EMMA Laird is known for her role as Iris in the Paramount+ series Mayor of Kingstown.
The 24-year-old actress was trolled by Taylor Swift fans in April 2023 after she posted a picture with the superstar’s ex.
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Who is actress Emma Laird?
Emma Laird was born on September 8, 1998, in Scotland.
In 2021, the rising actress was listed as one of the ’10 Brits to Watch’ by Variety.
Her television debut and breakout role came through Hugh Dillon and Taylor Sheridan’s, Mayor of Kingstown, opposite Jeremy Renner and Dianne Wiest.
In the Paramount+ show, she plays the main character, Iris – “a dancer who uses her charms to her benefit, until those charms are used against her,” according to Yahoo.
Laird has also been featured in short films including 2018’s, From Life, and 2019’s, In Conversation With a Goddess.
How did Laird get her start in acting?
Before becoming an actress, Laird entered the entertainment business as a model.
“I was modelling in New York and my agents just kept telling me to lose weight. I put my foot down and said no. I stopped modeling for a couple months to go and take acting classes at this school in New York,” she told Schön Magazine in 2022.
After almost eight years in modeling, Laird decided that acting was her newest passion.
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“I’d worked for four years, I spent so much money, and I had sold my house to pay for acting classes. I worked so hard to become an actor that I was so quick to want to get rid of modelling,” she told the outlet.
“But you know, I owe a lot to it; I funded my acting career with it. In terms of going to auditions and stuff, you go into an audition as an actor. Once I came into my own and I knew what I was doing, I felt like a different person in a way.
“I felt like modelling wasn’t part of me anymore. Any audition you go into as an actor, you have to prove yourself in front of the camera.”
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Why is Emma Laird trending?
On April 18, 2023, Laird started trending after she posted a series of nine pictures on Instagram that happened to include a photo of Joe Alwyn on a Lime scooter.
The pictures were captioned, “Moments in March❤️🎥,” and were taken during her time filming the upcoming movie, The Brutalist, which features Swift’s recent ex-boyfriend.
Swifties were quick to troll the actress with comments and accusations.
“There’s no way she didn’t know what she was doing,” one user wrote.
Another commented: “We know you’ve been liking posts about taylor and joe’s breakup.”
Some Swifties, however, tried to defend Laird, with one writing: ““Y’all need to turn this energy into crafts and make some friendship bracelets.
“The Swiftie fandom is not built on hate and bullying. Leave this poor girl alone.”
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