OutlanderBTS: Where Are They Now, 2

Emma Campbell-Jones: (Mary McNab in Season 3)

Last Seen in Outlander: Episode 302, Surrender 

What’s she up to now? (from April)
 
“I’ve just wrapped on a small role in a tv series called The Power this week, but apart from a short film called Three Sisters, shot over Zoom in lockdown, that’s the first job I’ve had since [2019], when I spent most of August in Budapest working on a movie directed by Neil Marshall called The Reckoning, then two episodes of a tv series called Treadstone – a spin off of The Bourne Identity movies. Beautiful city to get to spend so much time in!”

Unfortunately, the last year included a significant loss for Emma…

“I was a carer for my elderly father, who had Alzheimer’s, so it became increasingly difficult to work. I lost him two weeks into the first lockdown last year, which was a shock, because apart from his Alzheimer’s and being 90, he was otherwise healthy – he was dancing at the birthday party I threw for him only two months earlier (pictured above). I really thought I’d have at least another year or two with him, but I guess he just decided it was time. (It wasn’t Covid).

So yeah, waves of grief, lockdowns, loneliness, not as many hugs or getting to see my family or friends as much as I would have liked, struggling for work, as all the jobs actors tend to do when they’re not acting were also seriously impacted by the lockdowns…it’s been hard at times, but I’m not alone in that.

Some positives have sprung from it – an even greater sense of connection to nature and how much joy I feel from that – lots of wild swimming and walks, as well as a newly discovered love of balcony gardening, a deeper commitment to self care and mindfulness and, as someone who’s not especially tech-savvy, I’m pleased to say I figured it out for myself and made some tech investments in kit needed to do self tapes at home and voice over work – which I use for my bi-weekly hosting work for Green Note – a lovely little live music venue in Camden that kept me happy, connected and able to support myself and Dad when my caring obligations intensified… it’s also been my lifesaver throughout this pandemic too. The next best thing to being at a live gig I reckon!” 

Will we see Emma again in Outlander?
 
Interestingly, ABOSAA does involve a conversation, (right after Malva drops her accusation), in which Jamie tells Claire about Mary McNab. We could get a flashback, I suppose? I do hope we get that conversation – it’s a lovely intimate moment.