Emily Carey

Emily Joanna Carey (born 30 April 2003) is an English actress and model. She[a] began her career as a child actress on stage and in the BBC One soap opera Casualty (2014–2017, 2021). She went on to play young versions of characters, such as Alicent Hightower in the HBO fantasy series House of the Dragon (2022). She also appeared in BBC iPlayer teen series Get Even (2020). Carey was born in the London Borough of Barnet. Her family is in the theatre industry. Carey was as young as three when she would help her grandmother, a former West End wardrobe mistress, pair socks backstage. She was scouted by an agent when she was eight. She was invited by Michael Xavier, whom she met through The Sound of Music, to take weekend acting classes at his MX Masterclass, of which she is now a patron. Carey began her career in 2013 in the West End production of Shrek The Musical at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and as Marta von Trapp in the Olivier Award-nominated The Sound of Music at Regents Park Open Air Theatre.