American actress, writer and producer

Emily Axford

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In 6 languages

Key facts

date of birthJuly 26, 1984

educated atGeorge Washington University

occupationactor, television actor, podcaster

place of birthAlbany

spouseBrian K. Murphy

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Education: George Washington University (BA)
Occupations: Actress, writer, composer, producer
Known for: Adam Ruins EverythingHot DateNot Another D&D PodcastDimension 20Critical Role
Spouse: Brian K. Murphy (m. 2014)

Emily Axford is an American actress, writer, composer, 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 original Hot Date.

Early life and education

Axford grew up in the suburbs of Albany, New York. She attended Bethlehem Central High School, just south of Albany. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in religion from George Washington University in 2007. 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.

Career

From 2011 to 2017, Axford was a writer and actress for digital comedy company CollegeHumor. In 2017, Axford transitioned to working as an executive producer and actress on the Pop show Hot Date, which had begun as a web series for CollegeHumor, alongside her husband Brian Murphy. From 2015 to 2019, Axford co-starred in both the College Humor and TruTV iterations of Adam Ruins Everything.

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. She and Murphy have, in conjunction with Caldwell Tanner, hosted 8-Bit Book Club (2016–2018), a podcast in which they read and discussed video game novels.

Axford participates in a variety of actual play web series where she plays tabletop role-playing games. She is a player and occasional gamemaster in the HeadGum podcast Not Another D&D Podcast with Murphy, Tanner, and Jake Hurwitz. Axford is a primary cast member of Dimension 20, an actual play anthology web series created in 2018 by CollegeHumor for the streaming service Dropout, and Dimension 20's talk-back show Adventuring Party. She has starred as a variety of characters between the two shows' several campaigns, most of which utilize Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. In 2023, Axford appeared as a guest player in the third campaign of Critical Role.

Personal life

Axford is married to Brian K. Murphy, whom she met while working together at CollegeHumor in the early 2010s. The couple has collaborated on several different projects, including satirizations of their own relationship. They currently reside in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Nice Brothers	Emily	2 episodes
2013	BearShark	Beverly	Episode: "Love"
2013	Inside Amy Schumer	Liz	Episode: "Sex Tips"
2014	Love's a Bitch	Tatiana	Episode: "The Truce"
2015–2019	Adam Ruins Everything	Emily, various roles	27 episodes
2017–2019	Hot Date	Emily	20 episodes
2019	Tuca & Bertie	Realtor	2 episodes
2021	Generation	Dominique	Episode: "The High Priestess"

Web


Year	Title		Role	Notes
2009–2013	UCB Comedy Originals		Various roles	10 episodes
2011–2018	CollegeHumor Originals			172 episodes
2012–2015	Hardly Working			39 episodes
2012–2018	Dorkly Originals			55 episodes
2012	Jake and Amir		Emily	6 episodes
2013	Very Mary-Kate		Writer	Episode: "Instagram"
2016	Bad Internet		Naomi	Episode: "The Year-Long Ad Experience"
2018–present	Not Another D&D Podcast	The Moonstone Saga	Moonshine Cybin	Main cast and primary composer
		The Mavrus Chronicles	Gamemaster
		Trinyvale	Onyx Lumiere
		Campaign 2	Fia Boginya Tarragon Snakeroot Brimstone Billie
		Campaign 3	Calliope Petrichor
		Twilight Sanctorum	Gamemaster
2018–present	Dimension 20	Fantasy High	Fig Faeth	Main cast
		The Unsleeping City	Sofia Bicicleta	Main cast
		Fantasy High: Sophomore Year	Fig Faeth	Main cast
		A Crown of Candy	Princess Jet Rocks Queen Saccharina of House Frostwhip	Main role
		The Unsleeping City: Chapter II	Sofia Bicicleta	Main cast
		A Starstruck Odyssey	Sundry Sidney	Main role
		A Court of Fey and Flowers	Lady Chirp Featherfowl	Main role
		Neverafter	Ylfa Snorgelsson	Main role
		Fantasy High: Junior Year	Fig Faeth	Main role
		Cloudward, Ho!	Marya Junková	Main role
		City Council of Darkness	Vesper Childers	Main role
2023	Critical Role	Campaign three: Bell's Hells	Prism	Guest role; 6 episodes
2023	Critical Role	One-shots	Babson	Episode: "Lookout, Here We Come!"