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Emma Nelson is a fictional student on the Degrassi: The Next Generation television series, having originated in the series' precursor, Degrassi Junior High. She is portrayed as an adolescent and adult by Miriam McDonald.

Emma was born June 1989 (episode aired 28 March 1988 but Emma is in the same grade as Manny and she was 12 when school started in 2001. The fact is also that although the episode aired in 1988 the timeline is in 1989). Emma is the daughter of original Degrassi characters Christine "Spike" Nelson and Shane McKay, and is the only student at Degrassi in The Next Generation to have been depicted as a child in the earlier series. She is known as the school's "cause girl" because she has arranged many protests and boycotts for various causes. She has evolved from a good, simple character to a complex one over the course of the series; since season 1, she was a fairly undramatic character, having only a few dramatic experiences, until in season 4 when she was held at gunpoint by classmate Rick Murray. She has an on-off relationship with Sean Cameron. Breaking the Nelson women's multi-generational cycle of unplanned teen-age motherhood and beautician careers, Emma graduates from high school having never been pregnant (despite a momentary scare) and is bound for university. Emma is considered the protagonist of the show's first seven seasons, her appearances became less frequent as she left Degrassi, and a new group of students became the focus.

Near the end of the first season of Degrassi Junior High, Spike was impregnated by her boyfriend Shane McKay at a junior high school party in Lucy Fernandez's house ("It's Late", Degrassi Junior High ep. 111). Spike eventually went into labour at the grade 8 graduation dance ("Pass Tense", DJH ep. 213). Emma's first on-screen appearance was at the school's Christmas party ("Season's Greetings", DJH ep. 304). With Spike a teen mother, Emma was a semi-regular on the series with various on-and-off appearances as an infant and toddler. She is spoken of twice by Spike in the made-for-television film, School's Out; and, in the film's closing shot, Spike is seen dancing with a young blonde girl consistent with Emma's then age of four years.

Emma befriends Manuella "Manny" Santos and James Tiberius "J.T." Yorke in elementary school. ("Mother and Child Reunion", D:TNG ep. 1.1)

Emma Nelson has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.