Emmy Rossum
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New Yorker, Emmy Rossum is a Dutch and Scot-Irish singer/actress most famously known for her leading roles in the 2004's Phantom of the Opera and The Day After Tomorrow.
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About
Born Emmanuelle Grey Rossum on the 12th of September, 1986 in New York City, New York to a corporate photographer mother and a father who works in a bank. Before she was born, her parents got divorved and her mother raised her all by herself.
At the age of 7, she became a member of the Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus in Lincold Center because of her "perfect intonation". Five years after, she got interested in acting which led her to a rewarding acting career.
At the age of 16, Emmy Rossum landed a role as Christine Daaé in 2004's the Phantom of The Opera where she was offered several record deal and ended up with Geffen Records.
At the age of 21, Emmy Rossum released her debut album Inside Out was released on October 23, 2007.
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| 2007 | Slow Me Down | Geffen Records |
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Trivia
- Emmy Rossum sang the US National Anthem on October 27, 2007 at the New Jersey Devils' Stadium.
- Attended the Spence School in Manhattan, an elite private girls' school that was also attended by Gwyneth Paltrow and Kerry Washington.
- She has appeared in 20 different operas singing in five languages.
- She had never seen the stage version of The Phantom of the Opera (2004) prior to filming the screen version.
- For her audition for the Metropolitan Opera, she was asked to sing "Happy Birthday." She was only seven years old.
- In preparation for her role in The Phantom of the Opera (2004), she attended a séance at the Spiritualist Association of Great Britian, where a medium talked to her about her late grandmother.
- She obtained her high school diploma online via a Stanford University program.
- Has celiac disease, an autoimmune disease in which the body can't tolerant any foods containing gluten and wheat.
- Her favorite actors are Sean Penn and her Phantom of the Opera co-star, Miranda Richardson.
- Her favorite book is John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men."
- Cousin is Cecilia Becker, daughter of world-famous designer Vera Wang.
- She is a fan of the film star Audrey Hepburn.
- Her favorite opera is "Carmen".
- She is a vegetarian.
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