Actor Profile · Wednesday

Emma Myers

American Actress, best known for Enid Sinclair in Netflix's Wednesday (2022-present).

Actress American Plays Enid Sinclair in Wednesday

Quick Answer

Emma Myers plays Enid Sinclair in Wednesday. Emma Myers portrays Enid Sinclair, Wednesday Addams' colorful werewolf roommate at Nevermore Academy. The show's creators, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, have said in multiple interviews (quoted in the Enid Sinclair character article) that the Wednesday-Enid friendship is the heart of the show - 'a show about female friendship [...] two teenage girls who need each other and have found that connection.'

Known for

  • Enid Sinclair in Netflix's Wednesday (2022-present)
  • Pip Fitz-Amobi in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2024)
  • Natalie in A Minecraft Movie (2025)
  • CC Walker in Family Switch (2023)
Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair in a Season 2 portrait for Wednesday on Netflix
Photo: Helen Sloan/Netflix

Roles

TV Roles

ShowNetwork CharacterBilling
WednesdayNetflixEnid SinclairMain Cast

Career

Career Highlights

  • Breakthrough television role: Plays Enid Sinclair, Wednesday Addams' werewolf roommate in Netflix's Wednesday (2022-present); the character article aggregated in this pass states the role was a breakout that launched the then-little-known actress to wide visibility, with her Instagram following reported to have jumped from roughly 9,000 to about five million within three days of the Season 1 release.
  • Lead television role: Plays Pip Fitz-Amobi, a student investigating a murder case everyone else considers closed, in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2024), the screen adaptation of Holly Jackson's YA thriller; IMDb lists the role among her best-known credits and she is also credited as an executive producer on the series.
  • Film role: Played Natalie in A Minecraft Movie (2025); IMDb lists the film among her best-known credits.
  • Film role: Played CC Walker in Netflix's body-swap comedy Family Switch (2023), alongside Jennifer Garner and Ed Helms; per the IMDb credits list.
  • Early career: Child-actress credits date to 2010, including an episode of The Glades and the film Letters to God, per the IMDb credits list.

Performance & Reception

How the role plays on screen

Performance style

  • Warm counterpart to the title character — Enid is written and played as Wednesday's polar opposite; creators' interviews quoted in the character article frame the friendship as the series' emotional core ('the heart and soul of the show', 'her learning what that means and how to navigate something she's never done before'). Per-actor critic quotes on Myers' performance style in Season 1 were not retrieved from Tier 1/2 outlets this pass; evaluative framing is therefore kept minimal.
  • Range beyond the breakout role — The IMDb credits list shows deliberate movement across genres after Wednesday: a serious lead turn as Pip Fitz-Amobi (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, 2024), an ensemble blockbuster role (A Minecraft Movie, 2025), and broad comedy (Family Switch, 2023). No Tier 1/2 performance critique of these turns was retrieved this pass; the entry records the pattern, not a quality judgement.

Reception

  • Wednesday Season 1 (2022): Breakout reception: the character article states Enid 'proved to be a breakout role for Emma Myers, as the relatively unknown actress was launched into superstardom', citing her Instagram following rising from roughly 9,000 to about five million in three days after release.
  • Wednesday Season 2 (2025): Mixed on the character's retooling: per the character article's aggregation, David Opie (GamesRadar+) considered Season 2 Enid 'more of a MacGuffin than a key character' and Gaby Shedwick (Collider) described her as a romance-focused 'caricature'; both lamented how the changes affected the Wednesday-Enid relationship.

Character Connections

Who they share the screen with

<a href="/shows/wednesday/">Wednesday</a> · evidence: S1E1
The series premiere establishes Enid (Emma Myers) as Wednesday's roommate; the creators describe the friendship as the heart of the show, and Season 2 continues the arc with Wednesday hiding a premonition of Enid's violent death (per the Season 2 Independent review).
<a href="/shows/wednesday/">Wednesday</a> · evidence: S2E1
Season 2 brings Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) to live on campus as fundraising chair; Wednesday's premonition of Enid's death and her secrecy drive both family and friendship dynamics, per the Season 2 reviews.
<a href="/shows/wednesday/">Wednesday</a> · evidence: S1E1
Marilyn Thornhill (Christina Ricci) is introduced in the premiere as the botanical science teacher attached to the girls' residence wing; her Season 1 villain reveal (as Laurel Gates) reframes the relationship.
Enid Sinclair & Esther Sinclair
<a href="/shows/wednesday/">Wednesday</a> · evidence: S1E4-S1E5
The character article's citations note that Murray and Esther Sinclair, Enid's parents, appear as guest characters in Season 1; the article records the werewolf-conversion-camp pressure Enid faces from her family as a character-defining element.

Related Works & Cast

Other credits and co-stars

TitleYears TypeRole
Wednesday
Season 1 (2022); Season 2 released in two parts (August 6 and September 3, 2025); IMDb lists 16-17 episode credits through 2026.
2022-presentTV series (Netflix)Enid Sinclair (main cast)
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
IMDb pages show differing episode counts across listings (6 vs 12) - recorded under conflicts.
2024TV series (BBC/Netflix adaptation)Pip Fitz-Amobi (lead)
A Minecraft Movie2025FilmNatalie
Family Switch2023Film (Netflix)CC Walker
Girl in the Basement2021FilmMarie Cody
Southern Gospel2023FilmAngie Blackburn
The Angry Birds Movie 3
In production / post-production per IMDb at capture time.
2026Animated film (voice)June (voice)

Cast they appear alongside

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Season 2 brings Morticia on campus, intersecting with the Wednesday-Enid arc.
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Season 1's central antagonist reveal.
Plays Wednesday's younger brother; a larger Season 2 presence.
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Title lead; Myers' Enid is her assigned roommate and the series' central friendship.
as Hester Frump (credited as Grandmama) · Wednesday
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as Colter Shaw, Kevin Pearson, Oliver Queen / Green Arrow, Adam Newman, Fox Crane · Tracker
Plays Wednesday's father.
as Xavier Thorpe · Wednesday
as Valerie Kinbott · Wednesday
Plays the Addams family's sentient hand.

Media

Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair dances with Evie Templeton as Agnes in Wednesday Season 2
Enid and Agnes dance
Photo: Helen Sloan/Netflix
Enid Sinclair key art from Wednesday Season 2 featuring Emma Myers
Season 2 key art
Image: Netflix
Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair with Noah B. Taylor as Bruno in Wednesday Season 2
Enid with Bruno
Photo: Helen Sloan/Netflix

Media

Official videos

Wednesday: Season 2 | First Look at Behind the Scenes | Netflix — Video: Netflix
Wednesday: Season 2 | Cast Reveal | Netflix — Video: Netflix

FAQ

Emma Myers: frequently asked questions

Who plays Enid Sinclair in Wednesday?

Emma Myers, an American actress born in 2002, plays Enid Sinclair, Wednesday Addams' werewolf roommate at Nevermore Academy. Wednesday (2022-present) is her breakout role.

Is Enid a werewolf in Wednesday?

Yes. Enid is a werewolf student at Nevermore Academy whose struggle to 'wolf out' and her family's expectations over it are part of her Season 1 storyline.

What else has Emma Myers been in?

Her best-known credits outside Wednesday include A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2024) as lead Pip Fitz-Amobi, A Minecraft Movie (2025) as Natalie, Family Switch (2023) as CC Walker, and Girl in the Basement (2021).

When did Emma Myers start acting?

Per the IMDb credits list, her earliest credits date to 2010, including an episode of The Glades and the film Letters to God, when she was a child actress.

Did Enid's role change in Wednesday Season 2?

The Season 2 handling drew mixed comment: GamesRadar+'s David Opie considered her 'more of a MacGuffin than a key character' and Collider's Gaby Shedwick called her a romance-focused 'caricature', while the Wednesday-Enid friendship remained central to the season's emotional stakes.

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Sources

Sources used for this profile

Show all 7 cited sources
  1. IMDb - Emma Myers profile and credits (name/nm3528821) (Tier 3)
  2. Wikipedia article "Enid Sinclair" (character), read via gwern.net mirror; includes attributed quotes from showrunners Gough/Millar, GamesRadar+ (David Opie), Collider (Gaby Shedwick), and CBR (Andrea Sandoval) (Tier 3)
  3. Wikipedia article "Wednesday (TV series)" / season pages (non-official mirror; direct Wikipedia fetches are blocked in this working environment) (Tier 3)
  4. IMDb - "Wednesday" episode full cast & crew listing (You Reap What You Woe, tt14077402) (Tier 3)
  5. The Independent - "Wednesday season two review: Netflix hit is as stylish as ever, but frightfully formulaic" (Tier 1)
  6. NPR Fresh Air - "Mother-daughter dynamics dominate an ambitious second season of 'Wednesday'" (David Bianculli) (Tier 1)
  7. Wikipedia article "Christina Ricci" (mirror; used for Marilyn Thornhill's teacher role and Season 1 reveal context) (Tier 3)