Emily Hampshire

Canada 🎬 Actresses

Emily Hampshire played Stevie Budd in Schitt's Creek and became everyone's favourite deadpan motel manager in a show that somehow turned into one of the most beloved comedies of its decade. The Montreal-born actress brought a wry, understated quality to Stevie that made her the perfect foil for Dan and Eugene Levy's shinier characters — the person at the centre of the absurdity who couldn't quite believe any of it either. Her chemistry with Daniel Levy, in particular, was one of the show's great pleasures: two people figuring out how to be real friends through increasingly bizarre circumstances. Hampshire has built her career across Canadian film and television, with a range of credits that demonstrate dramatic capability as well as the comedic timing Schitt's Creek made obvious. With 35 images in her library and a place in one of television's most rewatchable ensemble casts, Emily Hampshire is exactly as good as the show she's best known for.