Emmy Rossum wallpapers & Biography
Born and raised in New York City, she began performing professionally as a child with the Metropolitan Opera. Early on-screen roles include Genius (1999), Songcatcher (2000), Passionada (2002), and NOLA (2003). At the age of sixteen, she was cast in her breakthrough role in Mystic River (2003). Rossum starred in the 2004 science-fiction film The Day After Tomorrow and received critical acclaim for her performance in the leading role of Christine Daae in the film adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera (2004). She has starred in Poseidon (2006), Dragonball: Evolution (2009), Inside (2011), Beautiful Creatures (2013)
In television, Rossum is known for playing Fiona Gallagher in the television series Shameless (2011–2019). Since the mid-2010s, she has directed and produced television, including the 2022 Peacock series Angelina in which she also stars.
In 2007, Rossum released her debut album Inside Out. That same year she released a Christmas EP, titled Carol of the Bells. In 2013, she released a follow-up album, titled Sentimental Journey
Early life
Emmanuelle Gray Rossum was born on September 12, 1986, in New York City. She is the only child of Cheryl Rossum, a single mother who worked as a corporate photographer. Her parents separated while she was pregnant, and as of 2007, she had met her father only twice.
Rossum's mother is of Russian Jewish descent, and her father is Protestant of English and Dutch descent. Rossum considers herself Jewish and has said that her mother taught her "Jewish ethics and code of morality". She was named after her maternal grandfather, whose first name was Emmanuelle, using the feminine spelling.
Singing "Happy Birthday"in all 12 keys, Rossum was welcomed to join the Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus at the age of seven by chorus director Elena Doria Over the course of five years she sang on stage with the chorus and had the opportunity to perform with such singers as Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti. For $5 to $10 a night, Rossum sang in 20 operas in six languages, including La bohème, Turandot, the Carnegie Hall presentation of La damnation de Faust, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. She also performed under the direction of Franco Zeffirelli in Carmen.
A growing interest in acting led her to take classes with Flo Salant Greenberg of The New Actors Workshop in New York City. She has also worked with acting coach Terry Knickerbocker.
Rossum attended the Spence School, a private school in Manhattan dropping out to pursue career opportunities.She received her high school diploma at age fifteen through online-extension courses offered by Stanford University's Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY).She then enrolled at Columbia University, where she studied French, art history, and philosophy.
Personal life
Rossum married Justin Siegel in February 2008, although they publicly presented themselves as being in a celibate relationship. 19 months later, in September 2009, she filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. The divorce was finalized on December 28, 2010.
In 2013, Rossum began dating writer/director Sam Esmail. Two years later, they became engaged in August 2015.They married on May 29, 2017, at a Reform synagogue in New York City. The couple have two children: a daughter, born in May 2021, and a son, born in April 2023.
Rossum has celiac disease and primarily hyperactive ADHD, and has been taking medication for it since childhood. ,
Designer Vera Wang was married to Rossum's cousin, investor and real estate developer Arthur P. Baker, from 1989 to 2012. Rossum has described herself as "a spiritual person, but not particularly religious".
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