Biography
Emily Duke is a writer, comedian, fat activist and born and raised, holier-than-thou New Yorker. In 2022, she was a writer for an original comedy pilot presented by Sony to Peacock, and consulted with the development team at Embassy Row on comedy projects for Disney+, Amazon, and NBCU.
As of 2023, Emily is an MFA candidate at USC School of Cinematic Arts in the John Wells Division of Writing for Screen & Television where her original short Tootsie was a 546 Finalist. In 2022, she was selected as a participant for the Orchard Project Episodic Lab, and wrote for a VR Variety Show pilot for Double Eye Productions. Her original pilot Middle Gentry is #1 on Coverfly's Red List having been rated in the top 25 of Launchpad's Pilot Competition and selected as a Quarterfinalist in both the Stage 32 TV Comedy Screenwriting Contest and the ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition. Her comedy feature Friends and Lovers was a Quarterfinalist in the Stage 32 Romantic Comedy Screenwriting Contest. She is an official script reader for the Austin Film Festival in both TV and Feature categories, and her satirical writing has been published by Points in Case, Slackjaw and others. She also co-created, co-writes and costars in the WebFest selection Garbage People with Season Two premiering on Bust, as well as Cooking with Messy Bitches produced by Rizzle Studios.
Emily's personal essay regarding obesity and vaccine eligibility was one of the "most read" in Slate, she has appeared on Red Table Talk with Jada Pinkett Smith, and been featured in The NYTimes, NewNowNext and Bust Magazine. She also writes and hosts the podcast Melodramatic Teen Universe with Embassy Row (Sony). She has also been a featured guest on podcasts produced by ForeverDog, WhoHaha, MaximumFun and others. She is also a nationally touring stand-up comic, seen at Comedy Cellar, NY Comedy Club, The Stand, Caroline's, Gotham Comedy Club, The Comedy Store, Ice House, Flappers and UCB.
Emily loves carbohydrates and feels cosmically connected to Bette Midler. She is passionate about queer representation and fat acceptance.
