She is known in the United Kingdom for playing the character Suzanne 'Sooz' Lee in the Channel 4 drama As If and latterly in the American version of the same show.
After studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Corrie won her first screen role in 1999, playing Ray Winstone's daughter in the TV series Births, Marriages and Deaths.
[citation needed] She was the only actress from the British series of As If to star in the American version, moving to Los Angeles.
In 2006, Emily played the role of WPC Harmison in the Touch of Frost episode entitled Endangered Species.
She completed her basic training at HMS Raleigh in Cornwall, where her passing out ceremony was held in October, 2009.