Emily Axford

Emily Axford is an American actress, writer, and producer. She is best known for her various roles in CollegeHumor videos, her role as Emily on the truTV comedy Adam Ruins Everything, and for her role on the Pop TV original Hot Date co-starring her husband Brian K. Murphy.[1]

Emily Joanne Axford
Axford in A Totally Unreasonable Will (2012)
Born
Emily Axford

(1984-07-26) July 26, 1984
Albany, New York
OccupationActress, writer, producer
Years active2009–present
Known forAdam Ruins Everything, Hot Date, Not Another D&D Podcast, Dimension 20
Spouse(s)Brian Murphy

Early life and education

Axford grew up in the suburbs of Albany, New York. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in religion from George Washington University in 2007.[2] At GWU, she was a part of the co-ed improv troupe called ReceSs. After college, Axford studied at the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York City and then Los Angeles, where she first ventured into internet sketch comedy.[3]

Personal life

Emily Axford is married to Brian K Murphy, who she met while working together at College Humor in the Early 2010s. Since then, the couple has collaborated on several different projects, often including the satirization of their own relationship. The couple currently resides in Los Angeles, California.[4]

Career

From 2011 to 2017, Axford was a writer and actress for digital comedy company CollegeHumor. In 2017, Axford and her husband Brian K. Murphy transitioned to working as executive producers and actors on the Pop TV original show Hot Date. The previous incarnation of the show was a web series for CollegeHumor.[5] The TV program's second season premiered in September 2019.[6] From 2015-2019, Emily co-starred in both the College Humor and TruTv iterations of Adam Ruins Evreything in an eponymous role as "Emily".[7]

Axford, in conjunction with Caldwell Tanner and her husband Brian Murphy, hosted 8-Bit Book Club, a podcast in which they read and discussed video game novels.[8] Emily Axford participates in a variety of Dungeons & Dragons Actual Play shows. She is now a player, and occasional game-master, in the HeadGum podcast Not Another D&D Podcast with Murphy, Tanner, and Jake Hurwitz.[9] Axford is also a main player character on Dimension 20, a series from CollegeHumor's streaming service Dropout. She has starred as a variety of characters across the series six fantasy and sci-fi campaigns using Dungeons and Dragons 5e. She is also a featured member of the shows post game podcast, Adventuring Party.[10]

Axford and Murphy co-wrote HEY, U UP? (For a Serious Relationship): How to Turn Your Booty Call into Your Emergency Contact, a satirical relationship advice book that was published in 2018.[11]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Nice Brothers Emily 2 episodes
2009–2013 UCB Comedy Originals Various 10 episodes
2011–2018 CollegeHumor Originals 172 episodes
2012 Jake and Amir Emily 6 episodes
2012–2015 Hardly Working Various roles 39 episodes
2012–2018 Dorkly Originals 55 episodes
2013 BearShark Beverly Episode: "Love"
2013 Very Mary-Kate Writer Episode: "Instagram"
2013 Inside Amy Schumer Liz Episode: "Sex Tips"
2014 Love's a Bitch Tatiana Episode: "The Truce"
2015–2019 Adam Ruins Everything Various Roles 27 episodes
2016 Bad Internet Naomi Episode: "The Year-Long Ad Experience"
2017–2019 Hot Date Em 20 episodes
2018–Present Dimension 20 Fig Faeth (Fantasy High), Sofia Lee (The Unsleeping City), Jet Rocks and Saccharina Rocks (A Crown of Candy), Sundry Sydney (A Starstruck Odyssey) 111 episodes
2019 Tuca & Bertie Realtor 2 episodes
2021 Generation Dominique Episode: "The High Priestess"

References
  1. "Emily Axford and Brian K. Murphy are the Married Masterminds Behind 'Hot Date'". Observer. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. "Take a Study Break with GWU's ReceSs This Weekend". dcist.com. Archived from the original on February 9, 2019. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  3. "Emily Axford". UCB. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  4. "Real-Life Couple Emily Axford and Brian Murphy Star in PopTV's "Hot Date"". Cheddar News. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  5. Bill Zwecker (7 August 2017). "Chicago 'clicked' for couple turning 'Hot Date' into a TV series". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  6. Erik Pedersen (27 August 2019). "'Hot Date': Season 2 Premiere Date For Pop TV's Sketch Comedy Series". Deadline. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  7. "Adam Ruins Evreything". IMDB. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  8. Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/8-bit-book-club/id1159499233. Retrieved 21 April 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. "Cast". Not Another D&D Podcast. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  10. "Dimension 20". IMDB. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  11. "An Excerpt from 'Hey, U Up? (For a Serious Relationship): How to Turn Your Booty Call into Your Emergency Contact,' by Emily Axford and Brian Murphy By Brian Boone". Vulture. Retrieved 21 April 2022.


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