Anecdotes

Ben Affleck recommended her to David Fincher for her role in Gone Girl (2014).

Her father is a painter and art teacher. Her mother is a writer and a professor of English, and teaches at the San Diego Jewish Academy.

Even though she was born in London (and lived there until she was 6), she is not a British citizen.

Went to San Dieguito Academy in Encinitas, California.

Ranked #62 on Maxim's "Hot 100" of 2014 list.

Her grandfather Ely was a piano prodigy who graduated from the Julliard School at only 15.

Emily's paternal grandfather, Joseph T. Ratajkowski, was born in Illinois, to Polish parents, Joseph D. Ratajkowski and Clementine Tanski. Emily's paternal grandmother, Mary Lee Hays, was from West Virginia, and had Irish, German, and English ancestry. Emily's maternal grandfather, Ely D. Balgley, was a Polish Jewish immigrant, and Emily's maternal grandmother, Margaret Josephine O'Hara, was of Irish and German descent.

Model and actress.

Has one child: son Sylvester Apollo Bear (b. March 8th, 2021) with her now ex-husband Sebastian Bear-McClard.

Endorsed Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential election of the United States, she has said if she hypothetically ran for president her platform would also be redistributing wealth in America.

In October 2020, she announced, via a Vogue digital cover, that she is pregnant with her first child with then-husband Sebastian Bear-McClard.

Pronounces her name as "Rat-ah-kof-skah.".

When asked, she describes her ethnicity as "Polish-Israeli".

Ex-daughter-in-law of filmmaker Liza Bear.