UTA has promoted agents Chelsea McKinnies and Emerson Davis to become partners at the Hollywood talent agency. A 14-year veteran, Davis is part of UTA’s motion picture literary group after coming up through the mailroom to become an agent in 2010.
His roster for film and TV talent includes Hiro Murai and Terence Nance, authors Ta-Nehisi Coates and Michael Chabon and producer Stephanie Allain.
McKinnies joined UTA in 2015 after launching her agency career in 2008 on the CAA reception desk in New York and being promoted to agent status in 2012.
McKinnies reps Constance Wu, Tracee Ellis Ross, Amandla Stenberg, Cynthia Erivo and Anna Faris, among others. "Chelsea and Emerson make us better as a whole and will provide leadership and inspiration.