"But I do understand what it means to be on the outside looking in. I have a perspective that you will never understand, because no, I'm not sophisticated or French, and I don't know how to look like you. That slouchy, sexy, je ne sais quoi thing. But I am the customer that wants it. And you're not because… you already got it and you don’t even know how you did it." ― Emily to Sylvie in Masculin Féminin
Emily Jane Cooper is an ambitious marketing executive from Chicago in her 20s, who moved to Paris for her new job after her company, Gilbert Group, bought a French marketing company.[5][6] Bidding farewell to Chicago, Emily moves to Paris for a dream opportunity and makes waves with her bold fashion and bubbly personality. She navigates personal and professional growth, embraces life as an outsider and finds her way into a series of flings and friendships.[7]
Biography[]
Emily grew up in a small suburban town where her mother is a math teacher and her father is a dog breeder. She graduated from college with a dual master's degree in communications and marketing. After graduation, she was promptly hired at Gilbert Group where she works under Madeline Wheeler as a marketing representative. Her cases were primarily pharmaceutical and geriatric care facilities, though she exceeded marvelously at each of her professional endeavors. In her personal life, Emily began a serious relationship with Doug, a Chicago native.
Season 1[]
Emily's employer, Gilbert Group, acquired the French marketing firm Savoir, as part of an expansion of their international portfolio. Madeline was slated to spend a year at Savoir's Paris location to help ease the merging of the companies. However, when Madeline unexpectedly became pregnant, she sent Emily to Paris in her place. Emily's job at Savior is to advise them on social media strategy from an American perspective for their clients. She jets off to Paris for a year with dreams of what the city will be like. She has difficulty adjusting to the French way, from the way they count their floors to the language she hadn't bothered to learn. While she hopes her work life will be easier, Emily soon feels the cold shoulder from those at the company, including her new boss, Sylvie Grateau.
Emily's American point of view is quickly rejected as she struggles to earn the respect of her colleagues, Luc, Julien, and Sylvie, while doing her job. Things slowly get easier when she befriends Mindy Chen, a larger than life woman whose experience in America gives her a perspective into Emily's struggling life, and Gabriel, her attractive downstairs neighbor who happens to be a chef. When she breaks up with her Chicago boyfriend Doug, Emily grows closer to Gabriel. As her social life becomes easier, her work life spiral as Emily continues to step on Sylvie's toes - especially when Antoine Lambert takes a liking to Emily, despite being married and having Sylvie as his mistress. Emily is able to smooth things over with the feuding company leaders by stepping things up professionally, which gains her a sliver of respect from Sylvie. Now feeling empowered, Emily decides to be bold in her personal life by kissing Gabriel.
Immediately after, she learns that the sweet young woman Emily met earlier that week, Camille, is Gabriel's girlfriend. After some of the awkwardness regarding the situation fades, Emily is able to maintain her friendship with both of them, despite Gabriel admitting that he does have feelings for her. She makes a stride in her professional life, with her Instagram account taking off enough to warrant an invitation from Durée’s influencer launch party at Hotel d’Evreux. Her Instagram account creates tension with Sylvie, who reminds Emily that their clients are paying them to represent their products while Emily is advertising Durée for free. Her social account is able to win Savoir a marketing partnership with Hästen’s Luxury Beds, with her modeling for the first photo-op.
She is invited to attend a meeting with haute couture designer Pierre Cadault alongside Sylvie and Julien. She ruins their first impression with her Eiffel tower bag charm, which Pierre views as basic. This error almost costs her a demotion at Savoir, but she is able to win Pierre back with her blunt honesty, knowledge of Gossip Girl, and sophisticated delivery of her speech to him. Emily travels to Champagne, France, to Camille's family château, where Emily convinces Camille's mother Louise to hire Savoir as the marketing firm representing her champagne company. Upon returning to Paris, Emily's connection to Pierre helps her convince Mathieu Cadault, the nephew of Pierre and his business manager, to allow Pierre to donate a dress to the American Friends of the Louvre charity auction.
When the auction goes terribly wrong following a publicity stunt by an American streetwear company, Grey Space, Emily scrambles to pick up the pieces of the fallout and save her job. Pierre goes into a spiral as people call him old and outdated, a spiral that Sylvie blames on Emily. In the meantime, Emily grows closer to Mathieu and the two have a light relationship with a few unofficial dates. Emily is surprised to learn that Gabriel is moving to Normandy to open a new restaurant and has broken up with Camille.
She manages to fix her professional life by securing Pierre's location from Grey Space and helping Pierre burst into the Fashion Week scene once again. Even Sylvie admits that she is impressed, but warns that she won't be so easy on her in the future. Upon returning home, Emily agrees to let Mindy move in with her after the latter is kicked out of her employer's house for being a singer. That evening, Emily realizes that she can't leave things with Gabriel unfinished and tells him how she feels before they kiss. They sleep together but agree that they can't be together because of Camille. They say goodbye once again, with Emily planning a trip with Mathieu. In the morning, Emily is shocked to learn that Antoine became an investor in Gabriel and Les Deux Compères, so Gabriel can stay in Paris with the restaurant he wanted. Still reeling from the news she receives a message from Camille asking to talk.
Season 2[]
Emily attempts to brush her affair with Gabriel under the rug now that he's staying. Her efforts prove easier said than done when Gabriel admits his feelings for her, all while she's set to go on a romantic trip with Mathieu Cadault.
Season 3[]
Emily finds it difficult to quit her job with Madeline after years of mentorship, despite her increasing loyalty to Sylvie and decision to stay in France. The pressure builds so she cuts what Mindy coins "trauma bangs". Meanwhile, Madeline tasks her with finding new French employees for Savoir, just as Doug tips her off about McDonald's needing an international marketing agency. Emily pitches it to Sylvie, Luc, and Julien, though the dinner meeting collides with Alfie's going away party for his new job in London. Luc accidentally lets Emily's double-agent routine slip to Madeline, who crashes the McDonald's dinner at the Eiffel Tower. When Madeline goes into labor, Sylvie fires Emily once again. Because the work drama keeps Emily from Alfie's going away party, he believes she's chosen work over him once again.
Madeline decides not to fire Emily after all. Savoir unexpectedly encounters Agence Grateau at a client meeting, where Madeline reminds Sylvie of her non-compete agreement. Emily focuses on making things right with Alfie, who she learns is still in Paris working as the CFO of Maison Lavaux. He feels that she left him waiting when he put himself out there, so she decides to make a grand gesture of singing in public to win him back - which works. Emily and Luc then convince Madeline to rehire Sylvie as the head of Savoir, but Sylvie refuses the offer since she has Pierre Cadault as a client. During a tribute honoring him, Pierre announces that he sold his company to JVMA, who does all their marketing in-house, despite Emily's best effort to sway the mind of its successor, Nicolas de Leon.
The building Savoir uses begins to malfunction and cause problems for Emily and Madeline, who are hemorrhaging clients. Fed up with France, Madeline announces that she and Emily are returning to America and the Gilbert Group are ceasing operations in France. Emily admits she loves Paris and isn't ready to leave, with Sylvie understanding her choice. Now unemployed, Emily becomes a full-time tourist in the City of Light, with Alfie accompanying her in most of her adventures. When Gabriel is short-staffed, Emily steps in and becomes a waitress at Chez Lavaux, unbeknownst to Camille. Emily serves Camille's parents and can't help but pitch them Kir Royales, a canned drink, as the perfect partnership for Champère. In spite of Emily's people skills, her less than fluent French causes a customer to have an allergic reaction. Gabriel fires her, but imparts that she should stop turning life into a job and start living.
Emily's pitch to Louise and Gérard proves to Sylvie that the girl is useful, so she offers Emily a job at Agence Grateau. Emily's pending work visa leaves her out of Agence Grateau's press packet entirely. Desperate to prove herself to Sylvie, Emily makes it her mission to get Sylvie on "La Liste", a special press honor for entrepreneurs. While wooing the author, Emily takes her and Sylvie to Gabriel's restaurant, where the three have a grand time. That evening, Emily, Alfie, and Mindy bump into Nicolas de Leon, who Mindy knows from boarding school. During Alfie's flat party, Emily and Alfie sneak away to the roof, where she catches Camille making out with Sofia Sideris. She confides the secret in Mindy at JVMA's sunblock promotion party and Mindy tells her to stop interfering in other people's lives. JVMA's "Soleil De Paris" promotion inspires Emily to suggest Benoît's song "Mon Soleil" to Nicolas, who decides to buy it. Even though Benoît refuses to sell, Nicolas decides to partner with Agence Grateau for the promotion. Sylvie is enraged when Emily makes the cover of La Liste and Gabriel earns a feature, but not her. However, the JVMA contract smooths things over and Sylvie glibly has Emily mail the magazine in with her work visa. Sylvie later learns she didn't make the list because it's for newcomers, but is featured in a standalone article online.
After Agence Grateau loses a venue for a McLaren event, Emily proposes using Antoine's chateau in Provence. It doubles as exposure for Antoine and saves McLaren. Alfie also attends the events as Maison Lavaux's CFO, earning them an unofficial romantic trip. Antoine hires Gabriel to serve the party, which excites Alfie who hears the news while on a double date with Camille and Gabriel. Camille decides to stay back to "work" with Sofia, which confirms Emily's suspicions about them having an affair. The trio takes the train to Provence, with Gabriel wanting to try a Michelin star restaurant once they arrive. When Alfie drops out, Emily and Gabriel go out for lunch - and everyone mistakes them for being a "beautiful couple". Gabriel bonds with the head chef who balances his personal and professional life perfectly. Once back at the work event, Emily talks to McLaren executive Tim Davies who explains luxury and exclusivity to her. She passes this onto Antoine who is dealing with a supply problem with his lavender perfume. While Antoine initially scoffs at Emily over the suggestion, he ultimately takes her advice. The next day, Alfie and offers to expense the Michelin lunch, but she lies that she doesn't have it. It secretly refers to her and Gabriel as being a lovely couple.
Camille and Sofia travel to Greece for an exhibition, and Emily feels guilty over not telling Gabriel about the affair. Mindy reminds her not to get involved as it isn't her business. Emily is paired with Gabriel during a movie outing, and the pair have fun after when they visit an eclectic art show. Luckily, business takes her mind off Gabriel, as Pierre Cadault begs Sylvie and Agence Grateau for help with his pop up store. The group tries to convince Nicolas to hire them as Pierre's agency to solve all their problems. Nicolas instead decides to fire Pierre and keep the fashion line without the man. He wants to hire Grégory Elliott Duprée, who just unsuccessfully pitched a BDSM line to Air France, to take over for Pierre as head designer. Emily tries to uninvite Pierre from the lunch, though the man is crossing the street when he's hit by a car. He survives and is admitted to an in-patient facility while JVMA secretly conspires to replace Pierre with Grégory. When Nicolas refuses to postpone Grégory's announcement, Sylvie takes a meeting with Louis de Leon, Nicolas' father and the head of JVMA. This angers Nicolas who confronts Emily after Mindy's jazz performance, causing her to leave early. She meets up with Gabriel though he's already drunk when she arrives. He believes Camille is having an affair with men in Greece because she never truly forgave him for his relationship with Emily. He fell in love with her the moment he laid eyes on her, but also loves Camille.
Nicolas intends to announce Grégory at the pop-store that evening. Pierre is emotional when Emily and Sylvie share the news, especially because "Gag-ory" is given the job. Agence Grateau decides to generate sensation around Pierre as an individual outside of the label, by successfully convince everyone that Pierre died in the hospital. Nicolas, not knowing about the salacious story, makes peace with Emily at the party. Pierre makes an entrance and steals the spotlight from Grégory and JVMA, humiliating Nicolas in front of Louis. When Emily returns to her flat, she learns Gabriel and Camille are back together and happier than ever. He also doesn't recall the drunken confessions he made the other night.
Emily surprises Alfie when he returns to Paris from London, but quickly learns he hasn't told his family about her yet. She brushes it off, but later confides in Mindy that it makes her uncomfortable. Mindy advises her to be patient with Alfie. She admits that she's upset with Emily for embarrassing Nicolas at Pierre's store opening, believing Emily chose work over her. Emily apologizes and the girls make-up, with Mindy inviting her to a celebration of her last jazz performance. Meanwhile, Gabriel tells Emily and Alfie that he plans to propose to Camille, which Alfie thinks ties in perfectly with Emily's social media campaign for a new client spearheaded by Julien. After Gabriel agrees during a late night text, the duo scout possible locations for the proposal. He admits that after Camille returned from Greece, they opened up to each other in a way they never had before. He thanks Emily for being a great friend. Camille proposes to Gabriel at Musée d’Orsay, which effects Emily more than she expected. She spins the snaffu of the couple backing out of of the proposal campaign into a romantic hot air balloon campaign, which annoys Julien.
While attending Mindy's party, Emily tries to make things right with Nicolas, who effectively kicks her out of the party by lying to Mindy that Emily is about leave. Emily tearfully leaves with Alfie, while Mindy is upset that her friend is prioritizing a work dinner over her again. Emily vents to Alfie and confesses that him not telling his family about her is important. He solemnly admits that introducing girlfriends to his family hasn't gone well before, as the relationship never works out and upsets his family. Emily admits she isn't going anywhere, which is enough to assure him she's all in. He's eager to introduce her to his mom. Emily and Alfie later participate in the hot air balloon campaign as one of the couples.
Gabriel celebrates his new majority ownership of his restaurant by renaming it L'Esprit de Gigi after his grandmother Gigi. His goal is get a Michelin star. Emily comes over to congratulate him and meets Gigi, who reminds her of her own grandmother back in Chicago. Gigi offers that Emily to think of her as her grandmother in France. The women bond, though Gigi is less than gracious to Camille. Emily wants to help Gabriel get a Michelin star, though the tasters are untraceable. Luc offers helps through his ex-partner Marianne. That night, Mindy, Alfie, Camille, and Emily attend the opening of L'Esprit de Gigi. Alfie tells Mindy about Nicolas making Emily leave her party even though she didn't want too. Mindy is upset at Nicolas for this and hugs Emily, apologizing for how her boyfriend treated her best friend, absolving her guilt over leaving early.
Julien pitches a deck to Turner & Ascot that Emily takes over. He snaps at her during the meeting for not having an off switch. She briefly and quietly apologizes to him outside the meeting. As does Sylvie, who admits to not seeing how Emily behaves until now. Emily meets with Mindy for lunch and they spot Sofia and Camille arguing. After briefly talking to the women, Mindy encourages Emily to tell Gabriel about the affair since the two are engaged now. After work, Emily and Alfie head to Provence for Camille and Gabriel's engagement party. She overhears Camille on the phone and assumes she's talking to Sofia, ultimately confronting her about the affair. Camille merely tells her that their secrets keep them close, and that the fling ended, just as Emily and Gabriel did. Mindy and Nicolas make a grand entrance on a helicopter, and he apologizes to Emily for how he acted. As the party rages on, Luc calls Emily to tell her that Gabriel is getting a Michelin star. She shares the news with Gabriel who is elated, and he kisses her hands giddily. Their moment is seen by Camille. He shares with everyone that he's getting a Michelin star and wants to get married that night.
Everyone takes a seat for the ceremony, with Gabriel happily saying the vows. Camille falters than assures him he doesn't have to do this. She knows he loves Emily and that she loves him. They've been in love since they saw each other. She tells him about the ill-fated pact the girls made. She's done pretending and leaves the chapel in a flurry of emotion, shouting at her mother that this is her life and the choice is made. Alfie asks Emily if what Camille said is true, and she can't deny it. She stops him from leaving but he's nobody's second choice. He tells her to go get her man, but she argues that he's her man. He insists he isn't and doesn't think he ever really was. After the dust settles, Emily finds Gabriel sitting alone. She thought the pact was the right thing. She's always had feelings for him and probably always will. Gabriel admits the truth of why he proposed to Camille when she returned from Greece - she's pregnant.
Season 4[]
The fallout from the wedding negatively impacts Emily's life, as Alfie refuses to speak with her and AMI wants to use their relationship to launch their campaign. Timothée's viral video exposing Emily's involvement in the Camille-Gabriel break up complicates matters, especially as Julien struggles to keep Emily from interfering with his work. She tries to fix everything but ultimately, Alfie ends things before their big jumbotron kiss and Julien leaves Agence Grateau. Emily learns learns Camille is missing and lends a hand in finding her. She tells Gabriel about the affair between Camille and Sofia, mistakenly believing the women are together. It isn't until Luc brings up GPS that Emily tracks Camille to Giveny, where she ultimately makes things right with her former friend and brings Camille back to Paris to face the mess she made. Simultaneously, Emily learns from Mindy that Louis de Leon is sexually harassing women at JVMA, and reveals this to Sylvie, as Sylvie believes that behavior is a thing of the past. Emily's revelation to Sylvie inspires her to give information on a story exposing Louis and JVMA.
Meanwhile, Emily rekindles her friendship with Julien and helps plan Maison Lavaux's Heartbreak launch party, where her complicated feelings for both Alfie and Gabriel come to a head. She ultimately chooses Gabriel and leaves the ball with him, unaware that Alfie bore his heart to a woman in the same gown as her. Emily and Gabriel give their relationship a real chance, falling for each other as they navigate unexpected roadblocks, such as Camille and Sofia living with Gabriel. Feeling a lack of privacy with her boyfriend, Emily conspires to get Camille evicted from Gabriel's apartment. The plan backfires when Camille rents the apartment next door to Gabriel. Sofia reminds Emily that Camille will never move away from Gabriel - she's having his baby, after all. Emily grows to realize how close the pair still are despite their breakup.
As Emily works to get Mindy's friend Li representation at Agence Grateau, she comes to learn the woman lied about the origins of her "skincare line" originally conceived, and pitched on international television, as a sexual lubricant. She manages to smooth things over and assure Sylvie that lying to the brand partnership is okay. She also learns that Luc's girlfriend Marianne isn't a Michelin star taster, so Gabriel isn't getting the star. She carefully breaks the noise to him, surprised when his reaction is one of relief instead of heartbreak. They celebrate him no longer having to perform for the tasters. As the holidays approach, Emily looks forward to a trip to Chicago, but her flight is canceled because of a storm. Instead, she spends the holiday with him and Camille's family, seeing for the first time that Gabriel will always choose Camille. She feels like the mistress in her own relationship, and realizes why things between them never worked out before. She breaks up with him at the bottom of the slopes. Back in Paris, she bumps into Alfie outside a church, learning he's moved on with a new girlfriend and things are serious between them. Heartbroken once again, Emily turns to work to distract herself from her floundering personal life.
Emily meets Agence Grateau's new American expat, Sylvie's stepdaughter Genevieve. Their friendship is initially off to a great start, as they bond over their similar backgrounds. Simultaneously, Emily's friendship with Gabriel falls apart as she learns that Camille isn't pregnant, and he expresses frustration over them never communicating in his language. She doesn't understand his French venting session, and asks Genevieve to translate, and she lies that he doesn't want to see her anymore. While out on the town with Mindy, Emily sees Genevieve and Gabriel drinking together.
Personality[]
Emily has a warm, friendly, caring, perky, bubbly, and open personality, She is enthusiastic about what she does and enjoys her job very much. She can come across as a bit clueless. She stands up for what she believes in, such as sexism and the exploitation of women. Emily is very sociable and makes friends very easily. However, she finds it difficult to make important decisions, often weighing her options until one of them inevitably falls through. She then realizes what she truly wants and pursues it fully.
Emily's inability to quit working with Madeline, whom she stayed with out of a misguided sense of loyalty and friendship, caused her to be fired by Sylvie. She nearly lost her position with Madeline, only earning it back by refusing to leave. Emily is a fixer - when she sees an issue or potential issue she has to help fix it, regardless if her expertise applies or not. She inadvertently upset Antoine by inserting her newly gained knowledge of the business world onto him, and while it did end up working for her, she crossed a line by approaching him. She also doesn't give much concern to her co-workers feelings or the boundaries of professional conduct, as she usurps Julien and Luc's pitches even when she's not on the clients account. While she would never intentionally hurt their feelings and is eager to please a client so they can all win, she more so comes across as overindulgent and clueless of her friends feelings.
Relationships[]
Mindy Chen[]
- Main article: Emily and Mindy
Mindy is Emily's first friend in Paris. Mindy's experience with living in a foreign country without any friends allows her to understand how Emily is feeling with the culture shift. The girls meet frequently and primarily discuss the issue most present in Emily's life. They have become best friends who support one another in each of their individual endeavors and want the best for each other.
Sylvie Grateau[]
- Main article: Emily and Sylvie
Sylvie is a hard-as-nails woman with little patience for Emily, the American girl, sent to work for her. Along with some of her colleagues, Sylvie initially disliked Emily as she didn't speak French and sought to make changes at Savoir. They eventually formed a mutual understanding of one another.
Camille[]
- Main article: Emily and Camille
Emily and Camille first meet at a florist shop. Camille takes Emily under her wing to show her that Paris isn't as big as it seems. Their friendship was complicated on Emily's part due to her unresolved feelings for Camille's boyfriend, Gabriel, though Emily kept these feelings from Camille. Their friendship abruptly ended when Camille discovered Emily and Gabriel's affair during the time when the couple were broken up. She humiliated Emily in a scathing toast during her birthday party, then stormed out. Camille later had Emily removed from her family's account, citing sensitive information that couldn't be spoken in English. Emily tried multiple times to repair their friendship, but to no avail. After revealing the truth of her breakup from Gabriel to her parents, Camille had a sudden change of heart and rekindled her friendship with Emily.
Gabriel[]
- Main article: Emily and Gabriel
Emily and Gabriel first met as neighbors, though their relationship developed into a friendship rather quickly. There friendship later became into a friends with benefits type of friendship, but they started to have romantic feelings for each other as the show progresses. Emily was unaware that Gabriel had a girlfriend, Camille. Upon learning this, Emily pushed her feelings for Gabriel away and pursued other romantic interests, though the pair remained rather close friends. When Gabriel and Camille broke up and he planned to move to Normandy, the pair had sex. However, Gabriel decided to stay in Paris to open his own restaurant, which futher complicated matters, as Emily remained friends with Camille. She tried to keep their trist a secret, though Camille discovered the truth and ended their friendship. Emily kept a friendship with Gabriel, whose restaurant became a client of Savoir through Maison Lavaux. They shared a passionate kiss that was interrupted. After rekindling her friendship with Camille, the women made a pact that neither of them would ever date Gabriel, Emily ended her romantic interest in Gabriel, knowing that doing this will break her heart because even though she's in a relationship with Alfie, Gabriel is the one she's actually in love with.
Mathieu Cadault[]
Emily first met Mathieu at the Pierre Cadault headquarters when she is searching for a dress for an American actress she is entertaining. He is amused by her work tendencies and agrees to allow her to represent Pierre through her marketing firm Savoir on a trial basis. He is pleased with her outcome of the evening when she photographs the dress in a new and sexy way. They began to bond over time and they eventually kissed twice. The pair were set for a romantic getaway to St. Tropez to start their new relationship, but things went awry when Mathieu overheard Emily's discussion with Gabriel. He realized she was in love with Gabriel and now him. He left her on the train alone. Their breakup greatly impacted Emily's relationship with Pierre - both personally and professionally.
Alfie[]
- Main article: Emily and Alfie
Alfie and Emily met in French class, where they became reluctant assignment partners. The assignment forces them to learn more about one another, though Alfie is certain he knows Emily's type already. She insists they meet to discuss the assignment, which he doesn't plan to take seriously. He makes his discontent for Paris clear, which clashes with her romantic and idealistic view of the city. They have a playful yet bickering relationship, as he challenges her to have fun and not take everything seriously. She helps him realize the city has more to offer if he'll let it. As their friendship grows, as does their attraction to one another. They begin to date, though their mutually limited time in Paris threatens their burgeoning relationship. As they overcome obstacles, their relationship falls apart when Emily's old feelings for Gabriel becomes public. Though they both still loved each other, they failed to reconnect at the right times.
Other Relationships[]
- Pierre Cadault: Pierre and Emily met when he decided to take a meeting with Savoir. When he reached Emily in the line of employees, he was appalled by her bag charm and called her, "ringarde" ( en. basic ). He stormed out of the meeting and refused to meet with Savoir again. Emily refused to accept this and surprised him at the ballet where she was able to win him over with her honesty, heart, and knowledge of Gossip Girl. Pierre then coined Emily as Gossip Girl and insisted that she be in every meeting he took with Savoir. They formed an interesting friendship, with Emily helping him take back Fashion Week. Their friendship ended rather abruptly alongside Mathieu and Emily's relationship. Pierre refused to work with Emily ever again, instead, he started a new professional relationship with her colleague Julien. Pierre and Emily rekindled their friendship and became close again, especially after she and Agence Grateau helped him make a triumphant statement to the fashion world.
- Julien: Julien and Emily are known to have a platonic friendship that rivals that of frenemies. At first, Julien doesn't much like Emily as she is American and different, but it doesn't take long for them to become friends after the bumpy start. They are able to bond more when she stands up to him for calling her "La Plouc" by telling her French translation app to tell him to "fuck off". Julien is surprised but impressed by her retort, remarking that he thinks he likes her. Since then, they have been in a workplace friendship.
- Luc: Luc is Emily's co-worker in Paris. He is the first person who is friendly to Emily. Also, he told her that all of the co-workers are afraid of her because they think she is a workaholic. They eventually form a friendship that exists solely in the workplace, and he even assured her after her temporarily firing that he would never abandon her. He surrendered the Maison Lavaux account to her in the hopes it would help her keep her job.
- Antoine Lambert: Antoine and Emily often have disagreements about marketing campaigns, but he is more open to Emily’s ideas than her coworkers. He once sent her lingerie as a gift, which Emily did not appreciate. She managed to keep his flirtations at bay by pretending she is in a relationship with Gabriel. She also doesn't respect that he has a wife and a mistress, thinking that both women deserve more.
- Gardienne: The caretaker (gardienne) is shown to dislike Emily. She was annoyed that Emily caused a power outage in the middle of the night and was reluctant to help Emily when her shower stopped working.
- Patricia: Patricia and Emily have little interaction due to the language barrier. During Emily's first meeting at Savoir, Patricia leaves as soon as Emily begins speaking as she does not understand English. Later when Emily approaches Patricia to discuss social media engagement, Patricia appears to be somewhat afraid of her and is horrified when Emily uses the speaker on Google Translate to talk to her.
- Timothée: Timothée is friendly to Emily. During the tour guide of the winery, he invited her to play a game that involved turning wine bottles in the fastest time. After dinner, while Emily sits by the pool, he brings her champagne and they talk about Emily's move to Paris. Later they hook up, but unbeknownst to Emily, Timothée is actually seventeen years old and not a college, or university, graduate. When Emily saw him again months later, he still harbored feelings for her and admitted they should probably move on from one another. To spare his feelings, Emily agreed and played along with his attachment.
- Fabien: During a dinner party, Emily goes to the balcony after having difficulty conversing with other partygoers due to her inability to speak French. Fabien finds Emily on the balcony and flirts with her. They strike up a conversation about their occupations. As they walk along the banks of a lake, they talk about what they like until Fabien makes a crude comment. Emily is turned off by this and goes home alone.
- Gilles Dufour: Gilles is kind to Emily. He helps Emily carry her luggage all the way to the 5th floor. He explains to Emily what a chambre de bonne is and tells her about the café downstairs that is managed by his friend. He also flirts with her and insists on asking her out, even when she reveals that she has a boyfriend.
- Paul Brossard: Paul is more welcoming to Emily compared to his co-workers. On his last day, while having lunch with the other colleagues, he sees Emily walk past and invites her to join them for a toast. He is impressed that Emily's post was retweeted by Brigitte Macron, the wife of President Macron.
- Bakery Woman: The bakery woman was somewhat annoyed at Emily for ignoring her question. However, she realizes that Emily does not speak French and tries to correct her grammar when Emily makes grammatical errors in French.
- Gigi: Gabriel's sweet Grandmother who comes to visit him for the opening of his restaurant, L'Esprit de Gigi. Emily and Gigi instantly hit it off and become friends, with Emily mentioning how Gigi reminds her of her Grandmother, who is back in America. Gigi warmly tells Emily to think of her as a Paris Grandmother. Their relationship is especially interesting since Gigi dislikes Camille.
Trivia[]
- Darren Star chose the name Emily as a loose homage to the film Amélie.[8]
- Emily never wears the same outfit twice.
- Her French is horrible and when she does speak French, she frequently uses the wrong word.
- She frequently creates problems for herself, which could be avoidable, if she understood French culture.
- She was nicknamed "La Plouc" by her Savoir co-workers. The phrase means, "the hick" in English.
- Emily lives in apartment 501, directly above Gabriel's apartment. According to Gilles Dufour, it is a "Chambre de bonne", which is a room on the top floor of a French apartment building that was traditionally intended for domestic workers of middle-class families. Nowadays, it is generally considered to be a cost-efficient rental option for young people.
- However, there are some inconsistencies. Emily's building, 1 Place de L'Estrapade, has seven floors, hence Apartment 501 is not a chambre de bonne. Also, Emily's room is much larger than a typical "Chambre de bonne" and it includes a bathroom, which most chambres de bonne don't have.
- Her favorite peanut butter is Trader Joe's Crunchy peanut butter. She even had several jars shipped to her apartment complex, though they were destroyed in the move.
- The first lipgloss she ever "bought" was from Durée. She was actually dared to steal the product from Target by her childhood friend, Cindy.
- She is allergic to eggplant.
- She boarded her first plane at the age of twelve.
- As a child, Emily didn't like her food to touch.
- Emily's father breeds Weimaraners.[9]
- Emily read most of the book The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir in college.[10]
- Emily was 13 when she first tried Durée's lip-gloss, which is a product that her friend Cindy, who is now a teacher, stole from Target.[11]
- Before going to Le Domaine de Lalisse, Emily had only been to one winery in Wisconsin, which had a paintball course.
- Emily's father is a huge fan of Star Trek and made her watch all the original episodes.[12]
- Emily’s favorite movie is “The Sound of Music”.[13]
Appearances[]
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References[]
- ↑ The Grey Area
- ↑ A Kiss is Just a Kiss
- ↑ French Ending
- ↑ French Ending
- ↑ PARAMOUNT NETWORK ANNOUNCES FULL SERIES ORDER FOR “EMILY IN PARIS” FROM HITMAKER DARREN STAR
- ↑ New romantic comedy series ‘Emily In Paris’ comes exclusively to Netflix this fall
- ↑ Netflix TUDUM lists official character descriptions
- ↑ Instagram post
- ↑ Faux Amis
- ↑ Ringarde
- ↑ Faux Amis
- ↑ Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?
- ↑ Last Christmas