Emma Bading was born in Monheim am Rhein on March 12, 1998. The daughter of actors Claudia Geisler-Bading and Thomas Bading made her screen debut in "Halbschatten" ("Everyday Objects", 2011-13), for which she received positive reviews. After playing a troubled teen in the made-for-TV drama "Weiter als der Ozean" (2014), she had noteworthy guest-starring roles in "Mörderhus" (2014, TV) and in the "Tatort" entry "Das Muli" (2015).

After her turns in "Die Kleinen und die Bösen" ("The Small And The Wicked", 2015), "Die letzte Sau" (2016) and "Wir sind die Rosinskis" (2016), Emma Bading was one of the leads in the comedy "Lucky Loser - Ein Sommer in der Bredouille" (2017).

This was followed by leading roles in the drama "1000 Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben" ("Different Kinds of Rain", 2017) and the comedy "Meine teuflisch gute Freundin".