Cast & creator
Miriam McDonald
Best known for Degrassi, Lost Girl, Orphan Black
Miriam Katherine McDonald is a Canadian actress best known for playing the lead role Emma Nelson on the Canadian television series Degrassi: The Next Generation.
Also known as: Miriam Katherine McDonald, Miriam MacDonald, Miriam Mcdonald
Movies
15
film credits
Series
10
television credits
Career
25
1999–2025 · acting roles
Credit score
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (25)
Showing 25 of 25 credits
Series
★ 7.6
Degrassi
Emma Nelson
2001
Series
★ 7.7
Lost Girl
Anita
2010
Series
★ 7.8
Orphan Black
Madison
2013
Series
★ 6.9
Degrassi: Next Class
Emma Nelson
2016
Series
★ 6.1
Blue Murder
2001
Series
★ 9.2
Degrassi: Minis
Emma Nelson
2006
Series
★ 4.3
Naturally, Sadie
2005
Series
★ 8.0
System Crash
1999
Series
★ 7.1
The Ripping Friends
Additional voices
2001
Movie
★ 5.9
Wolves
Haley
2014
Movie
★ 4.5
Poison Ivy: The Secret Society
Daisy
2008
Movie
★ 6.5
A Veteran's Christmas
Marnie Radcliffe
2018
Movie
★ 5.8
She's Too Young
Dawn Gensler
2004
Movie
★ 4.4
Sea Beast
Carly McKenna
2008D
Series
Degrassi Unscripted
2004
Movie
★ 5.1
Letters to Satan Claus
Mayor Danica Bells
2020
Movie
★ 5.4
The Poet
Willa
2007D
Movie
★ 5.5
Degrassi Spring Break Movie
Emma Nelson
2008I
Movie
★ 9.0
It Goes There: Degrassi's Most Talked About Moments
Herself
2015
Movie
★ 7.8
Degrassi Goes Hollywood
Emma Nelson
2009
Movie
★ 5.2
Devil's Diary
Heather
2007
Movie
Degrassi of the Dead
Emma Nelson
2007
Movie
Degrassi: Whatever It Takes
Self
2025
Movie
The Love Prank
Sabrina
2021
Movie
★ 5.5
Degrassi Takes Manhattan
Emma Nelson
2010