A graduate from the University College London with aBachelor of Arts (Hons) in English Literature, she also picked up apostgraduate performance diploma in Musical Theatre from MountviewAcademy of Theatre Arts in London.

Emma has appeared in numerous musicals (Fiddler On The Roof,Beauty World Guys & Dolls, Kara you Ok, Ah Kong’s Birthday party, Honk!,Forbidden City (2002) where she was the alternate Empress), plays (the MorningPeople, Mammon Inc, Plunge, Boeing, Boeing, Magic Fungoshi…) and vocalperformances (soloist with the SSO) both locally and overseas. In July 2006,she was Sally in Toy Factory’ version of Cabaret, and had the leading role ofMan of Letters, a local adaptation of Cyano de Bergerac’s story. She is one ofthe successfull Dim Sum Dollies. She also won Best Actress in Action TheatreAudience Awards 1999, was nominated for Best Ensemble and Best Actress in 2001and 2002 Life! Theatre Awards. She was one of the singers who made the successof No Regrets, a Tribute to Edith Piaf.

Sangeetha Madhavan-Business Times-about Emma Yong’sperformance in No Regrets, a Tribute to Edith Piaf : “The most versatile singerof the evening charted both highs and lows of the repertoire and made the pain,madness and desperation of Piaf’s life seem believable, in the end staying trueto the spirit of the songs.”