Emma Rigby Biography and Photo Gallery

Emma Catherine Rigby (born 26 September 1989), is an English actress, best known for her role in Hollyoaks as Hannah Ashworth.

Rigby was born in St. Helens, Merseyside and has one older sister, Charlotte. Rigby attended De La Salle High School[disambiguation needed] but left in 2006 to take up her role in Hollyoaks. Despite her role in Hollyoaks, Rigby received 9 A*s in her GCSEs. In January 2010, she left Hollyoaks to focus on future projects, admitting that she wanted to do theatre work or a British chick flick.
Until 2008, Rigby was represented by the Lamont Casting Agency in Liverpool, but is now represented by Independent Talent Group.

One of Rigby's first roles was playing a small part in Liverpool based soap Brookside playing Elena Jones.
In 2003 Rigby appeared in a one off episode of Born and Bred as Lisa Gunstone.