Emily Skeggs is an American stage and screen actress best known for her Tony-nominated performance as Medium Alison in the 2015 Broadway production of Fun Home.
Skeggs was born and raised in New York City where she fell in love with theatre at a very young age after attending a Broadway production of Guys and Dolls. She studied drama at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School (the Fame school) and pursued her interests further at Emerson College, graduating with a degree in acting and a minor in writin