Miriam Katharine MacDonald (born July 26, 1987 in Oakville, Ontario) is a Canadian actress, best known as Emma Nelson on the hit television series Degrassi: The Next Generation.

Miriam MacDonald was born in the Canadian town of Oakville, Ontario. In addition to acting, she is also an accomplished dancer who practices ballet, hip hop, tap and jazz dancing. She was awarded a dancing scholarship at the prestigious Canadian Children's Dance Theatre located in Toronto.

She has taken acting classes with renowned television actor Dean Armstrong.

Despite her abilities as a dancer, McDonald focused on acting, landing a short-time period job in the hit series, System Crash, in 1999. McDonald found a niche as a voice-over actress, after she was cast in 2001 to participate in a cartoon series named Ripping Friends. She has done a total of 39 voice-over jobs.

In 2001, she was cast as Emma Nelson, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation, Read more...