Emma Crow Willard
- Actress
Actress Emma Crow Willard was born Emma Nicole Crow-Willard in New
Haven, Connecticut to parents Dorothy Crow-Willard (a lawyer and
violinist) and Gary Crow-Willard (a computer programmer and opera
singer/actor). She grew up in Denver, CO playing tennis, figure
skating, and dancing ballet. At age nine she - at the insistence of her
parents - also took up a musical instrument: the piano. She graduated
from George Washington High School in 2006 where she became a part of
the drama program. She attended Bates College for a year before
transferring to Occidental College where she intended to become a math
or physics major while working at the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion
Laboratory. After one year at Occidental College, she changed her major
to a double major in Theater and Geology, and minored in Math. She
continued working at the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Lab until she
graduated Occidental in 2011. At this point she began her acting
career.