Emelia Hartford

Emelia Hartford is a versatile and multi-talented SAG-AFTRA Actress, and Alumna of iO West Improv. She can currently be seen in theaters in Sony's biographical sports drama Gran Turismo (2023) as 'Leah Vega' opposite Orlando Bloom, David Harbour and Archie Madekwe. From director Neill Blomkamp, the film tells the true story of a teenage Gran Turismo video game player who becomes a professional race car driver. The film opened #1 at the Box Office on August 25, 2023. Her other recent credits include HBO Max's A Hollywood Christmas (2022) and the Netflix romantic comedy That's Amor (2022). She was also seen in the Netflix holiday romantic comedy A California Christmas: City Lights (2021), From Mexico with Love (2009) and Nightfall (2009). Hartford's on-screen hosting appearances include Discovery's "Young Guns" special episode of SEMA: Battle of the Builders (2019), Netflix's Fastest Car (2018), and Chevrolet's highly anticipated Next Generation Corvette Z06 National commercial and documentary 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06: Putting the World on Notice (2021), alongside NBA star Devin Booker. It was also recently announced that she will be a featured host of Super Turbo Story Time (2023) alongside actor/comedian Rob Corddry, an all-new adult animated series telling larger than life, untold and (mostly) true stories from the automotive world, from MotorTrend Group, a Warner Bros. Discovery company. Hartford co-hosts a weekly podcast "Car Stories" with actor Sung Kang ("Fast & Furious" franchise). The podcast takes listeners into the wild and eccentric world of car people, the gear heads and fanatics who live and breathe car culture and uncover what this obsession tells us about ourselves. Hartford's versatility also includes her accolades as a leading personality in the automotive industry as a record-breaking performance car builder, driver, and content creator. Out of her own small garage, she has built a world record breaking new-generation Corvette with one of the highest horsepower engines in the world, beating out major automotive companies to have one of the world's fastest C8 Corvettes. In the last 4 years she has amassed well over 4M followers across her platforms, all while challenging societal norms as a leading woman in the very man-dominated automotive industry. As a content creator and digital force, Emelia independently hosts her own YouTube Channel, where she builds and races a broad genre of cars generating well over 250M+ views. Emelia grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, and resides in Los Angeles.