Emily Fields

Emily Fields is one of the main characters in the Pretty Little Liars series. She is portrayed by Shay Mitchell.

Biography
Emily Fields is a very talented swimmer, being the star of Rosewood's swim team. Unfortunately, she has had a rough past being in love with her ex-best friend Ali before she died, their relationship being on and off. At times Ali would say things to put Emily at risk of being outed. Initially when Emily came out, her parents, especially her mother, struggled to handle the news, but now they seem to be accepting of her sexuality.

Season 1
Competitive swimmer Emily befriends Maya St. Germain, her new neighbor who resides in Alison's former home. Maya introduces Emily to marijuana, and the girls grow closer. A message from "A" reveals Emily to be curious about her sexuality, and hints that she had kissed Alison in the past, or had been in a relationship with Alison. Emily's mother invites Maya to stay for a while, and she and Emily share a room and a bed. Emily's boyfriend, Ben Coogan, becomes possessive and almost forces her to have sex with him, but she is saved by Toby Cavanaugh.



Emily breaks up with her boyfriend and kisses Maya in a photo booth at a party; however, someone steals the photograph and makes copies. Emily goes with Toby to Homecoming, much to the shock of her friends, who believe Toby is dangerous. Even though Emily trusts him enough to tell him about her feelings for Maya, she begins to believe he is dangerous too, and runs away from him. She trips on her dress and is knocked out trying to flee. Toby drives her to the hospital, then disappears. Emily starts seriously dating Maya, telling her friends, but keeping it a secret from her parents. Emily's secret about loving Alison as more than a friend is unkindly revealed in "The Perfect Storm" by Detective Wilden. Toby tells Emily he didn't kill Alison, and asks her to meet him.

Emily, Spencer, and Aria visit Hanna at the hospital. Hanna announces that Noel is "A." Emily tells Toby she wasn't the one who turned him in. She goes to Hanna's surprise "Welcome Back!" party. Emily confesses to her parents that she's a lesbian and chooses Maya. Her dad isn't happy about it, but accepts it and understands that she's still his daughter. Her mother is completely heartbroken and devastated and calls it "disgusting." Emily invites Maya over to meet her parents, and Maya has a great time. Her parents both try to be nice and friendly, but Emily's mother notices Emily and Maya playing footsie and goes into the kitchen and starts crying. After Maya leaves, her mother says she's not okay with her being a lesbian.

In "Know Your Frenemies," Emily's mom finds pot in Maya's things and tells her parents. They send Maya to rehabilitation. In "Careful What U Wish 4," the girls are at a dance-a-thon, and Emily calls Maya to talk to her, but is disappointed when it sounds like Maya is no longer into her. She then digs out the canteen of liquor in Hanna's jacket pockets and drinks it. She becomes intoxicated, and goes up to Ian and accuses him of killing Alison, though she puts it vaguely by saying "I know what you did."

In "If At First You Don't Succeed, Lie, Lie Again," Emily has to put up with a new rival on the swim team: Paige McCullers, who is desperately trying to become team captain and makes a comment about her sexuality. When Spencer learns about Paige's comment, she informs the coach, which upsets Emily, who wanted to share that information with Coach Fulton herself.

In "Je Suis une Amie," Emily and Paige compete for anchor, after Paige's comment the coach chooses Emily as anchor. Paige comes by Emily's house and apologizes for what she has done explaining that she hates herself and is surprised that Emily doesn't hate her as well.

In "The New Normal," Paige's father comes up to the school accusing Emily of getting preferential treatment due to her sexuality but is rebuffed by Ezra Fitz. Emily's mom hears about this and puts Mr. McCullers in his place. When Emily goes to her car Paige gets in to explain that her father's behavior was not because of her and expresses jealousy at how "easy" Emily's life is. After Emily explains just how difficult it is to be her, Paige kisses her, asks her not to tell, and runs off.

In "A Person of Interest," Emily runs into Paige in the locker room and they discuss what happened. Paige asks Emily to act like it did not happen, which upsets Emily. Later Emily gets a note from Paige to meet her at 707, W. Chester Pike that night. They talk, and then Paige persuades Emily to come up on stage and sing karaoke with her and then they kiss out in the parking lot. The next day Paige texts Emily to have a picnic. They discuss that there is a concert coming, but Paige says that she cannot be seen with Emily there. So Emily says that they should just be friends, because Paige wants to keep it a secret, and Emily isn't ready to go back into the closet.

In "Someone to Watch Over Me," Emily sees Paige with Sean and gets jealous. When Sean asks her if she knows if Paige is single, she half lies that she doesn't know her very well - that they only swim on the same team. She later confronts Paige, who says that her date with Sean is just a group thing. Later Emily gets a text from Paige, who comes over to tell Emily about her failed date and says that the whole date felt like it was phony. She then admits that if she says that she is gay, the whole world will change, and Emily agrees. Emily tells Paige she likes girls like her who encourage her to get up on stage and sing, something she would not do on her own, and in general, bring out that outgoing side in her personality. Paige then leans in for a kiss.

In "Monsters in the End," Paige gets tickets to a concert for her and Emily, but also for a guy as insurance. Emily persuades Paige to meet a member of the pride group from Sheridan Prep, but Paige does not show up. Emily and a member of the group talk about Paige and her situation. The next day at the festival, she meets Samara Cook from the pride group at one of the booths, and Paige sees her and gets jealous of Emily's and Samara's flirting. Later Paige asks Emily what she told Samara, after telling her about the situation she was in with her parents. Emily finally tells Paige that she can't be her little secret anymore.

Later, Emily remembers a snow globe that Alison gave her the day she died. Alison had asked her to keep the globe a secret, suggesting that Alison trusted Emily the most of all of her friends. Upon inspection she finds a key to a storage facility hidden inside of the globe. The room-sized storage facility contains a lunch box holding a thumb drive, storing videos of all of the girls who spent time on that street, including a video of Jenna pressuring Toby into sex. They assume that Ian was the person making these videos and that he killed Alison because she found out about it.

In "For Whom the Bell Tolls," Pam tells her daughter that the family is moving to Texas, where Wayne is currently stationed.

Season 2
In "My Name Is Trouble," Emily takes action. In the hope of convincing her mom to stay in Rosewood, Emily considers faking a letter from a college swim scout, saying she could have a full scholarship to Danby University if she stays in Rosewood. She decides the act is wrong and rips up the letter. However "A" makes an unaltered, undamaged copy and sends it to Emily's mother. Emily is able to stay in Rosewood but feels guilty.

In the "The Devil You Know," Emily finds the pattern in Ian's letter; it was completely made of text messages that "A" sent to all four girls. So her and the girls come to find that Ian did not commit suicide like they previously thought in "Blind Dates."

Later Emily goes to Rosewoods local post office, Speed Demon Express, where she stumbles upon Logan Reed. She remembers him from when her and Liars were in the forest in "For Whom the Bell Tolls." She questions him about the night and he admits to her that he was hired online for a delivery position. He never interacted with his employer, except on the phone, and the voice of the employer was that of a woman, not a man. At the church for Ian's funeral ceremony, Emily informs Garrett Reynolds of what she has found out from Logan, and this results in Officer Garrett's violating Emily's trust by paying Logan off to keep quiet about the bribe, stopping Emily's investigation in its tracks. Garrett then calls someone to let her know "it has been taken care of."

In "Never Letting Go," Emily is sympathetic to her mother who is very upset and missing Wayne. This leads Emily to suggest that her mom spend a significantly longer period of time in Texas, while Emily finishes her semester in Rosewood; her mother says she'll think about it. She is later seen discussing it with her friends, Ashley and Ella. Emily's relationship also gets a little bumpy with Samara when she brings her friend Quinn to the fashion show. Emily is upset because she believes the two are flirting with each other and are "touchy, feely." When Emily questions Samara about it she attempts to convince Emily her and Quinn are only long term friends. However, Samara adds that she isn't necessarily against dating other people, as Emily has made it clear that she wants to take her relationship with Samara slow, and they have really only gone on two dates. Emily cannot argue with her about that. Later, it is confirmed that she will be living in Hanna`s house, while her mom and dad are together in Texas.

In "Save The Date", Emily is sent to the hospital after she collapses in the school hallway, we learn that she had a hole in her stomach (an ulcer). It's also learned that the chemical "A" put in Emily's muscle cream in "Surface Tension" was actually Human Growth Hormone (HGH), which is a steroid. Wren confronts her about it, and she denies ever using it and begs him to allow her to retake the test and not tell her parents. Later, Emily is somewhat relieved when her father reassures Emily that she does not need to put herself under so much pressure in order to procure a scholarship; if need be, her parents can pay for school.

In "Picture This," "A" blackmails Emily with her HGH lab report. "A" attempts to sabotage Emily's relationship with Samara by making Emily flirt with Samara's friend, Zoey. Zoey accepted Emily's number without telling Samara. Quinn tells Samara, which makes her upset with Emily. Emily tries to convince Samara that the gesture was only a friendly one. Samara believes it was only to spite her for what she said in "Never Letting Go." She angrily tells Emily that until she gives her a real explanation, she no longer wants to see her.

In I Must Confess, her ex-girlfriend Maya St. Germain comes back to Rosewood,and both have a date in a restaurant. However,in Over My Dead Body, Maya says that she only wants to be friends, by now, and casually dating. Later in this episode, Emily goes to a abandoned barn, and she gets trapped, as it was a plan of A to get her alone. Later, the four Liars, gets testified at the police station when they were caught with the murder weapon.

In "The First Secret", the PLL Halloween special episode, Ben, her ex-boyfriend (however, her boyfriend in this episode) tells everyone that Emily had sex with him. Emily admits that it was true to her friends. After school, Emily sees Toby and goes to talk with him. Toby tells her that his dad got married again and so his stepmother and his stepsister are moving in. When Emily asks about Toby's stepsister, he tells her that she gets everything she wants. At the party, Alison notices that Emily staring at Jenna while is dancing with Ben, and Alison whispers in Emily's ear: "Your secret is safe with me". When Emily, Aria, Hanna and Spencer go to save Alison in the abandoned house of the mysterious zombie guy, however, they discover that it was only a prank of Noel and Alison. The Liars and Alison get very scared when they discover that the zombie boy who attacked them was not Noel. Soon, they realize that there are more people dressed as the mysterious zombie boy watching them.

In Through Many Dangers Toils and Snares, the girls are picking up trash along side the highway. Its one month after they've found the shovel and they get to do community service. Two girls make comments about how they killed someone but Emily says they didnt. Spencer says not to talk to them and this leads to the two of them getting into a catfight. The next morning, Emily talks to Mrs.Marin and says that she has an extra two weeks because of the fight. At school, Emily and Spencer get into it again as Spencer "accidenly" knocks her books over but it gets stopped by Aria's mom. It appears as they're picking up their books that they switch books. A texts Emily and says that s\he wants to make a deal and Emily cicrles yes on the blackboard. That night Emily meets up with the other girls and it appears that they were fake fighting to trick A. At school, Toby comes up to Emily and asks what is going on between her and Spencer but she doesnt give him any answers. Emily meets A in the greenhouse but her friends get sidetracked because hanna's dad arrives, Toby cornors Spencer and Ezra tells Aria's parents about them. This leds A attacking Emily but Spencer saves her. The girls find A's cell phone at the end.

In A Hot Piece of A, Emily, Spencer and Aria want to use Caleb to hack into the phone but Hanna doesnt but is forced to anyway. Emily is making up a test when Aria's mom asks her if she should know anything elese about what her daughter is keeping. Emily and Spencer meet in the hallway where Emily reveals that Hanna and Caleb used her lakehouse and slept together on her Nana's couch. Emily is working at a Crisis hotline as part of her community service. She sees a letter that looks a lot like an A letter. Spencer lates joins Emily at the hotline and when someone calls saying "I never wanted to hurt anybody but know I feel like i have to" they reliaze that the voice is Lucas. They try to tell Hanna but Hanna doesnt believe it. At Hanna's party, Spencer informs Emily thta Lucas was up in her attic like he knew his way around. They go look for her but she already left with Lucas on a boat. Emily and Spencer trying calling for Hanna but she doesnt respond. When Hanna does come up on shore, Emily and Spencer comfort her.

In Let the Water Hold Me Down, Emily is with Hanna, Spencer and Aria in Spencer's house. They comfort Hanna because Lucas tried to kill her. Emily is shocked that Lucas was the one who destroyed Ali's memorial. Emily and Maya go on a date where Emily reliazes that she is acting weird. Maya revals that she hooked up with a guy at True North and this surprises Emily. Emily is at Spencer's with the other girls while Hanna revals that Lucas isnt A and Spencer fills them in on what she found in Philly. They got Chinese Take Out but when they open the food they find that its worms and A texts them saying this is what live bait looks like.

In The Blonde Leading The Blind, Emily is at Spencer's house with the girls. They looks at what Caleb could decode. After Hanna tells them that Caleb is done working on the videos and Hanna and Aria leave, Spencer shows Emily a picture of Spencer and Toby kissing because A sent it to her saying"I WARNED YOU." Toby shows up at Spencer's house and calls Spencer. Spencer tells Emily to take it and wants her to tell him that she isnt here. Emily doesnt want to lie to Toby but knows what Spencer is up against so she take the call. Toby wants asnwers but Emily doesnt give him any. Emily tries to get off but saying Spencer's dad is here but Toby knows that Spencer is there and doesnt want to speak to him. They go school and meet up with Aria and Hanna. At the table they discuss their relationship stauts's. After Toby falls, Emily vists him in the hospital where she runs into Jenna. Jenna says that they all should have left him alone while Spencer overhears this. While in the room with Toby, Emily sees Spencer who looks really upset. Spencer and Emily talk and Spencer asks her to do her a favor. Spencer responds that this favor could make Emily hate her but she need to save Toby. This favor was for Emily to tell Toby that she cheated even though she never did. Emily goes to Spencer's where she finds Spencer crying her eyes out.

In A Kiss Before Lying, Emily, Spencer, Caleb and Aria lie to Hanna about Caleb contiuing working on the videos. Emily is preparing for her mother's return and wants Maya to join them for dinner. The dinner doesnt really go the way Emily had hoped it would because Maya keeps on making jokes about pot, mentions that she hooked up with a guy and now he is stalking her. After dinner Maya and Emily get into a fight because Emily didnt like the way she behaved during dinner. They make up the next day though because Maya admits that she loves her and Emily says it to. Emily goes to school where she meets up with Hanna, Spencer and Aria where they discuss the naked photo of Kate that Hanna sent to the whole school.

In The Naked Truth, Emily meets up with Spencer and Aria where they discuss the Vivan Darkbloom situation and how Spencer picked up the red coat. The girls find a number and they call it but the person hangs up on them. At school, the three of them meet up with Hanna to try and calm her down about the Kate mess. Spencer, Emily and Aria then go into the bathroom before looking at Vice Principal Tamborelli who he is the one who is keeping Emily off the swim team which they all find annoying because they are still paying for picking up the shovel. Emily, Spencer, Hanna and Aria go back to the high school at night for Truth Up Day. Emily is in Mrs.Marin's group and when Mrs.Marin asks if anyone feels unsafe to take a step forward, and Emily, getting stalked by a crazy person, takes two steps with leds her to getting in trouble with Tamborelli. Emily is talking to Mona about how she cant get back on the swim team and Emily also says she is sorry for not sticking up to Ali when she treated Mona terribley. Mona helps Emily get back on the swim team by saying to Tamborelli that he let football players back on the team after getting in trouble. Emily also helps Hanna take down Kate because her and Aria record the conversation between Kate and Hanna that Kate faked the photo. At the end, Emily is back on the team and goes to sleep in the cafeteria with Spencer, Hanna and Aria. Emily wakes up and finds Spencer awake and asks if she is okay but Spencer doesnt say anything. Emily finds out that she has missed calls from the Vivan's number and she calls it setting a meeting with the person.

In CTRL:A, Emily wins her swim meet and gets hugs from Spencer and Maya. Hanna says that her mom said it was okay for them to throw the party at her house. Emily, Spencer and Hanna go to a place where Aria meets up the person who called them. After Jonah, who was the person leaves, the girls reliaze that they need $2,000 to find out who A is and they dont have that kind of money. Emily and Aria look at Spencer but her account has been on lockdown because they got arrested. At the party, Emily finds out that Maya's parents may be sending her back to True North because they found an old joint. Emily says that she'll go with her to talk to her parents. Emily goes back to the party when Hanna sees Maya sitting on the staircase. Emily goes over and Maya asks her to run away with her but Emily says she cant. Emily also finds Maya trying to smoke a joint which leds to them getting into a fight and Maya taking off. At the end of the episode, Emily tries to call Maya with no luck while A looks at Emily through the window.

In Breaking the Code, Emily tries to call Maya with zero luck. She is helping out with a fundraiser thing where Paige asks her to help out and Emily agrees to it. Emily goes to Spencer's house with Hanna and Aria where Hanna admits that Mona is getting texts from A and the real reason why Hanna never got charged with shop lifting because her mom had an affair with Wilden. The girls go downstairs because Caleb decoded another video and it shows Melissa entering the room where Ian, Garret and Jenna were. Emily, Hanna and Aria want to trun the video in but Spencer just wants to talk to Melissa. They give Spencer the night while they go check out the lawfirm place. The lawfirm just truns out to be nothing at all and Emily goes to the grill to get food. While there she sees a girl the looks like Maya but really isnt. When she runs out she sees Paige who tries to kiss her but Emily backs away and runs away. At the end, a cop comes to Emily's house and says he needs to ask her questions about Maya.

In Father Knows Best, Emily comes back from the police station and Hanna asks her a zillion questions but Emily is really tired. Emily's dad come back for the Father-Daughter Dance and Emily opens up to him about her troubles with Maya. He helps her try to find her and they go to a bus station where they find she bought s ticket to California. At the dance, Emily's dad tells her that is leaving to Iraq soon but he didnt want to tell her because he didnt want to ruin the evening. Emily dances with her dad and appears to be the only one out of the girls enjoying the dance. The girls go to Brokeheaven where Jonah gave them an address and they find a really creppy doll hospital where Hanna, Spencer and Emily agree that they used to like dolls but now they dont.

In Eye of The Beholder, Emily, Spencer, Hanna and Aria at talking about Duncan and how Aria is meeting up with him. Just as Jenna and Toby come out of the car and the girls are shocked to see that she got the surgery done. At school, the girls meet with Mona in the hallway as Hanna gets a new phone and after the bell rings Emily goes to her locker as Maya texts her saying that she is okay but dont tell anyone where she is. After school, the girls walk home together as they notice Toby talking to the cops and it looks like he is telling them about The Jenna Thing and how it was their fault. The next day, Emily sees Spencer looking a little upset and she asks if she is okay and thinking about Toby. Spencer feels like its her falut that Toby is back with Jenna. Emily also tells Spencer that Maya had texted her. When they walk into the hallway Jason comes up to them and says he has a bag of Ali's things and that Maya dropped the bag off. This surprises Spencer and Emily. At Spencer's, Emily, Spencer and Jason go trough the bag and he says that they can keep anything they want. After he leaves, Emily and Spencer look for clues leading them to anything about A or Ali's dissaperance but find nothing. After the fire at Jason's, Emily goes to the hospital with Aria and Hanna waiting to hear if Spencer's hand is okay. When Mrs.Marin shows up, Emily sees that she hugs Hanna and this makes her think about Maya. Later, Emily calls Maya's parents and tells them that Maya contacted her.

In If These Dolls Could Talk, Emily meets Spencer in her car. Spencer is worried she is losing it because she saw Ali but Emily informs her that she also saw Ali and their conversation feels more real than the one between Spencer and Emily. When Emily goes to check on her house, Maya texts her saying she is mad because Emily told her parents. At school, Spencer goes up to the girls and said she figured out what the newspaper clips meant and that Ali posted for A to meet her and A responded. Just as Jenna and Toby approch them, and Jenna wants to talk to the four of them. Jenna says that she doesnt want to hate them anymore and wants to move on from the whole thing. In Brookheaven, the girls find nothing at the address but meet Martha the owner of the creppy doll place. When the girls go into the doll place, they meet Seth who tells them that he is sorry about how the blonde girl died with dirt in her mouth. This creeps the girls out. At Hanna's, Hanna, Spencer and Emily are creeped out but Aria says not to worry about it. Emily is also shocked when Spencer tells them that Jason is her brother and her parents think that Melissa could have killed Ali. The next night, the girls are planning to see if Melissa is A by making Mona kiss Caleb. Emily texts Mona saying show time to see if Melissa is A. After they kiss, Emily drives Caleb home and goes back to Hanna's. Emily, Spencer and Hanna then go back to the creepy doll place to find answers but Martha isnt there. When they go down there, they hear a doll saying "FOLLOW ME END UP LIKE ME" The girls follow this only to see a blonde girl burying someone. The girls run out of there and go to Spencer's. While in her room, the pack up Ali's things ready to turn Melissa in. When they hear the door-bell ring Emily, Spencer and Hanna go downstairs only to see that Garret is getting arrested for Ali's death and the girls looked really shocked.

Physical Appearance
Emily is hot and beautiful. She is tall, and thin, with tanned skin and long, wavy dark brown hair. Emily has brown, almond shaped eyes and full lips. She dresses more casually than the other girls, usually wearing skinny jeans and a simple top, and sometimes, a scarf or jacket.

Relationships
Ben Coogan: They dated for about 2 years.
 * Started: Before "The First Secret"
 * End: "Can You Hear Me Now?"
 * Reason: He tried to rape her in the girls' locker room and Emily is a lesbian.

Maya St. Germain: They have been dating on and off. First Relationship Second Relationship
 * Started: "Please, Do Talk About Me When I'm Gone"
 * Ended: "Careful What U Wish 4"
 * Reason: Maya was sent to juvenile camp, and when Emily called Maya, Maya seemed uninterested in her. They presumably broke up even though it was never "official."
 * Started: "I Must Confess"

Paige McCullers: They briefly dated and have remained friends. First Relationship Second Relationship
 * Started: "A Person of Interest"
 * Ended: "A Person of Interest"
 * Reason: Paige wants to keep their relationship a secret, which Emily refuses to do. Emily wants to remain friends, though.
 * Started: "Someone to Watch Over Me"
 * Ended: "Monsters in the End"
 * Reason: Paige says she is ready to take steps toward coming out, but her actions seem to suggest otherwise. Emily is not interested in keeping their relationship a secret. Also, Paige was rude to Samara.

Samara Cook: They dated.
 * Started: "The Goodbye Look"
 * Ended: "Picture This"
 * Reason: Emily gave her number to Zoey behind Samara's back. Samara thought she was hitting on her.

Trivia

 * Shay Mitchell originally auditioned for the role of Spencer Hastings.
 * Out of the four Liars, Emily's parents have the most stable realationship, neither having cheated on the other before.
 * Emily is the most sensitive out of the four girls.
 * This is Shay Mitchell's first starring role in a TV series.
 * Emily tends to show a great deal of compassion and empathy for people who are outcasts or act suspiciously.
 * In the series, Emily and Spencer appear to be very close friends, and she seemed to become close with Hanna in Season 2, since the two live together.
 * "A" calls her the weakest link out of the 4 girls, but it has been mentioned that Emily will "grow a backbone."
 * She has been "A's" main target of Season 2 so far.
 * Emily comes face to face with "A" during Season 2.
 * Emily is the second person to be seen drunk, after Wren.
 * Emily is a competitive swimmer.
 * In recent interview for AfterEllen.com, Shay Mitchell confirmed that there will be some very steamy scenes between Maya and Emily during Season 2.
 * Emily has received 25 individual messages from "A," plus 19 messages sent to all 4 girls.
 * Emily thinks Maya is still alive, she can feel it in her heart during season 3.

Book-TV Series Character Comparisons

 * Emily's fashion sense in the series is more fashionable as compared to her outfits in the book. Not-withstanding, she still dresses more casually and comfortably than the other three Liars.
 * In the books, Emily has strawberry blonde hair, but in the series she has dark brown hair. She is also implied to be Caucasian in the books. Shay Mitchell, however, is Filipino on her mother's side and Irish/Scottish on her father's side.
 * In the books, Emily has three older siblings, a brother and two sisters, while in the series, she is an only child.
 * In the series, Emily is a lesbian, whereas in the books, she is bisexual.
 * In the books, Emily took a hiatus from swimming when she accidentally became pregnant; unbeknownst to most of her family, she secretly gave birth to the baby and gave it up for adoption. Despite this, she received a swimming scholarship to attend the University of North Carolina.
 * In the series, Maya is the love of Emily's life and Emily thinks Maya is still alive in season 3.