About
Meet Emily!
Emily Nolan is a performer, singer/songwriter and figure model, who moved to New York at just eighteen after receiving a scholarship to train at the American Music and Dramatic Academy. Since graduating, she has gone on to distinguish herself as a respected artist within New York City’s performing arts community, starring and featuring in many distinguished productions and organisations, and consistently demonstrating her exceptional talent, professionalism and dedication to her craft. In doing so, she has earned acclaim across the city for her outstanding performances, as not only an actor in a wide variety of roles, but also for her talents as a physical storyteller through figure modelling, and as an original songwriter. Her commitment to authenticity and captivating performances in a large range of roles (and performances), has not only been vital to the success of many prestigious productions around the city, but has also solidified her place in this industry as a respected and accomplished artist.
Recent Performances
Ms. Nolan made her debut at the established Midtown Manhattan Venue Don’t Tell Mama, after auditioning for (and then featuring in) the renowned showcase; The Comeback Cabaret, Produced by Sara Laursen. She went on to collaborate with InspiredWordNYC to start a performance series of her own produced by Mike Gaffner (producer and founder of the organisation) for the series “Emily Nolan & Friends”, which was offered to her after many successful performances as a singer/ songwriter at the establishments’ Brooklyn Venue. She has featured at 54 Below alongside Broadway stars Jackie Hoffman, Penny Fuller, Lee Roy Reams, Karen Mason, and many others in Peter Filichia & Friends Broadway Tales and Tunes, and starred as leading roles in 2 original plays produced by the Women’s Playwright Collective Organisation at the Staten Island Playhouse, portraying the role of “Heather” in Making Home by Ally Thomas and “Gretchen” in Summer is Temporary by Catherine Crimmins. In 2024 she starred in Daniel Giraldo’s most recent short film “Love Me or Leave Me” and featured in two songs on Riley Given’s newest album Flying Solo, which is available on all streaming platforms.
Ms Nolan has trained in singing and acting since early childhood, awarded with her Level 7 LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) acting examination with graded distinction, Level 2/3 Shakespeare examination with distinction, and Grade 4 singing certification for Trinity College London Musical Performance examination with distinction.
Her intensive training began in Liverpool’s Rare Studio, where she trained in a 2 year musical theatre conservatory-style course, graduating with a Level 3 National Extended Diploma with a DDD (triple Distinction) average, before immediately being offered a scholarship to train at the American Music and Dramatic Academy in the New York City Campus. Ms Nolan benefited exponentially from American expertise and graduated receiving a certification of Musical Theatre, making her overall training amount to over 6 years of singing and acting, 4 years jazz, ballet and contemporary dance, and 2 years of tap dance. Ms Nolan has been consistently booked in creative roles and positions since graduation in all forms and styles of performance, ultimately making her unforgettable mark in the performing arts community of the United States.
Training & Education
Career Objective
Ms. Nolan’s career objective as a performer is completely atypical. Having struggled with an eating disorder in early childhood, the art she now creates and portrays throughout her career (from her own original music, to the characters she portrays on stage) is performed with the intention of carrying the message that being and loving your authentic self is so much more important than the materialistic ideals set on us by society.
Since January 2025, Ms. Nolan has been working at the School of Visual Arts, New York School of the Arts, and Grand Central Academy as a figure model for art students, a vulnerable creative position which she has flourished in as both a phenomenally athletic physical performer, and as a professional who is confident and comfortable in her own body. She, in November 2025, had the honour of representing Illuminart Productions at the Staten Island Pride Centre to perform in tribute to National Trans Rights day, encouraging young queer communities to love who they are authentically and whole heartedly.
