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Greenwell in 2016, photo by Joe Seer /www.bigstockphoto.com/
Place of Birth: Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 14, 1989
Ethnicity: * father – English, Anglo-Irish/Irish * mother – French-likely Ashkenazi Jewish
Emma Greenwell is an American-British actress. Her roles include the films Holy Ghost People , Pride and Prejudice and Zombies , Love & Friendship (2016), and Rattlesnake (2019); and the series True Blood , Shameless , The Path , and The Rook .
Emma was born in Connecticut, to a British father and a French mother. She was raised in London, England. She is married, and has one child.
Emma’s paternal grandfather was Basil Evelyn Greenwell (the son of Major Aynsley Eyre Greenwell and Beatrice Lilian Sanderson). Basil was born in Guildford, Surrey, England. Aynsley was the son of Sir Walpole Lloyd Greenwell, 1st Bt. and Kathleen Eugenie Tizard. Beatrice was the daughter of The Rev. Edward Sanderson, who was Rector at Uckfield, Sussex, England.
Emma’s paternal grandmother was Sarah Carson (the daughter of Commander Hon. Walter Seymour Carson and Violet Taswell Richardson). Sarah was born in Gosport, Hampshire, England. Walter was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Edward Henry Carson, Baron Carson, whose father was architect Edward Henry Carson; and of Sarah Annette Forster Kirwan. Violet was the daughter of Mabel Rose Male.
Emma’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Posner.
Sources: http://www.interviewmagazine.com
Genealogies of Emma Greenwell (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com https://www.thepeerage.com
Obituary of Emma’s paternal grandmother, Sarah (Carson) Greenwell – https://peeragenews.blogspot.com
Genealogies of Emma’s paternal great-grandparents, Commander Hon. Walter Seymour Carson and Violet Taswell (Richardson) Carson – https://www.findagrave.com