Emily Axford is an American actress, writer, composer, and producer. She is best known for her various roles in CollegeHumor videos, her role as Emily on the truTV comedy Adam Ruins Everything, and for her role on the Pop original Hot Date.
Early life and education Axford grew up in the suburbs of Albany, New York. She attended Bethlehem Central High School, just south of Albany. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in religion from George Washington University in 2007. At GWU, she was a part of the co-ed improv troupe called ReceSs. After college, Axford studied at the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York City and then Los Angeles, where she first ventured into internet sketch comedy.
Career From 2011 to 2017, Axford was a writer and actress for digital comedy company CollegeHumor. In 2017, Axford transitioned to working as an executive producer and actress on the Pop show Hot Date, which had begun as a web series for CollegeHumor, alongside her husband Brian Murphy. From 2015 to 2019, Axford co-starred in both the College Humor and TruTV iterations of Adam Ruins Everything.
Axford and Murphy co-wrote HEY, U UP? (For a Serious Relationship): How to Turn Your Booty Call into Your Emergency Contact, a satirical relationship advice book that was published in 2018. She and Murphy have, in conjunction with Caldwell Tanner, hosted 8-Bit Book Club (2016–2018), a podcast in which they read and discussed video game novels.
Axford participates in a variety of actual play web series where she plays tabletop role-playing games. She is a player and occasional gamemaster in the HeadGum podcast Not Another D&D Podcast with Murphy, Tanner, and Jake Hurwitz. Axford is a primary cast member of Dimension 20, an actual play anthology web series created in 2018 by CollegeHumor for the streaming service Dropout, and Dimension 20'''s talk-back show Adventuring Party. She has starred as a variety of characters between the two shows' several campaigns, most of which utilize Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. In 2023, Axford appeared as a guest player in the third campaign of Critical Role''.
Personal life Axford is married to Brian K. Murphy, whom she met while working together at CollegeHumor in the early 2010s. The couple has collaborated on several different projects, including satirizations of their own relationship. They currently reside in Los Angeles, California.
Filmography Television
YearTitleRoleNotes2009Nice BrothersEmily2 episodes2013BearSharkBeverlyEpisode: "Love"Inside Amy SchumerLizEpisode: "Sex Tips"2014Love's a BitchTatianaEpisode: "The Truce"2015–2019Adam Ruins EverythingEmily, various roles27 episodes2017–2019Hot DateEmily20 episodes2019Tuca & BertieRealtor2 episodes2021GenerationDominiqueEpisode: "The High Priestess"
Web +YearTitleRoleNotes2009–2013UCB Comedy OriginalsVarious roles10 episodes2011–2018CollegeHumor Originals172 episodes2012–2015Hardly Working39 episodes2012–2018Dorkly Originals55 episodes2012Jake and AmirEmily6 episodes2013Very Mary-KateWriterEpisode: "Instagram"2016Bad InternetNaomiEpisode: "The Year-Long Ad Experience"2018–present Not Another D&D PodcastThe Moonstone Saga Moonshine Cybin Main cast and primary composerThe Mavrus Chronicles GamemasterTrinyvale Onyx LumiereCampaign 2 Campaign 3 Calliope PetrichorTwilight Sanctorum Gamemaster2018–present Dimension 20Fantasy High Fig Faeth Main castThe Unsleeping City Sofia Bicicleta Main castFantasy High: Sophomore Year Fig Faeth Main castA Crown of Candy Main roleThe Unsleeping City: Chapter II Sofia Bicicleta Main castA Starstruck Odyssey Sundry Sidney Main roleA Court of Fey and Flowers Lady Chirp Featherfowl Main roleNeverafterYlfa SnorgelssonMain roleFantasy High: Junior Year Fig Faeth Main roleCloudward, Ho! Marya Junková Main roleCity Council of DarknessVesper ChildersMain role2023Critical RoleCampaign three: Bell's HellsPrismGuest role; 6 episodesOne-shotsBabsonEpisode: "Lookout, Here We Come!"
Video games YearTitleRoleNotes2022The QuarryGrace2025Date Everything!Sam
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