Emma Walton Hamilton | |
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| Born | Emma Katherine Walton (1962-11-27)27 November 1962 (age 63) London, England |
| Other names | Emma Walton-Hamilton |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom United States |
| Alma mater | UCLA Lab School |
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| Years active | 1983–present |
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| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Tony Walton Julie Andrews |
| Relatives | Jennifer Edwards (step-sister) |
| Website | www |
Emma Katherine Walton Hamilton (néeWalton; born 27 November 1962)[1] is a British-American children's book author, theatrical director, and actress. She is an instructor in theMFA program atStony Brook Southampton, New York State, where she serves as director of the Southampton Children's Literature Fellows program and the Young Artists and Writers Project (YAWP).[2] She is the daughter of singer and actressJulie Andrews and set and costume designerTony Walton.
Walton was born inThe London Clinic in centralLondon.[3] Her parents are British actress and singerDame Julie Andrews andTony Walton, a Britishset andcostume designer. Hergodmothers were actressCarol Burnett[4] andSvetlana Beriosova,prima ballerina ofThe Royal Ballet; hergodfather was British actorVic Oliver. In 1967, her parents divorced, and two years later, her mother married film directorBlake Edwards, who became her stepfather.[5] Walton's childhood was spent between London,Los Angeles (where her mother worked), and New York City, where her father lived. She attendedUCLA Lab School, according to her mother.[citation needed]
From 1983 to 1991, she had a fewbit parts in films and television, includingMicki + Maude andThat's Life!.[1]
In 1991, she, her husband, and British-American actressSybil Christopher founded the Bay Street Theater inSag Harbor, New York.[2][6][7] This independent non-profit theatre is still in operation as of 2025. Walton-Hamilton was the theatre's artistic co-director and director of education and programming for young audiences for 17 years.
She has voiced many audiobooks, including Gitty Daneshvari'sSchool of Fear,Patrick McDonnell'sMe . . . Jane, and Nancy Tafuri'sAll Kinds of Kisses.[8] In 2010, she won theGrammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for voicingJulie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs and Lullabies.[9]
In 2000, she began writing books for children in collaboration with her mother, starting withDumpy the Dumptruck. They wrote 13 "Dumpy" books, of which 12 were illustrated by her father Tony Walton, who had remained friends with her mother despite their divorce. Walton-Hamilton and Andrews have co-written 31 children's books, including the "Dumpy" books,The Great American Mousical (2006), also illustrated by Walton, two "Bonnie Boadicea" novels for middle schoolers,The Very Fairy Princess (2010) series,[10] and two unrelated novels. They have also co-edited two anthologies of poetry and songs, and one concept book,Thanks to You: Wisdom From Mother and Child.[11] Walton-Hamilton has also written a book for adults,Raising Bookworms: Getting Kids Reading for Pleasure and Empowerment (2009).[12] The book won a Parent's Choice Gold Medal, silver medals from the Living Now andIPPY Book Awards, and Honorable Mention fromForeWord Magazine's Best Book of the Year.[2]
Walton-Hamilton and Andrews contributed to Kate Dawson, Jodi Glucksman, and Barbara Buck-Aronica'sOver the Moon: The Broadway Lullaby Project (2012), a book with accompanying CD.[12] In 2016, Walton Hamilton created the preschool television seriesJulie's Greenroom with her mother Julie Andrews andJudy Rothman. The show stars Andrews, joined by her assistant Gus (Giullian Yao Gioiello) and the Greenies, a cast of original puppets built byThe Jim Henson Company. The show premiered onNetflix in 2017.[13]
In 1991, Emma Walton married actor/director Stephen Hamilton.[7] They have a son and daughter.[7]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1983 | Curse of the Pink Panther | Angry Hooker | As Emma Walton |
| 1984 | Micki + Maude | Maude's Nurse | As Emma Walton |
| 1986 | A Fine Mess | First Extra | As Emma Walton |
| That's Life! | Kate Fairchild | As Emma Walton | |
| 1987 | Blind Date | Muggette #1 | As Emma Walton |
| 1991 | Switch | Fur Protestor | As Emma Walton |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1995 | Great Performances | Herself | As Emma Walton 1 Episode: "Julie Andrews: Back on Broadway" |
| 2012 | Today | Herself – Guest | As Emma Walton 1 Episode: "Episode dated 4 October 2012" |
| 2007–2012 | Rachael Ray | Herself | 4 Episodes:
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| 2017 | Julie's Greenroom | Co-Creator, Executive Producer, Writer | Netflix Original Series |
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