Emily Swallow

 Emily Swallow (born December 18 1979) is an American actress from the United States. She is best known for her roles in the role of Kim Fischer on The Mentalist and as Amara / the Darkness in the 11th season of Supernatural. She also played the Armorer in Star Wars' live-action series The Mandalorian. Emily played one small part in The Last of Us Part II. Swallow was born in Washington, D.C. on December 18 1979. She grew-up in Sterling, Virginia, and Jacksonville, Florida. While at Stanton College Preparatory School in Jacksonville and then at Stanton College Preparatory School in Jacksonville, she began to act in a variety of college, amateur, and professional theatre productions. She graduated in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Virginia, and afterward, she pursued an MFA in Acting from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.Swallow started her professional career on Broadway theatre which she acted in numerous productions including High Fidelity, King Lear, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Guthrie Theater, Much Ado About Nothing for Shakespeare in the Park, and the world premiere of off-Broadway shows Romantic Poetry and Measure for Pleasure.In 2008, Swallow made her film debut in the military drama The Lucky Ones. She was a star in the world premieres of Donald Margulies’ play The Country House at Los Angeles’ Geffen Playhouse. She also appeared alongside Mark Rylance in Louis Jenkins’ production of Nice Fish at Guthrie Theatre. In 2010 she won the Falstaff Award as best female actor for her performance in The Taming of the Shrew. She also performed with Jac Huberman in Jac N Swallow's musical romantic Poetry at the Manhattan Theater Club. The show revolves around the comic misadventures of the duo as they confront a myriad of life situations, each with their own unique degree of sanity as well as dignity.