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Full Name:	Emmy Rossum
Birth Name:	Emmanuelle Grey Rossum
Famous As:	Actress, singer
Date of Birth:	September 12, 1986
Place of Birth:	New York, USA
Height:	5' 7
Nationality:	American
Hair Color:	Brown
Relationships:	David Wildenstein (2004-2005)
Education:	Attended Spence School, Manhattan Attended Stanford University, California, USA via online courses Attended Columbia University, studying some extension courses
Claim to Fame:	As Katie Markum in Mystic River

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Emmy Rossum
Background information
Birth name	Emmanuelle Grey Rossum
Born	September 12, 1986 (1986-09-12) (age 23) New York City, New York U.S.
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Actress, singer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1996–present (actress) 1993–present (singer)
Labels	Geffen Records (2007-present)
Website	Official Website

Emmanuelle Grey "Emmy" Rossum (born September 12, 1986) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She has starred in films such as The Day After Tomorrow, Poseidon, The Phantom of the Opera and Mystic River.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Acting 2.2 Singing and Recording 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 Awards and nominations 5.1 Won 5.2 Nominated 6 Discography 7 Endorsements 8 References 9 External links

Early life

Rossum was born in New York City, New York,¹ the only child²³ of Cheryl, a single mother who worked as a corporate photographer and an investment banker. She was named after her grandfather, whose first name was Emanuel. However, she was given the name Emmanuelle, using the feminine spelling.⁴ Her parents divorced when her mother was pregnant. Rossum was raised by her mother and has only met her father twice. She is Jewish.⁵ She is the niece of Vera Wang, to whom she is related by marriage.

Upon singing "Happy Birthday" in 12 different keys,⁶ Rossum was welcomed to join the Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus by chorus director Elena Doria.⁷ Over the course of five years, she sang onstage with the chorus and had the chance to perform with other opera greats, such as Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti. For $5–10 a night, Rossum sang in six different languages, in 20 different operas, including La bohème, Turandot, a Carnegie Hall presentation of La damnation de Faust and A Midsummer Night's Dream.⁸ She also worked under the direction of Franco Zeffirelli in Carmen. Rossum joked in interviews that her vocal talent and affinity for music developed because her mother always listened to classical music and operas while she was pregnant with her.

By age 12, Rossum had grown too big for the children's costumes. An increasing interest in pursuing acting led to taking classes with Flo Salant Greenberg⁹ of The New Actors Workshop in New York City. She also hired an agent, and subsequently, auditioned for many acting roles.

Career

Acting

The year 1997 saw Rossum's television debut with a guest appearance on Law & Order as Alison Martin. In 1999, she had a recurring role as the original Abigail Williams in the long-running daytime soap opera As the World Turns. She also had a guest role as Caroline Beels in Snoops. Rossum was nominated for a Young Artist Award nomination in 1999 for Best Performance in a TV Movie for her work in the made-for-tv movie Genius. Following that movie, she portrayed a young Audrey Hepburn in the ABC TV movie The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000).

Rossum made her big screen debut in 2000's Songcatcher as Deladis Slocumb, an Appalachian orphan. Debuting at the Sundance Film Festival, the film won the Special Jury Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance. For her role, Rossum received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Debut Performance and also had the opportunity to sing a duet with Dolly Parton on the Songcatcher soundtrack.

Variety magazine named Rossum as "One of the Ten to Watch" in 2000. In Nola (2003), Rossum played the title character, who was an aspiring songwriter. In her first major studio film, Clint Eastwood's Mystic River, Rossum starred as Katie Markum, the ill-fated daughter of small-business owner Jimmy Markum, played by Sean Penn. As Katie, Rossum was said to have "projected an aura of innocence that made her character's tragic death memorable and heartbreaking."⁵

Following Mystic River, Rossum had a breakthrough role as Laura Chapman in the Roland Emmerich eco-disaster film The Day After Tomorrow. She later returned to New York, where she was the last to audition, in full costume and make-up, for the coveted role of Christine Daae in the on-screen adaptation of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. Following an international search for talent, and having nearly missed the audition on account of a family engagement,¹⁰ Rossum was asked to audition in person for Webber at his home in New York. After seeing her audition, Webber felt she proved her ability to play the young opera singer who becomes the object of the phantom's obsessive love. For her role as Christine Daae, Rossum received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a musical or comedy. She is the youngest actress ever to be nominated for that particular award.¹¹ She also received a Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Actress, along with a Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor and other awards.

In 2006, Rossum appeared in Poseidon - Wolfgang Petersen's high-budget remake of the disaster film The Poseidon Adventure. She played Jennifer Ramsey, the daughter of Kurt Russell's character, Robert Ramsey. As Jennifer, she is described as a 19-year-old heroine because she is not a damsel in distress, and is very proactive and strong in all situations.¹² Rossum also appeared as Juliet Capulet in a 2006 Williamstown Theatre Festival production of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.¹³

In early 2009 Rossum appeared in Dragonball Evolution. Rossum described her action role in Dragonball as the hardest thing she's ever done.¹⁴. Her next big screen venture was the indie Dare¹⁵¹⁶ which was an official selection of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

In December 2009 Rossum joined the cast of the Showtime drama series pilot "Shameless". The series is based on the hit British series of the same name. The pilot costars William H. Macy, Allison Janney and Justin Chatwin¹⁷.

Singing and Recording

After her role in The Phantom of the Opera, Rossum was offered several deals to record classical albums, but refused, opting to create an album of contemporary, more mainstream music. Rossum said, "I was inspired to cut this album because I'm so frustrated listening to the radio these days. There is so little emotional honesty".⁶ Regarding the sound and style of her music, she said, "It's pop music, but not Britney Spears bubblegum pop. I want it to have a David Gray or Annie Lennox feel. I've been spending up to 12 hours a day in the studio".⁶ Rossum cites Dolly Parton, Madonna, Cher and Barbra Streisand as some of her influences.

Rossum's album, entitled Inside Out, was produced by Stuart Brawley. It was released on October 23, 2007.

For the promotion of the record, Geffen Records featured the song, "Slow Me Down", as part of the second volume of Hollywood Records' Girl Next compilation album, which was released on July 10, 2007.

On June 24, 2007, Rossum sang the national anthem at the Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race at Infineon Raceway .

On September 30, 2007 Rossum performed at the first ever Perez Hilton Presents event at the El Ray Theater in Hollywood

On October 27, 2007, Rossum sang the national anthem at the New Jersey Devils' first home game of the 2007–08 NHL season, which was also the first game the team played in the newly-constructed Prudential Center.

In November 2007 she was chosen as Yahoo's "Who's Next" artist of the month and a "One to Watch" by MSN

In December 2007, Rossum released three Christmas songs on the EP Carol of the Bells.

Rossum describes herself as a lyric soprano, though she admits her voice is still developing.¹⁸

In summer 2008 Rossum announced that she was in the process of writing and recording her second album.¹⁹

In the summer 2009, Rossum joined Counting Crows, Augustana, and Michael Franti & Spearhead as a "special guest" at select performances of the "Traveling Circus and Medicine Show" tour.

Personal life

Rossum is a 2001 graduate of the Spence School, a private school in Manhattan.²⁰ She received her high school diploma at 15 years old via online extension courses offered by Stanford University's Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY).²⁰ She currently attends Columbia University.²¹

Rossum is a YouthAIDS ambassador.¹¹ She is also the official spokesperson for "PiNKiTUDE" - a campaign to help raise breast cancer awareness.²²

Rossum is gluten-intolerant. She revealed to MTV News that she is allergic to wheat after MTV News gave her a cupcake on-camera to celebrate her 22nd birthday; she was only able to eat the frosting.²³

Rossum was married to music executive Justin Siegel for a year and a half before he filed for divorce in 2009. ²⁴ Rossum is currently dating Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz.²⁵

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2000	Songcatcher	Deladis Slocumb	Supporting Role
	It Had to Be You	Young Girl	Minor Role
2001	An American Rhapsody	Sheila (at age 15)	Minor Role
	Happy Now	Nicky Trent / Jenny Thomas	Supporting Role
2002	Passionada	Vicky Amonte	Supporting Role
2003	Nola	Nola	Lead Role
	Mystic River	Katie Markum	Minor Role
2004	The Day After Tomorrow	Laura Chapman	Lead Role
	The Phantom of the Opera	Christine Daae	Lead Role
2006	Poseidon	Jennifer Ramsey	Supporting Role
2009	Dragonball: Evolution	Bulma	Lead Role
	Dare	Alexa Walker	Lead Role
Film Made for Television
Year	Title	Role	Channel
1996	Grace & Glorie	Luanne	Columbia Broadcasting Company
1998	Only Love	Lily	Columbia Broadcasting Company
1999	Genius	Claire Addison	Disney Channel
2000	The Audrey Hepburn Story	Young Audrey Hepburn	American Broadcasting Company
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	A Will of Their Own	Young Sarah	Mini-series
Television Guest Appearances
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Law & Order	Alison Martin	"Ritual" (Season 8, Episode 10)
1999	Snoops	Caroline Beels	"Separation Anxiety" (Season 1, Episode 6) "Blood Lines" (Season 1, Episode 11)
	As the World Turns	Abigail Williams #1	"Unknown Episodes"
2001	The Practice	Allison Ellison	"The Candidate" (Season 6, Episode 1)

Awards and nominations

Won

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Saturn Award	Best Performance by a Younger Actor	The Phantom of the Opera
	NBR Award	Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress	The Phantom of the Opera
2005	Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	Best Young Actress	The Phantom of the Opera
	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress	The Phantom of the Opera
2009	Savannah Film Festival	Young Hollywood Award	Dare

Nominated

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Independent Spirit Award	Best Debut Performance	Songcatcher
	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot - Supporting Young Actress	Genius
2005	Golden Globe Award	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy	The Phantom of the Opera
	Online Film Critics Society Awards	Best Breakthrough Performance	The Phantom of the Opera
	Satellite Awards	Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy	The Phantom of the Opera
	MTV Movie Awards	Breakthrough Female	The Day After Tomorrow

Discography

• Inside Out (Geffen Records, 2007)
• Carol of the Bells (Geffen Records, 2007)
• TBA (Geffen Records, 2009/2010)

Endorsements

• The Body Shop
• Mt Rainier Cafe Latte
• AK Plaza

References

External links

• Official website
• Emmy Rossum at the Internet Movie Database
• Emmy Rossum at MySpace
• Emmy Rossum at Allmovie
• Emmy Rossum at Rotten Tomatoes
• Emmy Rossum at People.com
• Emmy Rossum on Geffen Records
• Emmy Rossum's official channel at YouTube
• Emmy Rossum on The AllMusic Guide

Persondata
NAME	Rossum, Emmanuelle Grey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rossum, Emmy; Grey, Emmy; Em
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actress and singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	12 September 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City, New York
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH