Trivia

Before she became an actress, she was a weather reporter for a local TV station. She was promoted to crime reporter, but left soon afterwards because the work was "too gory.".

Does regular volunteer work at All Saints' Episcopal Church soup kitchen in Beverly Hills, California.

Although she played a character with a very serious personality on CSI: Miami (2002), Procter has said she is a "silly, goofy" person in real life.

She studied journalism and dance at East Carolina University (ECU), where she was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. Upon graduation she worked as the weather girl at the Greenville CBS affiliate. She then moved to Los Angeles, where her father paid for two years of acting lessons.

Fronts her own '0s cover band, "White Lighten.".

She and her boyfriend, musician Paul Bryan, welcomed baby girl Philippa "Pippa" Frances, born December 8, 2010. Pippa weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz., was 19.5 inches long, and was delivered via C-section due to being breech.

Was adopted as an infant. Her older brother Whit was also adopted, three years before Emily. Their father, William, was a general practitioner. Her mother, Barbara, was a volunteer and homemaker. Their parents divorced when Emily was three years old.

Is a model for Charriol.

Was chosen for a Distinguished Alumni Award by her high school, Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, NC, in 2006. Others who have attended this school were Michael C. Hall, William Joyner and Hughes Winborne.

She collects bugs as a hobby.