television show Wonderland, aired on Channel 10 since 2013.

Awards

At the 2006 Australian Film Institute's Industry Awards, Lung won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Short Film Screen Craft for her acting work on the short film Stranded.

At the 2007 Logie awards, Lung won the Graham Kennedy Award For Most Outstanding New Talent.

At the 2008 Australian Film Institute's Industry Awards, Lung was nominated for Best Lead Actress for her performance in The Jammed.

Personal life

Emma married Henry Zalapa in 2013.

Emma and Henry welcomed their first child, son Marlowe James Zapala on Easter Sunday, 5 April 2015.

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role	Other notes
2012	Crave	Virginia
2012	The Straits	Lola
2009	The Boys Are Back	Mia
2009	Crush	Anna
2009	Triangle	Heather
2007	Entourage	Heather
2007	The Jammed	Crystal	Nominated for an AFI- Best Supporting Actress
2006	48 Shades	Naomi	Completed Film
2006	Footy Legends	Jasmyne
2005	Two Minutes to Midnight	Claire
2005	House of Wax	Jennifer	Uncredited
2005	Stranded	Claudia
2004	The Cooks	Carmelita	TV series
2004	Peaches	Steph
2003	Temptation	Carmelita	TV movie preceding The Cooks
2003	Ned	Cindy
2003	The Extreme Team	Kelly	U.S. title: The X-Team
2002	Garage Days	Freddy's Babysitter

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