Emma Watkins Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Husband, Parents, Sister, Wiggles and Net Worth
Watkins started dancing ballet when she was four. She watched The Wiggles perform Irish dancing and later studied other styles of dance, including Irish, jazz, hip hop, tap, and contemporary. She schooled at The McDonald College of Performing Arts. Later she won a full scholarship at the Sydney Film School and completed a certificate specializing in musical theatre at ED5 International in Sydney.
She later earned a master’s degree in Media Arts in Communication at the University of Technology, Sydney. She has been teaching children to dance since she was in high school. Watkins also performed in Bollywood films, played drums and percussion instruments. In 2012, she was learning Australian Sign Language and in 2009 she was crowned Miss Granny Smith Apples.
Watkins began performing with The Wiggles, in 2010, first as Fairy Larissa and then as Wags the Dog, Dorothy the Dinosaur and as a Wiggly Dancer. Using her film skills during tours with the group, she provided them with video and editing services. The Wiggles announced in May 2012, that Watkins would replace founding member Greg Page as the Yellow Wiggle and the first female Wiggle.
Lisa Tolin of the Associated Press described her as a strong role model for girls and reported that her fans came to concerts dressed like her and that they brought homemade bows, which had become part of her signature look. She starred in the children’s program on ABC Kids titled Emma!, consisting of episodes that are five minutes long, that premiered on 1 June 2015 because of her popularity.
