Emmanuelle Mattana (she/they) is an actor and writer best known for leading three seasons of the International Emmy Kids® nominated tween series Mustangs FC (ABCMe). Other credits include Videoland, Surviving Summer, Clickbait (Netflix), The Messenger (ABC) and Ms Fisher’s MODern Murder Mysteries (Acorn TV). Her debut play, Trophy Boys, toured nationally in 2024 after two sold-out, critically acclaimed Melbourne seasons and was included in the VCE Curriculum. As a filmmaker, her work has been commissioned by the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, RSPCA and Victoria Together and recognised at festivals internationally, including queer kids-comedy short The Odyssey, which was awarded Best Youth Film at the St Kilda Film Festival. She is a member of Sydney Theatre Company’s Watershed: Writers group, Malthouse Theatre’s Emerging Writers Group and was awarded the Equity Foundation Scholarship to study at the Atlantic Acting School in New York.