Pepita Emmerichs

Pepita Emmerichs is an Australian musician and actress. She co-founded the music group Oh Pep! with Olivia Hally, and appeared in the 2009 film Where the Wild Things Are.

Pepita Emmerichs
Pepita Emmerichs (left) performs with Olivia Hally as Oh Pep! at the 2015 CMJ Music Marathon in New York
Background information
BornMelbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Genresfolk, pop, country, bluegrass
Occupation(s)Musician, actress
Instrument(s)violin, mandolin
Years active2005–present

Life and career

Pepita "Pepi" Emmerichs was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia. She attended the Victorian College of Arts Secondary School, where she began collaborating with fellow student Olivia Hally in 2009.[1][2] Emmerichs and Hally later co-founded the band Oh Pep!, whose musical style Emmerichs has characterised as "folk/pop/country with bluegrass instrumentation".[2]

Emmerichs also appeared in Spike Jonze's 2009 film Where the Wild Things Are, in which she played Claire, the protagonist's older sister.[3][4][5]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Blue Heelers Ally Shaw Episode: Everything a girl could want
2009 Where the Wild Things Are Claire Film
2010 Stony Point[6] Amelia Short film

References
  1. Christine Campbell, "Interview: Oh Pep!" Lip Magazine (3 December 2012). Retrieved 10 April 2015
  2. "Q&A, with PEPI" The Melting Pot. Retrieved 10 April 2015
  3. Where the Wild Things Are review Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com, 14 October 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2015
  4. Where the Wild Things Are review Philippa Hawker, The Age, 3 December 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2015
  5. "Some of His Best Friends Are Beasts" Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 15 October 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2015
  6. "Stony Point (2010)" Screen Australia entry. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
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