Born in Russia, Natalia Emily Smith was raised in England, where she grew up at Stagecoach Theatre Arts, Oxford. Here she performed in a variety of musicals, such as: Sweeney Todd, Les Miserables, Billy Elliott and Hairspray. In 2013 she won a scholarship to The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, one of Los Angeles' premier performance colleges, where she studied for her BFA in Dance Theater. Graduating as an Honor Roll student in 2016, she continued per performing career with film and dance roles in LA, alongside teaching roles for various dance schools in LA and England. 

Emily was delighted to go to Malta in 2017 to work with Stagecoach, as it allowed her to continue her teaching as well as become absorbed into the theatre world there. Emily hopes to continue teaching and performing wherever her career takes her and has a 'not very secret' ambition to enter the stunt performer world in California.