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Emmy Rossum - Biography |
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A New Yorker by birth and in spirit,
Emmanuelle Grey Rossum was born on September 12, 1986 with a serious set
of vocal chords. She had her performance debut at Manhattan's grand
Metropolitan Opera at age 6. Growing up, Emmy lived, drank and breathed
opera, and had acted in over 20 productions in six different languages by
the time she turned 18. At the same time, she earned a top-tier education
at New York's prestigious Spence School for girls.
Even your average opera ignoramus knows that Luciano Pavarotti and Placido
Domingo are musical heavyweights. Emmy held her own beside them at some of
the world's elite theaters, including Carnegie Hall, where she sang in The
Damnation of Faust. Emmy also enjoyed the privilege of working under
renowned stage and film directors early in her career -- Franco Zeffirelli
and Tim Albery among them.
Sassy and telegenic, people soon discovered that Emmy was great behind the
camera as well. Emmy acted in the long-running daytime drama, As the World
Turns. Moving on to TV movies, Emmy starred in the 1999 Disney Channel
feature Genius, a performance for which she was nominated for a Young
Artist Award. The following year, she channeled Audrey Hepburn's spirit in
her portrayal of the young actress in another TV movie, The Audrey Hepburn
Story.
It wasn't long before Emmy graduated to the big screen. Songcatcher (2000)
saw her playing an Appalachian orphan. Emmy spent months preparing for the
role by training to sing country folk tunes. Her efforts in this endeavor
were so successful that she was later mistaken for a real country singer.
Songcatcher also earned her a nomination for Best Debut Performance at the
Independent Spirit Awards. It was only up for Emmy from there. She
appeared in An American Rhapsody (2001), Happy Now (2001) and the romantic
comedies Passionada (2002) and Nola (2003). These gigs placed her
alongside names like Nastassja Kinski, Sofia Milos, Scarlett Johansson and
Mary McDonnell.
In 2003, Emmy starred with the real heavyweights in Mystic River, playing
the slain daughter of tough guy Sean Penn. She got her break at a major
blockbuster in 2004, playing Laura Chapman in The Day After Tomorrow. In
2004, she appeared as the lead female role of Christine in The Phantom of
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Emmy Rossum - Personal Quotes |
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"He had the most magnificent
apartment I had ever seen and I was floored by it. I went in and
started vocalising with the accompanist and Andrew walked in as we
were preparing. He didn't say hello, didn't introduce himself and
just sat down in front of me and said, 'Shall we?' I thought to
myself it was my one shot so I had better just stand up and do it,
so I didn't introduce myself, I nodded to the accompanist and I did
the two biggest numbers in the show. Then he stood up and said:
'That was great. I'm Andrew.'" [on her audition with Andrew Lloyd
Webber for The Phantom of the Opera (2004)].
"I'm a very rational person but I pray every day." (in reference to
a visit to a psychic who told her some accurate things about her
late grandmother)
"The truth is, I probably didn't want to be friends with some of
those girls [from prep school], because I found that a lot of their
values were a little specious. Now, of course, all those girls are
calling me and being like, 'We should have lunch!' And I'm like, 'Um
. . . don't you remember how you didn't like me that much?'"
I'm heavy on preparation. . . . Some actors come to the set and
don't know what scene they're playing, but that would make me crazy.
It's not about control but perfectionism--my biggest vice and one of
my biggest assets.
"I'm convinced wearing those corsets for 14 hours at a time deformed
me for life," she says. "I was 16 years old and still growing at the
time of the shooting. I could barely breathe, and with Christine's
intense emotions I hyperventilated and almost passed out. I think
her name is Christine for a reason. She is Christ-like."
"In this one scene, it took three days to shoot and it's the scene
where my character passionately kisses her fiancé for the first
time. It was so complex with the snow coming down that it took three
days to shoot. By the end of the three days I'd kissed him so much
that my lips had swollen up--so much that I had to use an ice pack
in between takes. Hardship, I know!" In reference to kissing Patrick
Wilson in The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
"I like Descartes's theory about a ball of wax. You can change its
form from solid to liquid, but it's still the same ball of wax. With
acting, you are the same person in a different form. You can only be
what you know, and you only truly know yourself."
"Sean Penn and Clint Eastwood have told me that I shouldn't feel
that I need to be in the limelight or the spotlight all the time. A
career is about longevity, as shown in their careers. So, I really
want to only do the best things and work with the best people.
That's what I strive to do."
"I think of all my roles, I was best in "Genius". |
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Emmy Rossum - Filmography |
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Poseidon (2006) .... Jennifer
Ramsey
The Phantom of the Opera (2004) .... Christine
... aka Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (USA:
promotional title)
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) .... Laura Chapman
Mystic River (2003) .... Katie Markum
Nola (2003) .... Nola
Passionada (2002) .... Vicky Amonte
"The Practice" .... Allison Ellison (1 episode, 2001)
- The Candidate: Part 1 (2001) TV Episode .... Allison Ellison
Happy Now (2001) .... Nicky Trent/Jenny Thomas
An American Rhapsody (2001) .... Sheila (at 15)
... aka Amerikai rapszódia (Hungary)
The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000) (TV) .... Young Audrey Hepburn (ages
12-16)
It Had to Be You (2000) .... Young Girl
Songcatcher (2000) .... Deladis Slocumb
"As the World Turns" (1956) TV Series .... Abigail Williams #1
(unknown episodes, 1999)
"Snoops" .... Caroline Beels (2 episodes, 1999)
- Separation Anxiety (1999) TV Episode .... Caroline Beels
- Blood Lines (1999) TV Episode .... Caroline Beels
Genius (1999) (TV) .... Claire Addison
Grace & Glorie (1998) (TV) .... Luanne
"A Will of Their Own" (1998) (mini) TV Series .... Young Sarah
Only Love (1998) (TV) .... Lily
"Law & Order" .... Alison Martin (1 episode, 1997)
... aka Law & Order Prime (USA: informal title)
- Ritual (1997) TV Episode .... Alison Martin |
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Emmy Rossum - Related Links |
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YouTube: Emmy Rossum
Emmy Rossum at Babemania.com
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