Emilie Ullerup

Ullerup was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her father, Ove Ullerup, served as the Danish ambassador to Vietnam when she was a teenager, and as ambassador to Sweden after she had started her acting career.^[2][3] After graduating from high school in Copenhagen in 2003, she moved to Vancouver, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, and attended the Vancouver Film School, graduating in 2005.^[4]

Ullerup's first role was that of Julia Brynn on the remake television series of Battlestar Galactica in 2006, which aired on the Sci Fi Channel.^[5] She played Ashley Magnus in the first and second seasons of the television show Sanctuary until her character was written out. Her departure remained a topic of heated debate among fans, with many of them wanting her brought back in future episodes,^[6] until the show was canceled in 2012.

In 2016, Ullerup was cast as Bree O'Brien in Chesapeake Shores.^[7][8] Ullerup played Maggie Thomas, the estranged wife of Michael Thomas, in the disaster movie Asteroid: Final Impact (2015).^[9] Since 2016 Ullerup has had a recurring role as Dale Travers in Hallmark's Signed, Sealed, Delivered movies series.^[10] She played Katie Ryan in Love and Glamping in 2020.

In 2024, Ullerup starred in the Lifetime film Mormon Mom Gone Wrong: The Ruby Franke Story as part of its "Ripped from the Headlines" feature films where she portrayed Ruby Franke.^[11] She also appeared in the Hallmark Channel’s Retreat to You in the same year.^[12]

Ullerup speaks Danish, English and Vietnamese – which she learned while her father was the Danish ambassador to Vietnam. Her father later held the title of Lord Chamberlain for the Danish royal family.^[13]

In 2008, she was found to have a benign but aggressive tumor wrapped around her spinal nerves. She underwent surgery to remove the tumor in 2009,^[14] at which time her coccyx and half of the sacrum of her pelvis were removed.^[6] After about five months, she recovered enough to return to work.^[15]

On 14 August 2018, she married her longtime boyfriend photographer Kyle Cassie.^[16] In 2020, they had a son, and in 2022, they had a daughter.^[17]

• 2008 Leo Award – Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Drama Series for her role as Kaitlin Joyce on JPod^[20]

• 2012 Leo Award - Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series (Arctic Air)^[21]
• 2013 Leo Award - Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series (Arctic Air)^[22]
• 2013 Leo Award - Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture (Death Do Us Part)^[22]
• 2013 UBCP/ACTRA Awards - Best Actress (Arctic Air)^[23]