Emily Allyn Barth

Emily Allyn Barth was born and raised in Columbia, Maryland, a planned community located between Baltimore and Washington. She began acting professionally before she turned 5, working in regional theatre, industrials, local commercials, and film. Her career blossomed from there as people saw and requested her for other projects. As an actor, she has performed all over the world, including at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, in the American production of "Ghetto" directed by Israeli playwright Joshua Sobol, and for President and Mrs. Clinton at The White House. She can be seen on "One Life to Live" on ABC as "Mary" the diner waitress. She graduated from Wesleyan University's acclaimed Film Studies program with a BA in 2001, completing the program in only 3 years. Emily, along with writer Ashley Minihan, produced the first New York reading of the new play,"Ophelia" in fall 2005. She began producing at Wesleyan, where she co-produced the award winning short narrative, "Getaway." She is currently co-producing "Bridge Ladies", a documentary, in association with Gloaming Pictures. Her work also includes producing two commercials with Ad Hoc Productions and Gloaming Pictures, as well as a full production of her own play, "Cabin 8" in Baltimore, Maryland. She currently lives in New York, with husband Jim Isler, who is a film and television editor and documentary filmmaker. She is proud to announce that her father, Andy Barth, is running for United States Congress to represent Maryland's 3rd District.