Emeraude Toubia Biography

Emeraude Toubia (born March 1, 1989) is a Canadian actress and model. She portrays Isabelle Lightwood on the Freeform fantasy series Shadowhunters. She previously appeared on the Venevisin telenovelas Cosita linda as Dulce Rincn and Voltea pa' que te enamores as Stephanie Karam.

Early life

Toubia was born in Montreal, Quebec. She was raised in Brownsville, Texas as an only child. Her mother, Mirta Sonia (ne Solis), was born and raised in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, and her father is of Lebanese descent. Her paternal grandparents were from the Koura District, Lebanon.

As a child, she was professionally trained in classical ballet, flamenco, belly dance, and lyrical dance. Toubia attended Homer Hanna High School in Brownsville for her secondary education. Since the age of fifteen, Toubia had competed in several beauty pageants; she was crowned Miss South Texas, Miss Rio Grande Valley America, and Miss Teen Brownsville.

Career

In 1999, at the age of ten, Toubia made her first television appearance on Televisa's children's program El Mundo de los Nios. She became widely known in 2008, when she was selected to participate on the second season of the Univision beauty pageant series Nuestra Belleza Latina, where the participants were trained rigorously in acting, presenting, dancing and other activities; Toubia was voted first runner-up. Since then, she has been featured in advertisements for brands such as Maybelline, J. C. Penney, Sony, Garnier, and AT&T.

In 2009, she joined the second season of Model Latina, finishing in fifth place. She was then a semifinalist in Miss Texas USA 2010. From 2011 to 2013, Toubia served as a presenter for several NBC Universo music and entertainment shows, including The Arena, 18 & Over, and mun2POP. She co-hosted the mun2 red carpet special for the 2013 Billboard Latin Music Awards. In 2013, Toubia made her acting debut as Elizabeth on the Nickelodeon Latin America youth telenovela 11-11: En mi cuadra nada cuadra, for which she was coached by Academy Award-nominated actress Adriana Barraza.

In 2014, she appeared as Dulce Rincn on Venevisin's telenovela Cosita linda. The following year, Toubia portrayed Stephanie Karam on the Univision-Venevisin telenovela Voltea pa' que te enamores. In 2016, Toubia began portraying the half-human, half-angel warrior Isabelle Lightwood on Freeform's fantasy series Shadowhunters, based on The Mortal Instruments book series by Cassandra Clare. That same month, she appeared alongside Prince Royce in the music video for his single "Culpa al Corazn".

Personal life

In 2010, Toubia moved to Miami, Florida; she resided there until moving to Los Angeles, California in 2015. Toubia has been dating musician Prince Royce since August 2011, and publicly confirmed their relationship in April 2016.

Toubia supports the Get Schooled non-profit organization; on May 26, 2016, she visited Middle College High School in San Bernardino, California to meet students and act as their "celebrity principal" for the day.

Filmography

Film and television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Aurora	Receptionist	Episode: "Gran lanzamiento"
2013	11-11: En mi cuadra nada cuadra	Elizabeth	75 episodes
2014	Cosita linda	Dulce Rincn	96 episodes
2015	Voltea pa' que te enamores	Stephanie Karam	29 episodes
2015	Tattooed Love	Esmeralda
2016-present	Shadowhunters	Isabelle Lightwood	Main role

Music video appearances

Year	Title	Artist(s)
2016	"Culpa al Corazn"	Prince Royce

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2017	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Actress	Shadowhunters