Born in Sydney to a French father and an Australian mother, Emilie attended bi-lingual schools in France, Los Angeles and Houston before settling in Sydney in 2001. She studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) and the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique de Paris (CNSAD) under renowned teachers Daniel Mesguish, Jean Damien-Barbin and Chris Edmund. In 2015, Emilie won runner up for the 'Heath Ledger Scholarship' with judges including Rose Byrne, Ben Mendelsohn, Vince Vaughn and Laray Mayfield.