Emma Forrest is the ex-wife of Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn.
Forrest is an English film director, screenwriter, and novelist.
Born December 26, 1976, in London, United Kingdom, Forrest is the daughter of Judy Raines (mother).
Forrest began her writing career at an early age. At age 15, she wrote a story on Madonna for the London Evening Standard. Forrest left school to write her “Generation X” column for the Sunday Times, writing about various Britpop/indie bands “on the road”.
As a novelist, Forrest has written four novels: Namedropper (1998), Thin Skin (2002), Cherries in the Snow (2005), and Royals.
After writing her first memoir “Your Voice in My Head” in 2011 which was concerning the death of her psychiatrist and her subsequent break-up with her partner, Forrest published a second memoir “Busy Being Free” in 2022.
Forrest married Animal Kingdom superstar Ben Mendelsohn in June 2012.
Following their union, the former couple had a daughter named Caroline Mendelsohn who was born in 2014.
After four years of marriage, Forrest and Mendelsohn divorced in 2016.