The actress won a 2003 Leo Award in the Best Supporting Performance category for her work as Sue Lewis in the television drama, Da Vinci's Inquest. She enjoyed painting sculptures in her free time and became the caretaker for her two young cousins after their parents were unable to care for them. She starred with Farrah Fawcett in the 1989 film Small Sacrifices.

She was a child actor who appeared in Small Sacrifices and went on to graduate from the University of British Columbia.

She has one older sister and one younger sister.

Movie actress Emily Perkins was born on Wednesday, birthstone is Emerald, the season was Spring in the Chinese year of Snake, it is 123 days until Emily Perkins's next birthday.