Birth Name : Emmanuelle Grey Rossum
Date of Birth : 12 September 1986, New York City, New York, USA
Height : 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Occupation : Actress, singer, songwriter
Rossum was born in New York City in 1986 and attended the Spence School until 1996, when she began to homeschool through private tuition and by enrolling in programs offered by Stanford University’s Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) and Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development (CTD). Currently, she takes college courses at Columbia University.
Other film appearances include It Had To Be You (2000) with Natasha Henstridge and An American Rhapsody (2001) with Scarlett Johannson. After playing Sean Penn's daughter in Clint Eastwood's award-winning Mystic River (2003), Rossum's career in feature films took off. She worked on The Day After Tomorrow (2004) with Dennis Quaid, then landed her biggest role to date - the coveted part of Christine in The Phantom of the Opera (2004) - the screen adaptation of the long-running stage musical. For her portrayal she won numerous awards, including a Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor, a Broadcast Film Critics Association award for Best Young Actress, a National Board of Review Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, a Young Artist Award and a Golden Globe nomination.
An only child, Rossum has a pet Maltese named Chrissie and enjoys reading, horseback riding, talking on the phone, and spending time with friends. She was secretly married February 17, 2008 to record company executive Justin Siegel, but he filed for divorce less than two years later in September 2009. Currently, she divides her time between her home in Manhattan and Los Angeles.
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