Emily Wheaton is a British-Australian actress who played Sharon 'Shazza' Cox in Australian soap opera Neighbours in 2005.

Career Wheaton appeared in the 2004 children's TV series Noah and Saskia as Renee and in the hit show Blue Heelers as Shayleen Burke. In 2005, she appeared in a recurring guest role as school girl Sharon 'Shazza' Cox, on long-running soap opera Neighbours.

In 2011, she had a recurring role as Amber Cushing in season 4 of Network 10’s police procedural series Rush. The same year, she played Jenna in the ABC eight-part miniseries The Slap, based on the best-selling novel by Christos Tsiolkas. In 2014 she voiced the character of Tina in animated adventure series Get Ace.

Her film credits include horror films 6 Plots (2012), and A Night of Horror Volume 1 (2015), and 2016 American fantasy action film Gods of Egypt opposite Chadwick Boseman and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, playing a young maid servant.

Wheaton played Brigitta in the Melbourne 2000 stage season of The Sound of Music, alongside Lisa McCune and John Waters.

Filmography

Television YearTitleRoleNotes 2004 Blue Heelers Shaelyn Burke 2 episodes2005 Noah and Saskia Renee 7 episodes Neighbours Sharon 'Shazza' Cox 7 episodes 2010 Lowdown Waitress 1 episode2011 The Slap Jenna Miniseries, 2 episodes Rush Amber Cushing 9 episodes 2012 Dangerous Remedy Bonnie McGregor TV movie 2014 Get Ace Tina DeVeer Animated series, 25 episodes 2017 Triangle Arina

Film YearTitleRoleNotes 2003 L'envie Emily Short2008 Buses and Trains Sam Short Summer Breaks Vanessa Short 2009 Bored Girls Rihanna Short 2010 The Accident Amelia 18 Short2011Silent Night Kim Short Room for Two Rebecca Short2012 Beat and Breath Nelly Short 6 Plots Tess Hart 2013 Stung Lena Short2014 Rabbit Katya Short Scission Scarlet Short2015 A Night of Horror Volume 1 ScarlettThe Subjects Jenna Goodnight Sweetheart Olive Short 2016 Gods of Egypt Second Young Maid Servant 2018 Bloom Jesse Short 2020 Shove Constable Holloway Short

Theatre Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2000 The Sound of Music Brigitta Melbourne 2011 Sleepyhead Genevieve MKA: Theatre of New Writing 2013 The Shape of Things Evelyn No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne

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