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| Born | Emma Olivia Watkins 21 September 1989 |
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| Occupation(s) | Children's entertainer, dancer, television presenter |
| Years active | 2010–present |
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Emma Olivia Watkins (born 21 September 1989)[2] is an Australian children's entertainer, dancer and television presenter. She is best known as the first female member of the children's group the Wiggles, which she was a member of from 2013 to 2021. Due to her popularity in the group, she starred in her own spinoff series as a solo Wiggles performer, titled Emma!. After departing the group, she debuted her own children's entertainment character, Emma Memma, in 2022. She released her first solo children's music album in September 2022, which received an ARIA Award for Best Children's Album in 2023.
Watkins has also appeared in reality television series including The Masked Singer, The Amazing Race Australia and a Christmas special of Lego Masters Australia. She narrated the children's series Reef School, and hosted Teenage Boss: Next Level in 2024.
- ^ "Meet the next generation Wiggles". wiggletime.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ Birth date references:
- Twitter acknowledgement confirming 21 September: Emma Watkins [@Emma_Wiggle] (22 September 2013). "Onstage in Chicago on my birthday! #wiggleschicago @TheWiggles @Anthony_Wiggle @Lachy_Wiggle @Simon_Wiggle" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 September 2015 – via Twitter.
- Chicago Rosemont theatre concert date: "The Wiggles – 21 Sep 2013". Chicago-Theater.com. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- Birth year: 1989 based on a Daily Telegraph article. Domjen, Briana (4 May 2015). "We're engaged! Purple Wiggle Lachy Gillespie pops the question to yellow Wiggle Emma Watkins". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
Lachlan "Lachy" Gillespie, 29, and Emma Watkins, 25, have taken their wiggly romance one step further, with Gillespie popping the question over the weekend.