Emma Watkins

Emma Watkins
Emma Watkins
	Watkins in 2018
Background information
Birth name	Emma Olivia Watkins
Also known as	Emma Wiggle; Emma Memma;
Born	21 September 1989 (age 34); Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres	Children's
Occupation(s)	Singer; actress; dancer; children's entertainer;
Instruments	Vocals; drums; guitar;
Years active	2010–present
Labels	ABC Kids / ABC Music
Formerly of	The Wiggles
Spinoffs	Emma!
Spouse(s)	Lachlan Gillespie (m. 2016; div. 2018); Oliver Brian (m. 2022);
Website	www.emmawatkins.com

Emma Olivia Watkins (born 21 September 1989)^[2] is an Australian children's entertainer, singer, actress, and dancer, best known as a former member of the children's group the Wiggles from 2013 to 2021. She replaced Greg Page after the group's lineup changes and was the first female member of the group. Due to her popularity as a Wiggle, she received her own spinoff children's show called Emma!, which featured her in her yellow Wiggles outfit as a solo performer. She debuted her own children's entertainment character, Emma Memma, in 2022, releasing her first solo children's music album in September 2022. In early 2023, she released a book titled Hello, Emma Memma. An accompanying television series titled Emma Memma: Sing. Dance. Sign. is in development.

^ "Meet the next generation Wiggles". wiggletime.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
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Birth date references:
- Twitter acknowledgement confirming 21 September: Emma Watkins [@Emma_Wiggle] (22 September 2013). "Onstage in Chicago on my birthday! #wiggleschicago @TheWiggles @Anthony_Wiggle @Lachy_Wiggle @Simon_Wiggle" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 September 2015 – via Twitter.
- Chicago Rosemont theatre concert date: "The Wiggles – 21 Sep 2013". Chicago-Theater.com. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- Birth year: 1989 based on Daily Telegraph article.Domjen, Briana (4 May 2015). "We're engaged! Purple Wiggle Lachy Gillespie pops the question to yellow Wiggle Emma Watkins". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 April 2016. Lachlan "Lachy" Gillespie, 29, and Emma Watkins, 25, have taken their wiggly romance one step further, with Gillespie popping the question over the weekend.

[meet-1] "Meet the next generation Wiggles". wiggletime.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2015.

[2] Birth date references:
Twitter acknowledgement confirming 21 September: Emma Watkins [@Emma_Wiggle] (22 September 2013). "Onstage in Chicago on my birthday! #wiggleschicago @TheWiggles @Anthony_Wiggle @Lachy_Wiggle @Simon_Wiggle" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 September 2015 – via Twitter.

Chicago Rosemont theatre concert date: "The Wiggles – 21 Sep 2013". Chicago-Theater.com. Retrieved 2 September 2015.

Birth year: 1989 based on Daily Telegraph article.Domjen, Briana (4 May 2015). "We're engaged! Purple Wiggle Lachy Gillespie pops the question to yellow Wiggle Emma Watkins". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 April 2016. Lachlan "Lachy" Gillespie, 29, and Emma Watkins, 25, have taken their wiggly romance one step further, with Gillespie popping the question over the weekend.

[3] Twitter acknowledgement confirming 21 September: Emma Watkins [@Emma_Wiggle] (22 September 2013). "Onstage in Chicago on my birthday! #wiggleschicago @TheWiggles @Anthony_Wiggle @Lachy_Wiggle @Simon_Wiggle" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 September 2015 – via Twitter.

[4] Chicago Rosemont theatre concert date: "The Wiggles – 21 Sep 2013". Chicago-Theater.com. Retrieved 2 September 2015.

[5] Birth year: 1989 based on Daily Telegraph article.Domjen, Briana (4 May 2015). "We're engaged! Purple Wiggle Lachy Gillespie pops the question to yellow Wiggle Emma Watkins". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 April 2016. Lachlan "Lachy" Gillespie, 29, and Emma Watkins, 25, have taken their wiggly romance one step further, with Gillespie popping the question over the weekend.

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