Emily Bett Rickards is a veteran Canadian actress who came to the media attention for her role as Felicity Smoak on The CW series Arrow. She initially signed to appear in a guest role but she later signed as a series regular after her character became successful.
Furthermore, she has also reprised the role in the Arrowverse shows (The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, and Supergirl). Her other acting roles include Brooklyn, The Clinic, and Blood Rush as well as voiced the character on the animated web series Vixen. She was rumored to have a relationship with another actress Aisha Tyler. Well, let us scroll below to know details of this while reading about her career-beginning, dating history, and net worth.
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The actress was born on 24 July 1991 under the zodiac sign, Cancer. She was born as the daughter of Dr. Diane Greig in British Columbia, Canada. Her mother is a dream psychotherapist in Vancouver while no information on her father. Also, there is no information on her siblings in the media. She has the nationality of Canadian and belongs to the caucasian ethnicity.
Regarding her education, she attended the Vancouver Film School and graduated from the Acting Essentials Program. From a young age, she became interested in dance and acting, therefore, she introduced herself to musical theatre and dance at this tender age. Following that, she attended an open-call audition from where she signed with an agent as well as studied at the Alida Vocal Studio in Vancouver.
In 2009, she made her first appearance on the screen after starring in the video for the Nickelback single “Never Gonna Be Alone”. However, she got recognition for her role as Felicity Smoak (Overwatch) in the Arrowverse series. Apart from that, she has appeared in several television programs and films. It includes Funny Story, We Need to Talk, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Supergirl, and Paranormal Solutions Inc.
Many of you must be wondering about her relationship status and whether she is ready to mingle or already engaged. However, there is no exact information on her relationship, so, she might be in a secret relationship or possibly single. Though she became gained huge attention in the media after she posted a picture of herself kissing an American actress, Aisha Tyler.
Many speculated about her sexual preferences, however, she neither denied nor confirmed her sexuality. Though she supports the LGBTQ community and is also a philanthropist. In February 2019, Vancouver Film School announced the “Emily Bett Rickards Acting Scholarship”. The award is in partnership with the school and Bett herself where students will get a full pledge of scholarship in acting as well as partial funding of $250,000 for other students.
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Talking about her earnings, she is surely making a good income from her successful career in the acting field. Therefore, she has an estimated net worth of above $2 million. Apart from acting, she might have been involved in other business endeavors like modeling and selling merchandise. She is also an avid philanthropist too.
She has a verified Instagram account @emilybett with 2.2 million followers. On Facebook, she has a verified account @emilybettrickards with 570k followers. Apart from this, she has several fan accounts on different social media networking platforms.
The veteran actress has a slim and well-toned body that has measurements of 33 inches chest size and 25 inches waist size respectively. Her body stands at a height of 5 feet 5 inches or 1.65 meters and weighs around 53kg. She has blonde hair color with blue eyes color.
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