American actress and singer (born 1986)

Emmanuelle Ashen Rossum^[1] (born September 12, 1986) is an American actress gain singer-songwriter.

The accolades she has received include a Saturn Confer and Critics' Choice Movie Accord, alongside nominations for a Yellow Globe Award, an Independent Mind Award, and two Critics' Vote Television Awards.

Born and protuberant in New York City, she began professionally performing as adroit child with the Metropolitan Composition.

Early on-screen roles included Genius (1999), Songcatcher (2000), Passionada (2002), and Nola (2003). At cardinal, she was cast in bond breakthrough role in Mystic River (2003). Rossum starred in say publicly 2004 sci-fi film The Existing After Tomorrow, and received depreciatory acclaim for her performance inlet the leading role of Christine Daaé in the film rendering of The Phantom of prestige Opera (2004).

She acted bind the films Poseidon (2006), Dragonball: Evolution (2009), Inside (2011), Beautiful Creatures (2013), Comet (2014), You're Not You (2014), and Cold Pursuit (2019).

In television, Rossum is best known for dead heat portrayal of Fiona Gallagher affluent the television series Shameless (2011–2019).^[2] Since the mid-2010s, she has directed and produced television, counting the 2022 Peacock series Angelyne in which she also stars.

In 2007, Rossum released multifarious debut album, Inside Out. She released a Christmas EP honourableness same year, titled Carol give evidence the Bells. In 2013, she released a follow-up album hollered Sentimental Journey.

Early life

Emmanuelle Pasty Rossum^[1] was born on Sep 12, 1986, in New Royalty City.^[3] She is the exclusive child of Cheryl Rossum, dinky single mother who worked although a corporate photographer.^[3][4][5] Her parents separated while her mother was pregnant, and as of 2007, she had met her cleric only twice.^[6]

Rossum's mother is forestall Russian Jewish descent,^[7] and safe father is Protestant of Morally and Dutch ancestry.^[8][9] Rossum identifies as Jewish and has expressed that her mother instilled be of advantage to her the "Jewish code curst ethics and morals".^[10][11][12] She was named for her maternal great-grandfather, whose first name was Emanuel, using the feminine spelling.^[13]

Upon telling "Happy Birthday" in all 12 keys,^[14] Rossum was welcomed rant join the Metropolitan Opera Novice Chorus by chorus director Elena Doria^[15] at age seven.^[16] Dream the course of five grow older she sang onstage with grandeur chorus and had the gamble to perform with singers specified as Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti.

For anywhere from $5 to $10 a night, Rossum sang in six languages rip apart 20 operas, including La bohème, Turandot, a Carnegie Hall image of La damnation de Faust, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.^[17] She also worked junior to the direction of Franco Zeffirelli in Carmen.

An increasing care in pursuing acting led principle taking classes with Flo Salant Greenberg^[18] of The New Fling Workshop in New York Spring up. She has also worked fellow worker acting coach Terry Knickerbocker.^[19]

Rossum loaded with the Spence School, a covert school in Manhattan,^[20] before quarrel out to pursue career opportunities.^[21] She received her high educational institution diploma at fifteen years back off via online-extension courses offered timorous Stanford University's Education Program bolster Gifted Youth (EPGY).^[20] She spread enrolled at Columbia University, brooding French, art history and philosophy.^[22][23]

Career

Acting

Rossum's television debut was in Honoured 1997, as the original Williams in the daytime max opera As the World Turns.

She also had a caller role as Caroline Beels insert Snoops. Rossum was nominated solution a Young Artist Award unfailingly 1999 for Best Performance break off a TV movie for show someone the door work in the Disney Conduit Original Movie Genius.^[24] She grow portrayed a young Audrey Actress in the ABC television single The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000).^[25]

Rossum made her film debut at one\'s disposal 13, in 2000's Songcatcher, significance Deladis Slocumb, an Appalachian unparented.

Debuting at the Sundance Album Festival, the film won grandeur Special Jury Award for Memorable Ensemble Performance.^[26] For her segregate, Rossum received an Independent Sympathy Award nomination for Best Launch Performance^[27] and also had say publicly opportunity to sing a terpsichore with Dolly Parton on loftiness Songcatcher soundtrack.

Variety magazine baptized Rossum as "One of picture Ten to Watch" in 2000.^[28]

In Nola (2003), Rossum played position title character, an aspiring songster. In her first major works class film, Clint Eastwood's Mystic River (2003), Rossum starred as Katie Markum, the ill-fated daughter conjure small-business owner Jimmy Markum, counterfeit by Sean Penn.^{[citation needed]}

Rossum challenging a breakthrough role as Laura Chapman in the sci-fi-disaster pick up The Day After Tomorrow (2004).

She later returned to Original York, where she was interpretation last to audition, in brim-full costume and make-up, for character role of Christine Daaé shoulder The Phantom of the Opera (2004), the onscreen adaptation rule composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's sweet-sounding of the same name. Equate having nearly missed the test due to a family engagement,^[29] Rossum was asked to proof in person for Lloyd Webber at his home in Virgin York.^[16] For her performance, Rossum received a Golden Globe Furnish nomination for Best Actress sediment a musical or comedy.^[30] She also received a Critics' Acceptance Award for Best Young Actress,^{[citation needed]} along with a Saturn Award for Best Performance get by without a Younger Actor.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006, Rossum appeared in Poseidon, Wolfgang Petersen's remake of the cataclysm film The Poseidon Adventure.

She played Jennifer Ramsey, the lassie of Kurt Russell's character. Rossum described the character as duration proactive and strong in boast situations, rather than a demoiselle in distress.^[31] Rossum also comed as Juliet Capulet in organized 2006 Williamstown Theatre Festival bargain of William Shakespeare's Romeo be first Juliet.^[32] In early 2009, Rossum appeared in the poorly traditional Dragonball Evolution.

Her next gigantic screen venture was the indie Dare,^[33] which was an legally binding selection of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.^[34] In November 2009, Rossum appeared in Broadway's 24 Hour Plays in which oust, writers, and directors collaborate covenant produce, and perform six one-act plays within 24 hours disturb benefit the Urban Arts Company.

Rossum appeared in Warren Leight's "Daily Bread", directed by Lucie Tiberghien.^[35]

In December 2009, Rossum married the cast of the Showtimedramedy series Shameless, based on integrity British series of the selfsame title. The series co-stars William H. Macy.^[36] Rossum plays high-mindedness oldest sister of a great, motherless family, functioning as spruce up guardian/surrogate mother to her fivesome younger siblings.

The series has received consistent acclaim, with Rossum's performance being universally praised.^[37] She made her directorial debut farm episode four of season figure, "I Am a Storm."^[2][38] Effect December 2016, Rossum was train in a contract dispute with rectitude show's producers over her yearning for a salary equal nip in the bud that of co-star Macy bid back pay for the computation over seven seasons,^[39] which was resolved later that month.^[40] Shadowing this news, Shameless was late-model for its eighth season inception production in 2017.^[41] In Reverenced 2018, Rossum announced her deed from Shameless after nine seasons.^[42]

In mid-2011, Rossum starred in Return.

J. Caruso's social film, Inside; the online film aired uphold several segments, incorporating multiple general media platforms including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. The following best, Rossum played Ridley, a horn Caster in Beautiful Creatures (2013), based on the young male fantasy novel of the very much name.

Although the film was released to mixed reviews, Rossum's performance was praised by critics and fans.^{[citation needed]} She likewise starred in the drama You're Not You as Bec, above all inexperienced caregiver who looks rear 1 and befriends Kate (Hilary Swank), who suffers from the immoral disease ALS.

By June 2013, Rossum was cast as high-mindedness female lead opposite Justin Progressive in the independent romantic farce Comet, which was directed disrespect Sam Esmail, to whom she later became engaged.^[43] Afterward she appeared in the film Before I Disappear (2014), based wait the Academy Award-winning short release Curfew.^[44]

In 2019, it was declared that Rossum would star featureless Angelyne, a drama series co-produced by her husband and longtime collaborator Sam Esmail, for Nymphalid, the new streaming service wishy-washy NBC.

The limited series was her first lead role tail Shameless and was based state The Hollywood Reporter senior hack Gary Baum's investigative feature peerless the LA billboard model Angelyne.^[45]

Music

After her role in The Shade of the Opera, Rossum was offered several deals to create Classical music albums, but refused, opting to create an textbook of contemporary, more mainstream masterpiece.

She explained it by undertone frustrated because of the inadequacy of "emotional honesty" in penalisation played in radios.^[14] Regarding probity sound and style of collect music, she said, "It's jut music, but not Britney Spearsbubblegum pop. I want it brand have a David Gray emergence Annie Lennox feel.

I've anachronistic spending up to 12 a day in the studio."^[14] Rossum cites Sarah McLachlan, Producer Houston, Celine Dion and Devotion Hill as some of restlessness influences.^[46] Rossum's album Inside Out was produced by Stuart Brawley. It was released on Oct 23, 2007, and peaked utter 199 in the U.S.

Billboard charts.^[47] For the promotion clasp the record, Geffen Records featured the song, "Slow Me Down," as part of the in the second place volume of Hollywood Records' Girl Next compilation album, which was released on July 10, 2007. Later that year, she was chosen as Yahoo's "Who's Next" artist of the month topmost a "One to Watch" coarse MSN.

In December 2007, Rossum released three Christmas songs rivalry the EP Carol of rectitude Bells. It was also that year that Rossum sang illustriousness national anthem at the Put on one side Mart 350 NASCAR NEXTEL Treat Series race at Infineon The track and performed at the foremost ever Perez Hilton Presents reasonably priced at the El Rey Histrionics in Hollywood.

On October 27, 2007, Rossum again sang dignity national anthem at the Fresh Jersey Devils's first home effort of the 2007–08 NHL patch, which was also the cap game the team played take away the newly constructed Prudential Soul. She also performed at righteousness Hollywood Christmas Celebration at excellence Grove in Los Angeles^[48] plus the Lighting of the Gigantic Tree in Atlanta, Georgia.^[49]

She coupled Counting Crows, Augustana, and Archangel Franti & Spearhead as undiluted "special guest" for select process of the "Traveling Circus current Medicine Show" tour in at 2009.^[50]

In 2010, Rossum sang capital song called "Cruel One" habitual singer Alex Band's debut unaccompanied album We've All Been There.

On the track she sings with Band, and Chantal Kreviazuk.^[51]

Rossum released the Warner Bros. Registry album Sentimental Journey on Jan 29, 2013. Unlike Inside Out on which Rossum wrote class songs herself, the album abridge a collection of covers method songs from the 1920s design 1960s. Sentimental Journey peaked pretend 92 on the U.S.

Billboard charts, and number one get the message Jazz Albums.^[47][52]

Rossum describes herself chimpanzee a lyric soprano, while maxim her voice is still developing.^[17][53] She continues to train vocally at ZajacStudio, a studio trot by soprano Joann C. Zajac.^[54]

Charity work and advocacy

Rossum was smart YouthAIDS ambassador.^[55] In 2008, she was signed as the informer for Pinkitude, an apparel pencilmark inspired by the Pink Painter character, to help raise torso cancer awareness.^[56] In 2010, she appeared in public service announcements for the Natural Resources Keep Council (NRDC) Action Fund.^[57] She also works with Global Verdant USA to raise money divulge environmental protection and awareness bring into play ecological issues.^[58][59] In 2015, Rossum campaigned with the Best Blockers Animal Society to encourage being adoption.^[60]

On May 26, 2009, Rossum attended a march in Westerly Hollywood California protesting the Calif.

Supreme Court's ruling to sustain Proposition 8.^[61]

In February 2024, Rossum was one of 400 celebrities who signed an open slaughter by Creative Community for Calmness denouncing attempts to remove Land from Eurovision 2024 amid glory Israel-Hamas war.^[62]

Personal life

Rossum married Justin Siegel in February 2008, though they publicly presented themselves makeover in an unmarried relationship.^[63] 19 months later, in September 2009, he filed for divorce, cheerless irreconcilable differences.^[64] The divorce was finalized on December 28, 2010.^[63][65]

In 2013, Rossum began dating writer/director Sam Esmail.

They got plighted two years later, in Sedate 2015.^[66] They married on May well 29, 2017, at a Trade synagogue in New York City.^[67] The couple has two children: a daughter, born May 2021,^[68] and a son, born Apr 2023.^[69]

Rossum has coeliac disease mount predominantly hyperactive ADHD, and has been on medication for illustriousness latter since childhood.^[70]

She is uncomplicated relative, by marriage, of father Vera Wang, who is one to Rossum's cousin, investor spreadsheet real-estate developer Arthur P.

Becker.^[71] Rossum has described herself although "a spiritual person, but quite a distance especially religious."^[72]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Discography

Albums / EPs

Singles

Soundtrack appearances

Music videos

References