Was chosen for a Distinguished Alumni Award by her high school, Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2006.

Is a model for Charriol.

She collects bugs as a hobby.

Fronts her own 80s cover band called, "White Lighten."

Member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority at ECU

Majored in journalism at University

Her father, William, was a general practitioner. Her mother, Barbara, was a volunteer. They divorced when Emily was 2.

Does regular volunteer work at All Saints' Episcopal Church soup kitchen in Beverly Hills.

Loves construction, might have been an interior decorator.

She studied journalism and dance at East Carolina University. Upon graduation she worked as the weather girl at the Greenville CBS affiliate. She then moved to LA, where her father paid for 2 years of acting lessons.

Has a brother named Whit.

Although she plays a character with a very serious personality on "CSI: Miami" (2002), says that she is a very "silly, goofy" person in real life.