Elvire Emanuelle

Elvire Emanuelle (ehl-veer) is best known for her breakout lead performance in the critically acclaimed, award-winning feature film First Match (Netflix), opposite Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jharrel Jerome, and Colman Domingo. Written and directed by Olivia Newman (Where the Crawdads Sing) and produced by Bryan Unkeless (I, Tonya), Chanelle Elaine (Collective Unconscious), and Veronica Nickel (Moonlight), the film earned the SXSW "Audience Choice" and "Luna Gamechanger" Awards and was nominated for the "Grand Jury Award." Emanuelle's performance as "Mo" has been widely celebrated by critics. Deadline hailed it as "a star-is-born performance," noting that "this movie belongs to Emanuelle, who is clearly a star in the making." The New York Times described her portrayal as "spectacular," while IndieWire called her work "raw and beautifully well-realized," and Roger Ebert commended her "excellent performance that evokes deep empathy."

In 2024, Emanuelle appeared in Kemba, directed by SXSW and Student Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kelley Kali. The film was featured in a Sundance 2024 panel on impactful filmmaking. Based on the true story of activist Kemba Smith, the film ranked #1 on BET+ for weeks following its release and went on to receive an NAACP Image Award nomination. Trained in New York under legendary acting teacher Wynn Handman, her stage work includes an award-winning performance in Danai Gurira's Eclipsed at the Women's Theatre Project, for which she received the "New Times Best Supporting Actress" Award.

Born to Haitian immigrants, Emanuelle continues to distinguish herself as a dynamic and emotionally fearless storyteller.