Swedish actress Emma Kristina Degerstedt was born on April 13, 1992. She relocated to Orange County in California when she was six years old. The teenaged Emma is a girl of many talents; she can ski, play the piano, and dance to hip-hop and jazz. She is currently taking up ballet lessons to add to her plethora of talents. Degerstedt is currently studying at the Academy for the Performing Arts, and is working on a music album.

Maris Bingham is played by Emma Degerstedt on Nickelodeon’s television series Unfabulous. She is a student from Rocky Road Middle School who thinks that she and her best friend Cranberry are the most popular girls in the entire campus