General Hospital star Braedyn Bruner’s character Emma was making positive progress in her relationship with her childhood rival Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy). That is, until Joss sabotaged Emma’s opportunity for a research assistant position with Professor Dalton (Daniel Goddard). Now Emma is out for revenge.
Discussing her character’s current motivation, Bruner spoke to Soap Opera Digest, sharing, “I think the pursuit of justice is what motivates her day in and day out, because she just feels like she’s some kind of bystander otherwise. Emma has her own motivations for why she wants that position with Dalton, and Josslyn obviously has her own motivations for why she wants that position.”
After losing the position to Joss, Bruner shares, “Emma is not someone who just lets things go — particularly after Emma opened up to Josslyn about why the position was so important to her. We don’t see Emma being vulnerable very often, so this was a big deal. She shared a lot with Josslyn, especially with Joss being someone who was her frenemy. She felt comfortable enough to share all of that with her and she really felt like they bonded — and then it all gets taken away from her in an instant.”
Discussing what this meant for Emma’s future, Bruner continued, “It’s not just about the research position. I think Emma is someone who thinks 20 steps ahead in life and she was viewing this as her future. I mean, she wants to be like Anna. She wants to save the world; she wants to save everything and everyone. Joss is not only hindering this mission she’s on, but also her whole future. And I think that kind of destroys her in a lot of ways.”
Bruner joined the soap in 2024, her credits began with Barney & Friends in 2009. Her credits then include: portraying a student in Hoover in 2015, Heather in the 2017 short film The Midnight Man, the role of Natalie in the 2020 movie Full Out 2: You Got This, Millie in the 2024 movie Break and Angela in the 2024 movie V/H/S/Beyond.
General Hospital airs weekdays on ABC at 2 p.m. ET and streams weeknights on Hulu.
