Emily Roya O'Brien is a British Emmy nominated actress and writer who is known for her role of Spider Rose in David Fincher’s Love Death & Robots. Jana Hawkes Fisher on The Young and the Restless from 2006 to 2011. She voiced The Woman in the Love, Death & Robots episode "The Witness", which won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation. She went on to voice Eve in the Love, Death & Robots episode "Pop Squad", part of the second season. She also portrayed Julia in the 2014 film Pernicious and provided the voices of Camille and Samira in League of Legends, and Y'shtola in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Emily also voiced Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series and Special Agent Iman Avesta in Batman: The Enemy Within. In 2018, she became part of the main cast of the animated film Dagon Troll World Chronicles. She also voiced Amelie and young Bridget Strand in the 2019 game Death Stranding. In 2020, O'Brien joined the cast of Days of Our Lives and currently portrays the character Gwen Rizczech, the daughter of Jack Deveraux (Matthew Ashford) on the daytime drama. In October 2023, O'Brien took over the role of Theresa Donovan, the daughter of Shane Donovan (Charles Shaughnessy) and Kimberly Brady (Patsy Pease).
Life and career She portrayed Jana Hawkes Fisher in The Young and the Restless. O'Brien was nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards for her performance in The Young and the Restless. She portrayed the role again in November 2008, when a parody of the show was the theme of the 1st showcase on The Price Is Right. O'Brien portrayed the role initially on a recurring status from 11 May to 5 September 2006, and then on contract from 10 October 2006 to 20 February 2007, when the character disappeared from the canvas temporarily until her return on 15 June 2007. O'Brien earned two Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Younger Actress in 2008 and 2009. In March 2011, news broke that O'Brien had been let go from The Young and the Restless, with her final airdate on 6 May 2011. Prior to her dismissal, O'Brien was pre-nominated for another Daytime Emmy in the same category.
O’Brien is in much demand as a voice actor, and provided the voices of Y'Shtola in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, Camille in League Of Legends, Faris Scherwiz in World of Final Fantasy, and Veruca Salt in Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Emily then portrayed Julia in the 2014 supernatural horror film Pernicious, directed by James Cullen Bressack.
She also voiced Gamora in the Telltale video game, Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series. She voiced Special Agent Iman Avesta in Batman: The Enemy Within, a fan of Batman. O'Brien is partially deaf, and teared up having to voice a scene where Avesta can be rendered deaf by the Riddler.
In 2018, she briefly played Jillian Marshall in the Focus on the Family radio program Adventures in Odyssey. That same year, she provided the voice of Renee Chandler in the CW Seed animated series Constantine: City of Demons. She also appeared as the suspicious Portia in the thriller Dangerous Matrimony, then signed on to play the voice of Ruth the human mother and wife of the Ambassador of Earth in the upcoming dark fantasy motion comic Dagon Troll World Chronicles that is set to be released in 2021. She reprised the role of Gamora in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order.
O'Brien appeared in Hideo Kojima's 2019 game Death Stranding as the voices of Bridget and the young Amelie Strand, characters using the likeness of Lindsay Wagner. She has several projects in hand that are currently in post-production, like Vampire Dad, Iris, and Beautifully Flawed.
In May 2020, it was announced that O'Brien had joined the cast of Days of Our Lives in the role of Gwen Rizczech. She made her first appearance on 1 June of the same year.
On October 2, 2023, it was announced she would assume the role of Theresa Donovan on Days of Our Lives.
In November 2024, it was announced O'Brien would return to play Theresa in March 2025, before reprising her role as Gwen Rizczech in July 2025 on Days of Our Lives.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2006 Séance Girl Coma Nurse Video short 2010 New Glasses Short film 2011 Matchup His Sweetheart Short film Beatrice Beatrice Short film; also writer and producer 2012 SuperWannabeHeroes Super Sally Short film 2014 Edgar Allan Poe's the Cask Short film Pernicious Julia The Janus Project Preview Lexi Short film On the Run Amy Short film 2016 Restoration Rebecca Jordan Honey Jar: Chase for the Gold Ann Jordan The Bad Batch Dream Girl 2017 The Bigfoot Project Jamie Kerrigan Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Veruca Salt (voice) Direct-to-video A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. 2018 Get Married or Die Sandi Too Close The Girl Short film Vampire Dad Natasha Dangerous Matrimony Portia Constantine: City of Demons – The Movie Renee Chandler (voice) 2019 Iris Iris Short film Dagon Troll World Chronicles Ruth The Cloud Margerie 2021 Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms Jade, Lin Kang (voice) Direct-to-video 2022 The Sea Beast Villagers (voice) 2023 Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham Talia al Ghul, Martha Wayne (voice) Direct-to-video
Television Year Title Role Notes 2006 What About Brian Girl at Club Episode: "Two in Twenty-Four" 2006–2011 The Young and the Restless Jana Hawkes Series regular 2016 Rock in a Hard Place Young Debbie Unknown episodes 2017 One Day at a Time VO Operator Episode: "Hold, Please" 2018–2019 Constantine: City of Demons Renee Chandler (voice) 2 episodes; web series 2019–2025 Love, Death & Robots Eve, The Woman, Rose (voice) 3 episodes 2019 Beautifully Flawed Susan Television film 2020–present Days of Our Lives Gwen Rizczech, Theresa Donovan Regular role 2024 Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft Young Agent, Passenger #2 (voice) Episode: "Whanaungatanga"
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2013 Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Y'shtola English dub 2014 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Eryn 2015 The Order: 1886 Additional voices 2016 World of Final Fantasy Faris Scherwiz English dub League Of Legends Camille, Samira 2017 Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series Gamora 2017–2018 Batman: The Enemy Within Iman Avesta, Bartender, Agency Female #3 2017 Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul The Witch Dishonored: Death of the Outsider Rats Whispers 2018 God of War Additional voices Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Additional voices Thief of Thieves Taraneh Jamshidi 2019 The Elder Scrolls Online Khamira, additional voices Days Gone Additional voices Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order Gamora Indivisible Mary Death Stranding Amelie, young Bridget Lindsay Wagner as model Apex Legends Additional voices 2020 Tell Me Why Mary-Ann Ronan 2021 Nier Reincarnation Mama 2022 Saints Row Player Voice 6 Gotham Knights Talia al Ghul God of War Ragnarök Verðandi Marvel's Midnight Suns Scarlet Witch 2023 Starfield Sarah Morgan 2024 Dead by Daylight Lara Croft 2026 Highguard The Air Operator Order of the Sinking Star The Queen
Other 2009: She is featured as the test subject in a TED talk about recreating human faces in digital, photo-realistic quality. 2016: She voiced Scout Three in Rogue One: Recon A Star Wars 360 Experience. 2018: She briefly played Jillian Marshall on Adventures in Odyssey. 2024: O'Brien voiced Wonder Woman in the web series DC Heroes United.
Awards ACTF Irene Ryans Theater festival Finalist and 2006 Nominee (2005) CHS Film Festival: Best Actress of 2003 Best Film (Pleasant Dreams) of 2003 (2003) DTASC Shakespeare Festival : 3rd place award for Othello (2003) BEST FEST San Diego Film Festival (2003) 3rd place award for Pleasant Dreams Team Power Award Don't Drink the Water from the city of Carlsbad (2002) Daytime Emmy Award Nomination: Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series (2008 Nominee) Daytime Emmy Award Nomination: Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series (2009 Nominee) Daytime Emmy Award Nomination: Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series (2011 Nominee)
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The Digital Emily Project: Achieving a Photoreal Digital Actor Today’s Local News » Restless no more - Emily O'Brien Emily O'Brien