Emma Canning is an Irish actress. Her television roles include a young Tula Harkonnen in Dune: Prophecy (2024).
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Early life
She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2019.
Career
Her first professional screen role was as Isabelle, a maid within a wealthy household, in the supernatural series The Irregulars. She also had an early role appearing as Young Antonia in the Roman-era historical drama television series Domina.
In 2022, she played Judy Sears in the Alice Childress play Trouble in Mind at the Royal National Theatre’s Dorfman Theatre. Her stage roles have also included a production of Tennessee Williams play The Night of the Iguana at the Noël Coward Theatre alongside Clive Owen and Anna Gunn.
In 2024, she played Helen in Apple TV+
war drama Masters of the Air, and Kathleen in Disney+ historical drama series Say Nothing set in Northern Ireland during The Troubles. She also has a role in action thriller television series Citadel: Honey Bunny. She played the younger version of Elsa Lombardi (played by Emily Mortimer) in Apple TV+ World War Two biographical fashion drama The New Look which centres on the fashion houses of Coco Chanel and Christian Dior.
In late 2024, she appeared as Young Tula in fantasy drama series adaptation Dune: Prophecy, playing the younger version of the character Tula Harkonnen, played by Olivia Williams. In 2025, she appeared in the film The History of Sound, which was nominated for the Palme d'Or prize at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2026, Canning appeared as a teenage Greta in How to Get to Heaven from Belfast.
