45 Fun Facts About Emily in Paris

Who plays Emily Cooper in Emily in Paris?

Lily Collins first set out to be a television presenter and studied broadcast journalism in Los Angeles, before acting took over and led her to Emily.

From which American city does Emily move to Paris?

Chicago takes a jab in episode one, when a French executive calls deep-dish pizza 'a quiche made of cement'; the real pizzeria Lou Malnati's put out a statement calling the joke heartless.

On which streaming service did Emily in Paris premiere?

Emily in Paris premiered on Netflix after the streamer acquired it from the cable channel that had first ordered it; Netflix renewed it for another season within weeks of its debut.

Who created Emily in Paris?

Darren Star answered French critics who mocked the show's clichés by saying he was 'not sorry for looking at Paris through a glamorous lens'.

What is the name of the French marketing firm Emily joins?

Savoir is the French luxury marketing firm that Emily's American employer has just bought; its staff later walk out and start their own agency, Agence Grateau.

Who plays Sylvie Grateau, Emily's tough Parisian boss?

Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu played the baby's mother in Three Men and a Cradle, the 1985 French hit that Hollywood remade as Three Men and a Baby.

Who plays Mindy Chen, Emily's first friend in Paris?

Ashley Park, a Tony nominee for Mean Girls on Broadway, plays Mindy; diagnosed with leukaemia at 15, she used her Make-A-Wish trip to see Broadway shows in New York.

What is Mindy's job when Emily first meets her?

Nanny is only Mindy's day job when Emily meets her: she is the estranged heiress of a Shanghai business magnate, and she wants to be a singer.

Who plays Gabriel, the chef who lives downstairs from Emily?

Lucas Bravo had done the job for real: while trying to make it as an actor he spent two months filling in as a sous chef in a restaurant kitchen.

Which of Emily's love interests does she meet in French class?

Alfie, a London banker played by Lucien Laviscount, refuses to speak French or take to Paris, so he and Emily begin as sparring partners in class before it turns into romance.

What business does Camille's family own in Emily in Paris?

A château and champagne vineyard: Emily ends up marketing the family's Champère label, though the estate seen on screen was not filmed in Champagne at all.

Antoine Lambert, Emily's client and Sylvie's long-time lover, owns what kind of company?

A perfume house: Antoine runs Maison Lavaux, and when Emily calls his nude-model advert sexist, she turns the row into an online poll asking customers to decide.

Which Grey's Anatomy star plays the American boss whose Paris posting Emily takes over?

Kate Walsh, Grey's Anatomy's Addison Montgomery, plays the boss, who finally reaches Paris in season two, heavily pregnant, and starts shaking up the French office.

Which real French first lady made a cameo in season four?

Brigitte Macron appears as herself in season four; her husband Emmanuel later told Variety the show was good for France's image and that he would fight to keep it in Paris.

Which Italian city becomes Emily's other base at the end of season four?

Rome gets its own Agence Grateau office at the end of season four, with Emily in charge, but Sylvie shuts it during season five and they all go back to Paris.

Who plays Julien, Emily's sharp-tongued colleague at the agency?

Samuel Arnold plays Julien, who walks out on Sylvie for a job at a luxury group, then quits in season four when his new bosses ask him to inform on her.

Which Paris square near the Panthéon is home to Emily's apartment, the bakery and Gabriel's restaurant?

Place de l'Estrapade holds Emily's building and the bakery, and Gabriel's very French bistro there is played by Terra Nera, which in real life is an Italian restaurant.

What nickname do Emily's new colleagues give her in season one?

La Plouc, 'the hick', is what her new colleagues call her as her faux pas pile up; they have already told her she was only hired because of a business deal.

Which veteran costume designer worked with Marylin Fitoussi on Emily's wardrobe?

Patricia Field made Emily's outfits loud on purpose, to try too hard just as the character does; she stepped back after season two, leaving Marylin Fitoussi in sole charge.

Which cable channel ordered Emily in Paris in 2018, two years before the show reached a streaming service?

Paramount Network ordered ten episodes in 2018 but never aired one: a few months before the debut, the show was moved to a streaming service instead.

Which season of Emily in Paris, delayed by the 2023 writers' strike, was released in two parts?

The fourth season was held up when the writers' strike pushed filming back by months; it finally arrived in two halves, in August and September 2024.

Which character is Emily's boss back in America who cannot take the Paris job because she is pregnant?

Madeline's pregnancy hands Emily the Paris job, but she later turns up in France anyway, and her waters break in the middle of a business dinner at the Eiffel Tower.

Who is Pierre Cadault?

Pierre Cadault is a famous, flamboyant French fashion designer; he takes one look at the charm on Emily's handbag and dismisses her as 'ringarde', which the show renders as basic.

Who plays the designer Grégory Elliot Duprée in Emily in Paris?

Jeremy O. Harris wrote Slave Play, which earned 12 Tony nominations, at the time a record for a play, and won none; on screen he plays Grégory Elliot Duprée.

Nicolas de Léon, Mindy's love interest, is the son of the CEO of which fictional fashion conglomerate?

JVMA is run by Nicolas's father, Louis de Léon; early in season three it buys the only client Sylvie's new agency has left and takes the marketing in-house.

Where does Emily meet Marcello, her Italian love interest?

Megève is the ski resort where Emily, left alone on the slopes when Gabriel skis off with Camille, falls and loses her phone; Marcello stops to help her down the mountain.

Which British star joined season five as Princess Jane, an old friend of Sylvie's who married into royalty?

Minnie Driver, an Oscar nominee for Good Will Hunting, plays Princess Jane, who throws a welcome party at her palace to help Sylvie win new clients.

Which country's culture minister complained about Petra, a shoplifting character in season two of Emily in Paris?

Ukraine's culture minister, Oleksandr Tkachenko, called Petra, who steals clothes and urges Emily to do the same, an 'insulting' caricature and sent the streaming service a letter of complaint.

Which acclaimed 2020 drama was shut out of the Golden Globe nominations in the year Emily in Paris earned two?

I May Destroy You got nothing, and Emily in Paris writer Deborah Copaken said her joy at her own show's two nominations was tempered by rage at the snub of Michaela Coel's series.

How many households did the streamer say watched Emily in Paris in its first month?

58 million households sampled the first season in its first month, the streamer said, making it its most popular comedy of 2020 even though French critics had savaged it.

Which music competition is Mindy due to perform at with her ex Benoît in season four of Emily in Paris?

Eurovision beckons after Benoît enters their song, but the band is told to cover its own costs, so Mindy sells a dress her boyfriend gave her to pay the bill.

Filming of season five was briefly suspended after an assistant director died on set in which city?

Venice: assistant director Diego Borella collapsed at the Hotel Danieli in August 2025 while the day's last scene was being set up, and filming was halted before resuming.

Which real-life fashion photographer makes a cameo in season two of Emily in Paris?

Ellen von Unwerth spent ten years in front of the camera as a model before moving behind it; in the show her agent, Gerhard, catches Julien's eye.

A French critic complained that Emily in Paris paints the French as lazy flirts with a questionable relationship with what?

Showering: Première's Charles Martin put it on his list of the show's clichés, beside sexism and late starts at the office, and said there was plenty to feel insulted about.

The father of Emily's portrayer drummed and sang for which band?

Genesis promoted its drummer, her father, to lead singer when Peter Gabriel left in 1975; she was born in Guildford and moved to Los Angeles with her mother after her parents divorced.

The star of Emily in Paris wore Chanel to which Paris event in 2007?

Bal des débutantes, then held at the Hôtel de Crillon, was her society debut at 18, and MTV's reality show The Hills was filming there that night.

Which fairy-tale heroine did the star of Emily in Paris play in a 2012 Tarsem Singh film?

Snow White faces Julia Roberts's wicked queen in Mirror Mirror, and the film ends with a Bollywood-style number, 'I Believe in Love', sung by the star herself.

For which 2016 film did the lead actress of Emily in Paris receive her first Golden Globe nomination?

Rules Don't Apply, Warren Beatty's Howard Hughes film, brought her the nomination even though it flopped, taking $3.9 million against a $25 million budget.

Which Victor Hugo heroine did the star of Emily in Paris play in the BBC's 2018-19 Les Misérables?

Fantine never gets to sing here: Andrew Davies adapted Victor Hugo's novel rather than the stage musical, so the six-part drama has no songs at all.

Which HBO series by the same creator is Emily in Paris most often compared to?

The show's creator made Sex and the City for HBO in 1998; Emily's love life, designer wardrobe and postcard Paris drew constant comparisons to Carrie Bradshaw's New York.

Which hit teen drama did the creator of Emily in Paris launch on Fox in 1990?

Beverly Hills, 90210 broke through in the summer of 1991, when Fox took the unusual step of airing new episodes while the other networks showed reruns.

Where is the fashion show in the season-two finale of Emily in Paris staged?

The Palace of Versailles hosts Grégory Duprée's show in the finale, and it is in the palace grounds straight afterwards that Sylvie and her team quit the agency.

Which sporting venue was among the new filming locations for season four of Emily in Paris?

Stade Roland Garros, home of the French Open, stages the season opener's risky marketing stunt: Emily and her ex are meant to kiss in front of the whole crowd.

What is the name of the ex-boyfriend Emily leaves behind in the United States?

Doug, played by Roe Hartrampf, cancels his visit and asks Emily to give up and come home rather than try long distance; she refuses and ends the relationship herself.

Which luxury Swedish bedmaker is among the real brands Emily's firm pitches for in season one?

Hästens began with a master saddler in 1852, which is why the Swedish firm still fills its beds with horsehair and why its name comes from the word for horse.