Emelia Hartford
Biography
Emelia Hartford is an American actress and social media personality whose YouTube channel, launched in 2017, covers performance car customization. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she took small acting roles while working service industry jobs before her car posts online led her to start making videos. On screen she appeared in the Netflix film A California Christmas: City Lights (2021) and the romantic comedy That's Amor (2022), took a part in HBO Max's A Hollywood Christmas (2022), and played Leah Vega in Gran Turismo (2023), Neill Blomkamp's drama about a video game player who becomes a race car driver. She has judged SEMA: Battle of the Builders, hosted Motor Trend's animated series Super Turbo Story Time, and co-hosted the Car Stories podcast. In motorsport she set quarter-mile records with a custom Corvette C8 and a Nissan Z, made her professional hill climb debut at Pikes Peak in 2025, and won Formula E's Evo Sessions.
33years old
Turns 34 on July 29in 260 days
- Born Los Angeles, California, USA
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 2 years2021 to 2023
Every film, newest first
- 2023Gran TurismoIMDb rating 7.1
- 2022A Hollywood ChristmasIMDb rating 5.2
- 2022That's AmorIMDb rating 5.4
- 2021A California Christmas: City LightsIMDb rating 5.6
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A first
In June 2026, Hartford posted a time of 10:11.018 in a ZR1 Corvette, a female record that earned her the title of "Queen of the Mountain".
A first
Hartford built a Nissan Z in her own garage in 57 days and drove it to a 7.75-second quarter-mile at 181.85 mph, making her the record holder for the fastest Nissan Z in the world.
A first
Hartford's custom Corvette C8, named Phoenix, broke the world record for the quickest C8 in the quarter-mile with a 9.36-second run at 147 mph at Famoso Raceway in June 2021.
A first
Hartford won the inaugural Formula E Evo Sessions competition, driving for Maserati MSG Racing with coaching from 2021-22 Formula E world champion Stoffel Vandoorne, and was named Grand Champion.
A change of course
Hartford customized cars as a hobby after work shifts and posted about it on Instagram, which led Michelin to invite her to New York to launch its Pilot Sport 4S tire. There she met car-build influencers who advised her on making videos.
Emelia Hartford movies on Netflix
Worked with
Emelia Hartford shares three films with Riley Dandy, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Riley Dandy's page
Josh Swickard's page
Thomas Kretschmann's page
Missi Pyle's page
Djimon Hounsou's page
Orlando Bloom's page
All films by Shaun Paul Piccinino
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.